PamWalker Archive

This beguiling title “Pride and Prejudice (sort of) entices us to wonder what the “sort of” will deliver. We soon find out. Five women busy on stage, seemingly cleaning, ignore the audience as we take our seats. But it’s not long before …

A delightful mix of impressive circus acts performed with engaging comic delivery kept hundreds of children gasping with awe throughout Pay no Attention, the Flying Fruit Fly Circus performances that sold out at the Sydney Opera House from July 4 to July …

Di Smith is not new to the Australian public. Fans know her well from her role as Dr Alex Fraser in the long-running TV series A Country Practice, Australian cinema, Charlie and Boots and Emoh Ruo, Muriel’s Wedding, Puberty Blues and most recently, her …

This is such a raw and honest story, and so powerfully told by Kate Mulvaney as the Narrator, that it would be easy to forget that it is not Mulvaney’s own story. In fact, it is by Duncan McMillan who co-wrote it …

Jim Cartwright’s Rise & Fall of Little Voice, now playing at the Eternity Theatre until February 24, is an absolute theatrical gem. I expected it to be good knowing the wonderful Caroline O’Connor was in the cast but the entire production was a …

There were absolutely no signs of sibling rivalry when talented Costi siblings Rosemarie, Constantine and Michael joined forces to create an entertaining adaptation of Nikolai Gogol’s 1842 short story The Overcoat which premieres at Belvoir St Theatre tonight. Rosemarie worked on the music, Michael on the lyrics and Constantine directed …

The Sydney premiere of Mary Anne Butler’s The Sound of Waiting at the Eternity Playhouse produced an intense night of theatre. Under the able direction of Suzanne Pereira this two-hander manages to take the audience beyond the walls of an inner city …

Sun, sand and surf – the perfect recipe for fun in Australia: add romance and surely it can’t get any better. But Nick Enright’s gripping and controversial drama Blackrock, playing at The Seymour Centre until March 25, trains its intense focus on …

Superhal, a reimagining of Shakespeare’s Henriad as a superhero origin story, will have its world premiere at NIDA Parade Theatre from March 7 to 18. The work, presented by the Puzzle Collective, takes the audience to an alternate future England ruled by …

Family values, social issues and artful theatricality will enthrall children aged 6-12 years when an original Australian adaptation of David Walliams’ award-winning book, Mr Stink, comes to the Seymour Centre on February 27. Recently nominated for a Sydney Theatre Award for Best Production for Children, Mr …