Theatre Archive

  Dean Bryant’s contemporary and hilarious piece of verbatim theatre Gaybies had its Sydney premiere at the Eternity Playhouse in Darlinghurst on February 10, presented by Darlinghurst Theatre as part of the 2015 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras. Adapted from interviews …

    Mike Bartlett’s smash hit play Cock had its Sydney premiere at the Old Fitzroy Hotel on February 6. This delightful and incisive comedy is propelled by an excellent script full of great one-liners and bitchy repartee delivered with great comic …

  Gareth Davies and Charlie Garber rebirth their deliciously funny and masterful play Masterclass to launch Red Line Production’s 2015 theatre season at the Old Fitz Theatre. Join Davies and Garber as they explore their hugely imaginative ‘dream forge’ while simultaneously introducing the audience to …

  The old Fitzroy Theatre and Hotel enveloped me with kind arms and a cold beer. The anticipation to watch Kate Walder and Penny Greenhalgh’s play Bad stemmed from their very vague explanation, ‘What is bad? Let’s find out together’. Being my …

  It’s no surprise that after a sell-out season at Sydney Festival 2014, Limbo is again likely to sell out on its return this year to the magnificent 1920s themed Aurora Spiegeltent in the Festival Village, Hyde Park. The lively show with its spectacular acrobatic …

  James Thierree’s latest work to grace the Sydney Festival, Tabac Rouge, is by far his most ambitious and, in many ways, his most serious. This is not to say that the whimsy, warmth and comedy we’ve come to expect following his …

  Forget gliding gracefully down an elaborate staircase to make a stunning entrance at the ball. That’s old hat. To really catch everyone’s attention there’s no better way than to fly in and come careering down the wall. Audiences will have the …

US actor James Cromwell would hardly be surprised by the latest controversy that has engulfed media mogul Rupert Murdoch. The former Australian has earned much opprobrium on Twitter for tweeting his congratulations to his tabloid Sydney paper, The Daily Telegraph, for its “scoop” …

  Since 1997 the Old Fitzroy Hotel has been home to a wide range of world class, independent theatre and another stellar season is ready for its debut in 2015. Actors Sean Hawkins and Andrew Henry and producer Vanessa Wright as the …

The grisly tale of Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Street has been told in many incarnations, from Victorian penny dreadfuls to stage plays and even comic books. The most well-known version is Stephen Sondheim’s musical, first performed in 1979, which …