Theatre Archive

Stephen Sondheim is one of Broadway’s most influential and prolific musical playwrights, certainly of the twentieth century, and arguably of all time. Squabbalogic’s production of Sondheim on Sondheim is a celebration of the life and work of the proclaimed musical God. The …

Toby Schmitz has a killer script in his hands with Mark O’Rowe’s no holds barred knockout of a play, Howie the Rookie. Returning to his Sydney stomping ground, the Old Fitzroy Hotel, Schmitz directs a blistering 80-minute tale of revenge, redemption and a …

Powerful and passionate, The Motherf**ker with the Hat is back in Sydney for its second season entertaining audiences with its high-octane, obscenity-loaded exploration on love, fidelity and a mysterious hat. Written by American playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis and directed by Adam Cook, this black …

For actors and playwrights alike, there is nowhere to hide on the intimate stage of the SBW Stables Theatre. The audience, thrust so close to the action, cannot be fooled by flashy sets or clever lighting cues. Instead, theatregoers demand honest storytelling …

What do an Irish nun, a church musician and a sexually frustrated relationship counsellor have in common? Many things possibly, but among them the fact they are all characters created by performer Robert Hoffman in his acclaimed show, Desperately Young at Heart. …

“Think of a guitar string that has been tuned by stretching the string under tension across the guitar. Depending on how the string is plucked and how much tension is in the string, different musical notes will be created by the string.” …

Bell Shakespeare’s rollicking version of Moliere’s Tartuffe will have you laughing uncomfortably at the easy success of manipulation and deceit. Leon Ford shines as the wily, sanctimonious Tartuffe, the penniless stranger who, in the words of the sharp-tongued maid Dorine (played brilliantly by Kate …

The Paris Opera Bastille this month hosted the Notre Dame de Paris Ballet created in 1965 by Roland Petit for the Opera Ballet after Victor Hugo’s original novel. Located in the south east of Paris on Bastille Square, the modern opera house was built …

  The intimacy of the Stables is the perfect setting for this energetic, almost manic, play about adolescence and the emotional whirlwind involved in the getting of wisdom. Michael Cutrupi dominates the space as 16-year-old Connor, an angry young man whose rage has …

Every now and then, a delightful little play in sequins and high heels comes along and sweeps us off our collective feet.  Those of us who were there tonight at Melbourne’s Malthouse Theatre—we felt the love.  It was bigger than all of …