Theatre Archive

Last Saturday night, a quiet buzz filled the hallowed halls of Lygon Street’s Victorian Trades Hall. For on that not so silent night, inside the world’s oldest Trade Union building, the Bella Union Theatre opened its doors for the sold out Australian …

Most fans of the Rolling Stones see Keith Richards as the epitome of everything the band stands for. He is the really cool dude despite the glamour and notoriety that surrounds frontman Mick Jagger. Sydney playwright Benito Di Fonzo evidently shares that …

The powerhouse production, A Girl With Sun In Her Eyes, opened at The Old Fitz theatre in Woolloomooloo on Friday night. Written by the Chicago-based Joshua Rollins, this is the first time it has been performed in Australia. Audiences will love this …

Dead Centre/Sea Wall, two monologues from a collaboration between acclaimed Australian and British playwrights Tom Holloway and Simon Stephens, opened at the Old Fitz Theatre in Woolloomooloo on Thursday night. This world premier in Sydney is the result of another partnership between …

With this warm and funny hand-puppet production, Thomas Duncan-Watt and Jonathan Worsley have created a show that will delight even the most discerning fan of the great 1980s hit sitcom, The Golden Girls. It was just like the old days with anticipation …

Ride and Fourplay, two Darlinghurst Theatre productions at the Eternity Playhouse until October 4, both come from the wonderful mind of Jane Bodie, a celebrated Australian playwright known for plays that explore connections and modern relationships.

The buzz of excitement palpable on the opening night performance of Justin Fleming’s  Shellshock when it premiered at Parramatta’s Riverside Theatres on July 30 was amply rewarded. As the lights dimmed the audience is introduced to the storyteller who will guide them through this heart-warming tale of love and …

Lisa D’Amour’s dark comedy Detroit, which opened at the Eternity Theatre on July 22, is a profoundly humorous, if rather disturbing, critique of the decaying economic and social structure of middle class America. The work was short-listed for the Pulitzer Prize and …

The lights come on and a countdown begins, to what we don’t know. A solitary figure stands on stage, framed by a wide circle of light fittings that resemble a 1950s idea of the inside of a space ship. The lanky skinny guy …

  A unique new production, Like Me, will have audiences running wild in an 18th century mansion driving the direction of this immersive theatre experience. The stage is set, the actors are prepared and they are ready for you to run amuck when the …