Theatre Archive

Baz Luhrmann sauntered into the rehearsal room at Carriageworks on February 25 quipping over his shoulder “ I thought you said a couple of friends Bruce”. The joke was aimed at his publicist Bruce Pollack but the real targets were the close …

Possessions, the original ‘girl road story’, heads for Sydney’s King Street Theatre on March 27, following an acclaimed premiere season in Boston USA. Thelma and Louise meets Dangerous Liaisons, this thought-provoking new play is conceived, written and performed by Jane Bergeron and Carrie Ann Quinn and presented by the …

Sydney’s short play festival, Short + Sweet, is reaching its climax this weekend with two gala finals on March 21 and 22 at the Seymour Centre York Theatre. Now in its 13th year, the festival has spread to 40 other cities including …

Darlinghurst Theatre Company and O’Punksky’s Theatre present one of the great Irish plays of the last century. The Gigli Concert by Tom Murphy will preview from 4 April and open on 8 April at the Eternity Playhouse. Widely considered to be Murphy’s …

Last night Sydney enjoyed another fabulous Mardi Gras parade despite the threat of rain. The 36th parade, under the theme Kaleidoscope, roared to life in its customary spectacular fashion with the Dykes on Bikes convoy and featured a giant puppet of Russian …

In 2013, his first year out of NIDA, Harry Greenwood, 24, made his theatre debut as an angry teenager in the Sydney Theatre Company’s Fury and starred in the short film, The Gift, which premiered at the Palm Springs International ShortFest. His …

Based on the classic 1988 film, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, now on at Sydney’s Theatre Royal, returns the audience to memorable classic moments of this highly successful comedy. Directed by Roger Hodgman(Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Grey Gardens, Sweeny Todd) this all new Australian …

I don’t generally spend my Saturday nights watching middle-aged women pose nude in front of strategically placed baked goods and floral displays, but when I do I make sure it’s for an excellent cause. Epicentre Theatre Company’s production of Calendar Girls at …

Bursting with the energy of youth and fuelled by vodka, hormones and the addictive madness of first lust, Sydney Theatre Company’s Romeo and Juliet is a stunning modern interpretation that reworks Shakespeare’s classic love story into a tale of teenage rebellion fit for a …

If you enjoy an authentic period play and feel like a trip back to the 1950s head down to the Sydney Theatre to catch Agatha Christie’s A Murder is Announced before October 27 or see it at Melbourne’s Comedy Theatre from October 30. The …