Theatre Archive

Just when I thought I could no longer pull men, I went to the launch of the Sydney Comedy Festival and found I was wrong. A little hairy and maybe a tad under age, my new escort was gallant, affectionate and affable, …

What’s it like to direct Australian living treasure John Bell? Jove for Sport Theatre artistic director Damien Ryan can offer some insight. Ryan is co-directing the first Bell Shakespeare production for 2013, Henry 4, in which Bell plays Falstaff as well as directing. …

This work is an eclectic showcase of 12 solo performances by some of the best dancers from the independent dance sector in Australia. Slow Dances for Fast Times opened at the Carriageworks on March 6. As always when visiting Carriageworks I was …

Some things take a very long time to change. If that were not so, Harvey Fierstein’s Torch Song Trilogy – which opened at the Darlinghurst Theatre on February 5 – would not continue to be so relevant. This very funny but deeply dark play …

If you like literary allusions, poetry, pop culture and word play you will enjoy Alan Bennett’s The History Boys, which opened at the Sydney Opera House on February 12. This erudite comedy has a large smattering of Auden, plenty of laughs and …

The first Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander playwriting festival to be held in Sydney in two decades is now underway with six playwrights chosen to showcase their work this week. The last Indigenous playwriting festival was held in Adelaide in 2000; the …

“Cali es Cali, y lo demas es loma!” – Cali is Cali, and the rest is mountains. This is what anyone from the dangerous and vibrant city of Cali, Colombia, will tell you about their hometown. A small piece of this gritty, …

Alan Bennett’s hit comedy The History Boys will be performed at the Sydney Opera House from February 8 to March 2. The thought-provoking play has played to sold-out houses worldwide and won many awards, including the 2005 Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play and …

A bold new production of the  much-acclaimed Torch Song Trilogy will be among the artistic and cultural events held during the three-week Sydney Mardi Gras 2013 festival. Directed by Stephen Colyer (Kiss of the Spider Woman, Paris Letter, Hello Again) and with a stellar cast that includes Simon …

Short+Sweet is back with its smorgasbord of 140 short plays from January 9 until early March. Now in its 12th season the festival held at the King Street Theatre, Newtown – as well as a People’s Choice finalists week at the Sidetrack …