Theatre Archive

Lush, seductive, subversive, electrifying, jaw-dropping and freakishly fun. Yes, you’re in for a treat when Moira Finucane brings the Glory Box Edition of her cabaret hit to Sydney’s Seymour Centre on November 15. Against a backdrop of tassled lanterns, satin brocades and …

Cirque Du Soleil’s latest extravaganza, OVO, injects you with the sudden desire to rush out and purchase a gymnast trampoline, become a body contortionist or even foot-juggle kiwi fruit in perfect unison with a friendly juggling ensemble. The performance celebrates the Brazilian …

Salome, an opera in one act, was written by Richard Strauss who based it on Oscar Wilde’s atypical and rarely performed play of the same name. Wilde wrote the play in French although it was translated into German for the opera adaptation. …

“Don’t quibble, Sibyl,” quips Toby Schmitz as Elyot in Private Lives. Sibyl, Elyot’s new bride, has good reason to complain. Her husband is a rakish cad, with his eyes on another woman: his ex-wife Amanda in fact. Ralph Myers brings Private Lives …

Emma Matthews has joined a distinguished list of Australian sopranos who have tested the limits of their vocal dexterity in capturing the coloratura hysterics of Lucia di Lammermoor. This list includes prima donnas Nellie Melba and Joan Sutherland. For her efforts Ms …

Tokyo-born soprano Hiromi Omura received rapturous applause when she sang the haunting aria from Madama Butterfly, “Un Bel Di Vedremmo”, at the Sydney Opera House last night. As  Cio-Cio-San, the trusting child bride of cavalierly insensitive and caddish US Naval lieutenant, Benjamin …

Eva (Meredith Penman) washes up on the shore of an Australian seaside town, missing a finger and her memory. She is carried to safety in the open arms of Bob (Iain Sinclair), a benevolent Aussie bloke. Bob offers Eva dry clothes, a …

Fresh and feisty new comedies featuring Springboard winners Amelia Ryan and duo Justin Locke and Jordan Shanks will debut this Saturday night as part of the Sydney Fringe Festival. Amelia Ryan’s exhilarating straight-from-the-shoulder comedy cabaret Amelia Ryan is a Storm in a D-Cup will entertain Fringe-lovers …

Water is an engrossing production whose pace does not let up throughout its 85 interval-free minutes. Its use of multimedia is both inventive and effective, providing a complexity and depth that fills the stage. A collaborative work, Water brings together the UK’s innovative Filter …

For all those who are stressed, worried or upset about all of life’s uncontrollable situations, there’s a remedy available: the Hispanic Artistic Expression (HAE) society has staged a fantastic heart-felt comedy, 100m2, that will literally leave you wanting to hug the cast after the play is …