Song-writer Max Martin’s extensive back catalogue has been cherry-picked to create the crowd-pleasing musical & Juliet, with productions currently running on Broadway and in Melbourne, Australia, after debuting in London in 2019. William Shakespeare (Rob Mills) is about to debut his new play, Romeo & Juliet, but when his wife, Anne Hathaway (Amy Lehpalmer) has... Continue Reading →
Theresa Rebeck’s Bernhardt/Hamlet is probing gender politics and a brilliant showcase for Kate Mulvany in Melbourne Theatre Company’s rambunctious new production. Sarah Bernhardt (Mulvany), the Meryl Streep of the late 19th and early 20th century, is looking for a new challenge to suit her towering talents now that she's aging out playing ingénues. So she... Continue Reading →
Edward Albee’s pedigree as the chronicler of domestic dysfunction is well earned and the Sydney Theatre Company’s new production of The Goat or, Who is Sylvia revels in the nasty details. Dark comedies don’t get much darker than this, and when we say "the goat", we don't mean "the greatest of all time". Martin and... Continue Reading →
Comfort, Spin, Travel is a story of trans frustration. Our narrator is spending a late night in a branch of Officeworks—a big box office supply chain—thinking about his past and his family, and trying to come to some kind of peace with the world around him. Is he a good person? Written by Lu Bradshaw... Continue Reading →
There is magic here. Choreographer Shaun Parker’s collaboration with composer and vocalist Ivo Dimchev has produced something truly luscious to behold in King, newly relaunched work at Sydney’s Seymour Centre. The group dynamics of men, sexuality and masculinity are illustrated and deconstructed in Parker’s kinetic and humorous piece. With a company made up of a... Continue Reading →
Briefs are back! After an enforced hiatus and a UK tour, their new show Dirty Laundry has toured Australia and finally come to land at Sydney WorldPride. It’s everything you know and love about the cabaret/circus/burlesque/drag/comedy troupe in a new production. You’ll laugh, you’ll scream, you’ll get a bit horny, and you’ll have a lot... Continue Reading →
I am dead. I know this because our anti-hero Zan (Ziggy Resnick) held my name up on a piece of paper and tore it up to represent all the men she’s killed. Whether it was aimed at me, or at the generically loathed “Chads” of the world is anyone's guess, but it’s obvious that Zan... Continue Reading →
William Yang has brought his very personal recollections of Sydney’s gay scene to life through his images, and now his one-man show as part of Sydney WorldPride 2023. The people, places and memories are brought to life through his gentle recollections of the beginnings of the Sydney Mardi Gras, the AIDS crisis and the mainstreaming... Continue Reading →
Sex Magick lives up to its title with a lot of flavours of sex and seemingly endless amounts of magic (both the practical, theatrical kind and the more ephemeral). Funny, frisky, and confronting, Sex Magick leaves you spent but very satisfied. Ard Panicker (Raj Labade) is a former elite physiotherapist that’s been reduced to seeking... Continue Reading →
Sydney's Hayes Theatre is taking us back a century this WorldPride season with the roaring twenties set, classic 1940s feel-good musical comedy Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. The Hayes has really gone to town with this production; there are big voices, a big marketing push, and a big set (perhaps a little too big for the space).... Continue Reading →
