Jacky (Guy Simon) is two things. The poster child of a hardworking, well-educated "blackfella" in the big city, and also a successful sex worker who knows that his skin colour is part of his package. In both realms of life, his Aboriginality can be a strength and a hindrance, but how much of himself is... Continue Reading →
Danny Ball is alive as Ari, the drug-fueled, hungry protagonist of Loaded, an adaptation of Christos Tsiolkas’ novel of youthful queer excess in Melbourne, Australia. Updated to the 2020s by Tsiolkas and Dan Giovannoni, this one-man show is a fierce dive into the brain and body of a second-generation Greek-Australian defying the world around him.... Continue Reading →
The soap opera at the heart of Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning A Strange Loop creator Michael R. Jackson's uproarious new Off-Broadway musical, that gives the show its title and catchy recurring theme song, White Girl In Danger, is set in the town of "Allwhite" and features a story that is "Allwhite", as the opening... Continue Reading →
2022 Nancy Dean Lesbian Playwriting Award-winner, Es & Flo, is a tender and moving portrayal of the powerful bond between two women across the decades. As the play opens, we meet Es on her birthday and discover that her memory isn’t what it used to be. Peppered with details of the couple's life together, revelations... Continue Reading →
Jonathan Larson’s Tick, Tick… BOOM! has landed at Sydney’s Lyric Theatre in a new production that feels surprisingly big. Headlined by TV star turned musical/cabaret artist Hugh Sheridan, this is a great, mainstage sized production of a small show. Tick, Tick... BOOM! is a story of resilience and the artistic life. Jon (Sheridan) is a... Continue Reading →
Gays, we need to talk. I hate to say it, but maybe we need to retire our beloved La Cage aux Folles. Wait, I know what you’re going to say… “It's a classic!” “It inspired The Birdcage!” “We don’t want to get angry phone calls from Harvey!” I hear you, I really do, but the... Continue Reading →
Following a UK tour, runs on London's West End—resulting in an Olivier nomination for Best New Comedy—a BBC television adaptation, and last year's North American premiere in Edmonton, Canada, Mischief theatre company's Peter Pan Goes Wrong is now taking perilous flight on Broadway at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. Ellie Morris (Lucy), Jonathan Sayer (Dennis), Charlie... Continue Reading →
You get the impression that the cast of Belvoir’s new production of Into The Woods said "fuck it!" and went for some big swings in the rehearsal room, and if pays off… mostly. Your mileage may vary, but you can’t accuse this ensemble of complacency. The whole evening is full of that sense of community... Continue Reading →
It’s hard enough to get a good man to fall in love with you, but worse to discover that the “other woman” vying for his attention… is you! A new, updated version of Alan Jay Lerner and Burton Lane’s 1960s musical On A Clear Day You Can See Forever has premiered in Sydney and it... Continue Reading →
Based on her on 2020 book—Yes, I Can Say That: When They Come for the Comedians, We Are All in Trouble—Emmy-winning veteran comedian Judy Gold's thrillingly ambitious new one-woman show—Yes, I Can Say That!—examines stand-up comedy’s ability to speak truth to power, and the dangers of censoring and silencing comedians. Not only is it provocative,... Continue Reading →
