Glace Chase’s play, Triple X, has finally hit the Sydney Theatre Company mainstage and it has been well worth the elongated wait. Fresh, complex, and hugely entertaining, this exploration of the love between a cis man and trans woman quickly demolishes your expectations and takes you on a ride filled with ethical backflips, emotional diversions,... Continue Reading →
Theatre Review: Camp Morning Wood – A very Naked Musical (Asylum Theatre, New York) ★★★
Camp Morning Wood: A very Naked Musical, which opened Off-Broadway on Friday night at New York's Asylum Theatre, lives up to its title, and then some. It's camper than a row of tents and joyously body-positive, with a nearly continuous display of male nudity from the fearless and fully committed ensemble cast who seem just... Continue Reading →
Theatre Review: Seven Methods of Killing Kylie Jenner (Darlinghurst Theatre Company, Sydney) ★★★★★
It’s really not often that a new play feels so electric, funny, and fierce that the audience alternates between literally falling off their seats with laughter, and stunned soulful silence. Dammit, I’m just going to say it, Seven Methods of Killing Kylie Jenner is the best new play I’ve seen in years. Moreblessing Maturure as... Continue Reading →
Theatre Review: The Picture of Dorian Gray (on demand globally) ★★★★
One thing we’ve learnt through this pandemic is that “Zoom theatre” is gawdawful. And while previously recorded theatre productions (like London’s brilliant National Theatre Live) have gone some way to filling the gap, new productions have been rare and of vastly varying quality. Which is why this production of The Picture of Dorian Gray is... Continue Reading →
Theatre Review: Fangirls (Seymour Centre, Sydney) ★★★1/2
After a hit debut run at Belvoir Theatre in 2020, the new musical Fangirls has made its way to the larger Seymour Center in Sydney to bring some preemptive post-pandemic music-mania to the stage. The tale of three schoolgirls and their obsession with the boyband True Connection and lead singer Harry (yes, you may notice... Continue Reading →
Exclusive Interview: creative & fashion director Sam Ratelle “I’m excited for where the future of menswear is going”
Hailed by Vogue as “the most fabulous entrance in Met Gala history”, in May last year Billy Porter was carried on to the pink carpet by six shirtless Broadway hunks on a palanquin dressed as Cleopatra in a dazzling gold ensemble designed by The Blonds. Just three months earlier, Porter had shut down the red... Continue Reading →
The Living Room where it happens – film of Hamilton original Broadway production opens on Disney+ July 3rd
With the Great White Way deserted and shuttered since March 11th, and no official reopening date yet decided, yesterday the Broadway League announced theatres are now offering refunds and exchanges for tickets purchased for performances through September 6th 2020. There was better news however for theatregoers around the world from Disney, who will fast track... Continue Reading →
It’s Broadway, Bitch! Cast announced for Britney Spears musical Once Upon A One More Time
The cast for the world premiere of the Broadway-bound Britney Spears jukebox musical Once Upon A One More Time has just been announced. The show will be set to the hits of the Grammy-winning princess of pop and will star Briga Heelan (Great News, Judd Apatow’s Love) and Justin Guarini (Romeo and Juliet, American Idol) as Cinderella and Prince Charming in... Continue Reading →
