Photo Coverage: First look at David Williamson's RUPERTNovember 17, 2014Rupert is heading to Sydney for an exclusive premiere season at Sydney's Theatre Royal opening on Saturday 29 November 2014 for a strictly limited three week season. This Sydney season precedes a transfer to London's West End in 2015.
BWW Reviews: Capitol Theatre's WICKEDSeptember 26, 2014Over a decade after it first opened on Broadway, hit musical Wicked still continues to make audiences rise to their feet in standing ovation all around the world. Last night, Thursday the 25th of September marked Wicked's return to Sydney after a few years absence and it was as though it never left. The streets surrounding the Capitol Theatre have embraced Wicked just as they did when it first arrived, everything is green. No, everything is positively emerald and the scene was set for a spectacular opening night. Noone was disappointed.
BWW Reviews: Opera Australia and John Frost's THE KING AND ISeptember 15, 2014Before Thursday's opening night, Opera Australia and John Frost's revival of the Rodger and Hammerstein classic musical The King and I was already a resounding success following positive reviews during it's run in Melbourne, impressive advanced ticket sales and a Helpmann Award for Best Musical. It was as a result of this hype that I entered the Opera House full of high expectations and ready, no, expecting to be entertained. I was not disappointed.
BWW Reviews: Baz Luhrmann's STRICTLY BALLROOM THE MUSICALApril 13, 2014"A life lived in fear is a life half lived" or so say the characters of Strictly Ballroom in both the musical and the 1992 original film. Anyone who has ever seen anything created by Baz Luhrmann would agree that Baz never does anything by halves and he is certainly fearless. To take one of your most popular and iconic films and turn it into a stage musical requires courage and a whole lot of confidence and creativity, none of which Baz Luhrmann lacks. The resulting musical, which opened Saturday night, is one that will please and entertain fans of the iconic film and will also create a new generation of fans of the story in its new form.
BWW Reviews: Opera Australia's MADAMA BUTTERFLYMarch 25, 2014The opening night of Madama Butterfly was an experience like no other. Mrs Macquarie's Point, near the iconic home of Australian opera, the Sydney Opera House, has been transformed into the perfect location for a night out at the opera.
BWW Reviews: Theatre Royal's DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELSOctober 24, 2013Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is currently wowing audiences at the Theatre Royal in Sydney showcasing a hilarious script, entertaining musical numbers, a talented cast and a simple but brilliant story.
BWW Reviews: Lyric Theatre's GREASEOctober 17, 2013Grease is the word at the Lyric Theatre in Sydney as the popular party musical returns to Australia with a star-studded and talented cast. Australian theatre producer, John Frost, has once again delivered us a fun, high-energy show that is sure to entertain.
BWW Reviews: CAVALIA - This Year's Must-See Show!May 19, 2013Cavalia opened in Sydney under the White Big Top at Moore Park this past Wednesday night to a full house ready to be entertained. If the standing ovation and the rapturous applause is anything to go by, I was not alone in feeling entertained and in awe of this spectacular show.
BWW Reviews: DRIVING MISS DAISY is Not to Be Missed!March 14, 2013Driving Miss Daisy is a Pulitzer Prize winning Alfred Uhry play that first premiered in 1987 about the relation between an elderly Southern Jewish woman, Daisy (Lansbury), and her African-American chauffeur, Hoke (James Earl Jones), as well as her son, Boolie (Boyd Gaines). With a focus on the themes of segregation and friendship, it is story which tugs strongly at the heartstrings.
Keira Daley Announces World Nerdination Tour!April 2, 2012The award winning hit of the Sydney Fringe Festival 2011 is back! Indulge your inner (or not so inner) nerd with 'LadyNerd', Keira Daley's funny, fact-packed cabaret tribute to some of history's greatest minds from Ada Lovelace to Marie Curie via that woman who invented liquid paper.
Nominations Open for 2011 BWW:Australia AwardsOctober 5, 2011Following the success of the BWW awards in eight regional markets last year and the substantial rise in interest in Australian theatre, the time has come for Australia to vote! The nominations for the inaugural 2011 BWW:Australia Awards are now open!
BWW Reviews: LadyNerd - A CabaretSeptember 30, 2011Directed by Jay James-Moody and with musical direction by Mark Chamberlain, LadyNerd is Keira Daley's cabaret tribute to some of history's greatest and most pioneering minds, from Marie Curie to Amelia Earhart, via lesser known lady nerds including the woman who invented Liquid Paper: Bette Nesmith Graham.
IN THE MOOD - TOUR EXTENDED!August 8, 2011Promoter Mario Maiolo has extended the September run into October of IN THE MOOD, taking the production to regional areas in New Zealand and Australia, on a thirty plus concert itinerary. This is the first tour Down Under of the sensational all-American celebration of 1940's Swing, which is in its 18th season of sold out performances in America, Canada and Europe.