New South Wales
COVID-19 stops Sydney Film Festival
Here is the message from Chair Deanne Weir, CEO Leigh Small and Festival Director Nashen Moodley.
Review: Misfit – Collage and Queer Practice, National Art School/Mardi Gras (NSW)
The exceptionality of queer experience is on glorious display here with jagged wit.
Review: Life is Impossible, Old 505 Theatre (NSW)
Broadway fantasy meets wartime socialist activism to mixed success.
Review: No Pay? No Way!, Sydney Opera House (NSW)
Liberation takes many forms in Marieke Hardy’s stellar adaptation of Dario Fo’s classic Marxist farce.
Review: Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam, Belvoir (NSW)
A dark and clever work that produces visceral, divided responses from the audience.
Review: Taloi Havini: Reclamation, Artspace (NSW)
Reclamation considers both personal and political narratives, and comes at a time when our world is collectively questioning environmental responsibility,…
Review: Hofesh Shechter’s Grand Finale, Sydney Opera House (NSW)
A weighty, admirable yet bleak work for the end of days.
Review: The Life of Us, Hayes Theatre (NSW)
An absorbing and intimate new Australian musical exploring long-distance love.
Review: Don Giovanni, Sydney Opera House (NSW)
Opera Australia’s revival run of Sir David McVicar’s production is part revelatory – and part not.
Exit interview: Lee Lewis, Artistic Director, Griffin Theatre
After eight years at Griffin, Lee Lewis is moving on to a new role at Queensland Theatre. She reflects on…