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Review: HOW TO DEFEND YOURSELF Opens Up The Discussion On Consent, Body Autonomy, and Social Conditioning In A World Where Women Still Fear For Their Physical Safety
by Jade Kops - August 21, 2022

Liliana Padilla's HOW TO DEFEND YOURSELF uses the American college experience to explore the universal realities of the ever-present vulnerability and fear of assault that women experience on a daily basis. ...

Guest Reviewer Kym Vaitiekus Shares His Thoughts On ALBION
by Jade Kops - August 01, 2022

ALBIOB directer Lucy Clements has assembled a fine cast to present this analogical portrait of a nation torn between preserving the past and radically reforming the present....

Review: FANGIRLS, Yve Blake's Feel Good Celebration Of The Force Of Female Power Returns To Sydney For A Second Encore Season
by Jade Kops - July 31, 2022

The audience love for Yve Blake’s musical comedy thriller FANGIRLS stays strong as the celebration of the power of female emotion, energy and enthusiasm remains important as society continues to need to shift views on the joyous devotion women of all ages display for strangers they see on stage and ...

REVIEW: Claudia Osborne and Tasnim Hossain's Adaptation Of BURN, WITCH, BURN Explores Witchcraft To Leave It Even More Of A Mystery
by Jade Kops - July 12, 2022

FERVOUR and Red Line Productions have joined to present Claudia Osborne( Adaptor and Director) and Tasnim Hossain’s (Adaptor and Dramaturg) interpretation of Sidney Hayers BURN WITCH BURN (a movie originally released in 1962 as NIGHT OF THE EAGLE), a work in turn based on Fritz Leiber’s novel CONJUR...

REVIEW: Little Triangle's Latest Offering Is The Hilarious 'Choose Your Own Ending' Musical Of THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD
by Jade Kops - July 10, 2022

Rupert Holmes’ (Music, Lyrics, Book) multi Tony Award winning musical of Charles Dickens’ final, unfinished novel is given the Little Triangle treatment in their brilliant interpretation of THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD....

REVIEW: While The Essence of GOLDEN BLOOD is Anchored in Singaporean Chinese Culture The Universality Of Family Challenges And Need To Belong Burns Through.
by Jade Kops - July 07, 2022

Playwright and Actor Merlynn Tong’s GOLDEN BLOOD is a captivating two hander exposing the underbelly Singapore would rather people not see as a young girl’s life is turned upside down when she’s left orphaned, in the care of her older brother. ...

BWW REVIEW: Guest Reviewer Kym Vaitiekus Shares His Thoughts On BECOMING ELIZA
by Jade Kops - June 10, 2022

In this world premiere, Australia’s much-loved star soprano Anna O’Byrne shares her honest and personal story of stepping into one of the most iconic roles in musical theatre – Eliza Doolittle. In BECOMING ELIZA, Anna O’Byrne reflects on her unique experience and shares stories about working intimat...

BWW REVIEW: Guest Reviewer Kym Vaitiekus Shares His Thoughts On KAREN'S DINER
by Jade Kops - June 09, 2022

Sit Down & Shut Up: Karen's Diner has opened in Top Ryde Shopping Centre. Customers can expect plenty of sass, great food and a sprinkle of bad attitude. Don't expect special treatment at this diner because it's all about Karen, and she won't be taking any of your nonsense! ...

Guest Reviewer Kym Vaitiekus Shares His Thoughts On MOULIN ROUGE THE MUSICAL
by Jade Kops - June 06, 2022

Moulin Rouge the Musical Spectacular. Astounding. Phenomenal. Extraordinary. Baz Luhrmann’s revolutionary film comes to life onstage, remixed in a musical mash-up extravaganza. A theatrical celebration of truth, beauty, freedom and above all love. ...

BWW Review: Meyne Wyatt's CITY OF GOLD Is Given A Bigger Audience As Sydney Theatre Company Joins With Black Swan Theatre Company of WA To Present A Powerful Production
by Jade Kops - May 30, 2022

Meyne Wyatt’s powerful CITY OF GOLD highlights the ongoing discrimination and racism that the Australian Indigenous communities still face in the 21st Century....

Kym Vaitiekus shares his thoughts on U.B.U: A CAUTIONARY TALE OF CATASTROPHE
by Jade Kops - May 22, 2022

U.B.U: A Cautionary Tale of Catastrophe has the tagline “Filth, Farts, Murder, Mayhem, Perverts, Puppets'. Richard Hilliar’s work delivers this promise with a raucous, energetic, entertaining and musical evening. The production has captured the pantomime genre superbly....

Kym Vaitiekus Shares his Thoughts on DUBBO CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING
by Jade Kops - May 20, 2022

Dubbo Champinship Wrestling, a new aussie musical that’s a king hit. Writer’s Daniel and James Cullen under Sheridan Harbridge direction brings us a slam dunk, funny, toe tapping, raucous and heart felt new work....

Kym Vaitiekus Shares His Thoughts On A LETTER FOR MOLLY
by Jade Kops - May 15, 2022

A Letter for Molly follows artist Renee as she explores and reflects on the family relationship ladder. From her contemplation of unexpected motherhood, up the generational steps to her connection with great grandmother. Her journey discoveries the intricacies of womanhood, culture, identity and th...

Guest Reviewer Kym Vaitiekus Shares His Thoughts On AN AMERICAN IN PARIS
by Jade Kops - May 07, 2022

An American in Paris is a glorious and inventive new musical inspired by the 1951 movie with a superb collection of music by the Gershwins....

BWW REVIEW: Little Triangle Theatre Company Reconsiders Sondheim's Relationship Songs With A Queer Lens In ISN'T IT QUEER?
by Jade Kops - April 22, 2022

Little Triangle Theatre Company reframes Stephen Sondheim’s relationship songs with an entertaining revue ISN’T IT QUEER? where love stories originally written for heterosexual connections are presented by different voices and pairings. ...

BWW REVIEW: Guest Reviewer Kym Vaitiekus Shares His Thoughts On CIRCA'S PEEPSHOW
by Jade Kops - April 21, 2022

Brisbane based company Circa present a double act at the reimagined Theatre Royal in Sydney. They offer a show for all ages in school holiday hours, WOLFGANG’S MAGICAL MUSICAL CIRCUS. At night they it’s the adult viewing CIRCA’S PEEPSHOW....

BWW REVIEW: RedLine Production's Presentation Of THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS & MAHAGONNY SONGSPEIL Is A Surprising Feat In A Small Space
by Jade Kops - April 06, 2022

Director Constantine Costi pulls off the seemingly impossible of squeezing in a 17 piece orchestra, under the Baton of Brian Castles-Onion, a dancer and 6 singers into the small space of the Old Fitz Theatre to present an entrancing interpretation of Kurt Weill (Music) and Bertolt Brecht's (text/lyr...

BWW REVIEW: HEROES OF THE FOURTH TURNING Explores The Connection Between Religion And Politics That's Fracturing The US
by Jade Kops - April 05, 2022

Under Craig Baldwin’s direction, Sydney audiences are given a glimpse into the impassioned arguments that the American conservative Christian community have been making in favour of having their beliefs be the cornerstone of US politics in HEROES OF THE FORTH TURNING....

BWW REVIEW: Noël Coward's BLITHE SPIRIT Is Given A Modern Makeover In Sydney Theatre Company's New Staging
by Jade Kops - April 02, 2022

BLITHE SPIRIT, the satirical farce about the pitfalls of interrupting the souls of those past on for personal amusement plays out at the Sydney Opera House....

BWW REVIEW: Guest Reviewer Kym Vaitiekus Shares His Thoughts On HANDA OPERA ON SYDNEY HARBOUR, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
by Jade Kops - March 27, 2022

What a joy to see an enormous production of The Phantom of the Opera on Sydney harbour against the city skyline. And enormous is the word. The stage is 2.5 times larger than any indoor Australian stage....

BWW REVIEW: Guest Reviewer Kym Vaitiekus Shares His Thoughts On NORTH BY NORTHWEST
by Jade Kops - March 20, 2022

Director Simon Phillips has transferred one of Alfred Hitchcock’s expert works to the auditorium. Almost word for word, scene for scene and shot for shot. In a world where the theatre scene consists of reinventing films for the stage, this piece is the cinema masterpiece live on stage. ...

BWW REVIEW: Guest Reviewer Kym Vaitiekus Shares His Thoughts On WHITE PEARL
by Jade Kops - March 16, 2022

White Pearl astounds with colourful layers. Anchuli Felicia King’s work is a tour de force that explores themes of power, racism, feminism, beauty standards, consumerism and cultural diversity. ...

BWW REVIEW: Guest Reviewer Kym Vaitiekus Shares His Thoughts On BERNIE DIETER'S CLUB KABARETT
by Jade Kops - March 11, 2022

@BernieDieter @jaimime @sydneyfringe BWW REVIEW: Guest Reviewer Kym Vaitiekus Shares His Thoughts On BERNIE DIETER'S CLUB KABARETT...

BWW REVIEW: Guest Reviewer Kym Vaitiekus Shares His Thoughts On WUDJANG: NOT THE PAST
by Jade Kops - January 20, 2022

Bangarra Dance Theatre and Sydney Theatre Company, in their first co-production present the world premiere of WUDJANG: NOT THE PAST. An epic scale contemporary corroboree, and Bangarra’s largest stage production to date. ...

BWW REVIEW: SIX, the Rock Musical Rewriting Her-Story, Returns To The Sydney Opera House Stage.
by Jade Kops - December 30, 2021

SIX, the high energy, all female, pseudo-concert rock musical about the six wives of Henry VIII is back even better than before....