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Here You Come Again  Book by Bruce Vilanch in collaboration with Gabriel Barre and Tricia Paoluccio Adapted for the Australian stage by Fiona Harris and Mike McLeish Songs by Dolly Parton Following its Australian premiere in Melbourne and a stint in Perth, the Sydney season Of Here You Come Again…

A ribbit-ing good time! The world is on fire, and people are dying. War and plague ravage the globe, and arts funding faces cuts. Humanity needs a bloody miracle to be saved! Dionysus, the god of theatre, teams up with his trusty sidekick Xanthias on an odyssey to the Underworld….

Hedwig holds a place unmatched in the queer music theatre cannon. This is the story of “internationally ignored song stylist” Hedwig Schmidt, an East German rock n’ roll goddess who demolishes the theatrical fourth wall in an 85 minute straight to audience rock concert experience. She has had her heart broken…

Book Thomas Meehan / Music Charles Strouse / Lyrics Martin CharninDirected by Karen Johnson Mortimer Produced by John Frost for Crossroads Live Australia with Fowles Entertainment and Power ArtsCapitol Theatre Sydney In the current political climate we all need a little bit of sunshine. The revival of the much loved Broadway…

Last night, Saturday 1 March 2025, Sydney did what it does best—turned the volume up, took over the streets, and celebrated every shade of the rainbow. The 47th annual Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade transformed Oxford Street, Flinders Street, and Anzac Parade into a dazzling display of community, resilience, and…

Let me begin by encouraging every theatre lover to support New Theatre and the plays presented there. The works offer a fresh and often queer point of view, and I have never seen a bad show there. It is an underappreciated venue that deserves packed houses for every single performance. …

Peter and the Starcatcher by Rick Elice Capitol Theatre, Sydney Theatre, film, and television have seen quite a few origin stories in recent years—from the theatrical mega-hit and cinematic juggernaut Wicked to Disney’s visually spectacular Cruella and Netflix’s Wednesday and Penguin, audiences love to explore how archetypal characters became the…

Jesus Christ Superstar Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics by Tim Rice Produced by John Frost and David Ian for Crossroads Live – Capitol Theatre, Sydney Andrew Lloyd Webber’s iconic musical Jesus Christ Superstar has opened at Sydney’s Capitol Theatre and the original, iconic rock opera is just as impressive…

The 71st Sydney Film Festival tonight awarded the prestigious Sydney Film Prize to Italian filmmaker Paola Cortellesi for her film There’s Still Tomorrow, a moving, empowering melodrama about an industrious woman in post-WWII Rome. Cortellesi directs and stars in the film, which became a box office phenomenon in Italy, outperforming the likes of Barbie and Oppenheimer. The winner…

The 71st Sydney Film Festival (5-16 June) opened tonight at the State Theatre with the World Premiere of Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line. Festival Director Nashen Moodley opened the Festival to a packed auditorium including Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line director Paul Clarke and Midnight Oil frontman Peter Garrett. Sydney Film Festival Board Chair, Darren Dale said, “I am…