Sydney live reviews
★★★★½
Arts
Tales of young foolishness are comedy gold
Cameron James mines his early life for laughs in his latest show.
- by Daniel Herborn
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★★★★
Arts
Miraculous: This play in a tiny theatre shouldn’t work but it does
Our critics give their verdicts on the biggest shows around town.
- by Chantal Nguyen, Daniel Herborn, John Shand and Harriet Cunningham
★★★½
Review
Nothing is sacred in this side-splitting ‘coming-of-clown’ story
Our critics give their take on the biggest shows around town
- by Shamim Razavi, Michael Bailey, Millie Muroi, Daniel Herborn and Kate Prendergast
★★★★
Review
After weeks of controversy, Blondie and Alice Cooper finally play to Sydney crowd
This all-day event had a lot to live up to but, powered by the terrific acts who actually did turn up, it didn’t disappoint.
- by George Palathingal
★★★★
Arts
Gladys Knight, Empress of soul sings her final goodbye to Australia
Our critics take in some of the latest shows around town, including Gladys Knight, West Side Story, Faure’s Requiem, Wilco and Jessica Mauboy.
- by John Shand, Michael Ruffles, Bernard Zuel and Peter McCallum
★★★★
Arts
A night of ‘blazing splendour’ from Sydney Symphony
Our critics take a look at the latest shows around town.
- by Peter McCallum, Cassie Tongue and Harriet Cunningham
★★★★★
Arts
You’ll want to feast on this unmissable new zombie musical
Our reviewers take a look at some of the latest shows around town, including Zombie! The Musical, Holding The Man, Frame Narrative and Wit.
- by John Shand and Kate Prendergast
★★★★
What’s on
The Human League put on a classic retro show – but it’s all about that one song
Our critics give their verdict on the latest shows around town, including the Human League, Yothu Yindi, Hannah Gadsby, the Song Company, Angelique Kidjo and Bell Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
- by John Shand, Peter McCallum, Daniel Herborn, Shamim Razavi, Michael Ruffles and James Jennings
★★★★½
What’s on
The masterful Lehman Trilogy is a work tinged with human greatness
Our critics take a look at some of the latest shows around town.
- by Michael Ruffles, John Shand, James Jennings and Millie Muroi
★★★½
Arts
Carlotta is still doing everything her own way at 80
Our critics take a look at some of the latest shows around town.
- by Harriet Cunningham, Peter McCallum and John Shand
★★★★½
Arts
Love ballet? See this. New to ballet? See this.
Our reviewers give their verdicts on the latest shows around town.
- by James Jennings, Cassie Tongue, Peter McCallum and Chantal Nguyen