I was so pleased to see Bryce Hallett’s article in the Sydney Morning Herald last Saturday, highlighting a problem everyone in the industry has been discussing for some time, the future shortage of theatres in Sydney capable of housing major commercial productions (and specifically musicals).

In the last week I have been looking around the fringe theatre scene in Sydney. Often a vibrant and exciting theatre alternative to the mainstream productions. The one word that goes with most of the fringe theatre scene is “co-op”. Just about every show performed in our small theatres in…

When a show opens on Broadway, especially a big musical, it is normal practice to have up to 28 previews before opening night. During the last week of these previews, critics are invited to the show, but by this time the cast is well and truly settled into their stage…

There is nothing more enjoyable when returning to some journalism for the first time for a while, to be able to write one’s first column for this website with subject matter that is full of praise. With all the many problems within the Australian entertainment/arts scene, where so many things…

What a strange bundle of improperly-rinsed washing that ol’ Sunrise breakfast television show is! Dirty laundry at bargain basement prices! But ‘get in quick’ or all the content will be gone.

What a strange bundle of improperly-rinsed washing that ol’ SUNRISE breakfast television show is! Dirty laundry at bargain basement prices! But ‘get in quick’ or all the content will be gone.   Now, this may be old news to some, but this story has stayed with me since the beginning of…

I went to see two shows last week: The MTC’s, The Drowsy Chaperone, and, Gentlemen Prefer Blokes. I feel compelled to write about the latter.

I look at the front page of Aussie Theatre today and I see something that I said: “I think we have a problem in our cultural value of the arts as vital and necessary tool for the preservation of a sane society”.