Sydney
Opera for the Dead review: ghosts in the theatre
Opera for the Dead blends the ancestral and contemporary to consider rituals around death and remembrance.
Sydney Theatre Awards 2025: new Phar Lap musical and Belvoir's grief adaptation lead the winners' race
From a sassy indie smash-hit to a beautiful exploration of grief, here are the winners of the Sydney Theatre Awards 2025.
WAKE review: queer cabaret from the Emerald Isle
WAKE brings a riot of colour and music to the Sydney Festival.
Hot Chip review: joy in repetition at the Sydney Opera House
Returning to Australia as part of Sydney Festival, Hot Chip showed why they are such beloved musical icons.
Mama Does Derby review: wheeling onto stage with brutal tenderness
Despite the roller derby chaos, the real heart of Mama Does Derby is in how it portrays a complex mother-daughter…
Hamlet Camp review: 'To be, or not to be' as an occupational hazard
Quick, funny, and uncomfortably human, Hamlet Camp drags you into a world where art won’t let go, and neither will…
SXSW Sydney quietly cancels 2026 festival and all future events
After three years, SXSW Sydney is calling it quits.
Observer, Observed review: public art about public surveillance for Sydney Festival
Julia Phillips’ art installation on Pyrmont Bridge encourages us to reflect on our willingness to participate in the surveillance state.
Post-Orientalist Express review: spectacle, parody, and the limits of post-orientalist dance in a festival economy
A fascinating but unresolved Sydney Festival production by avant-garde Korean choreographer Eun-Me Ahn.
Rock and rolling into Mama Does Derby
Virgina Gay and Clare Watson discuss the comic horror of adolescence and a mother who redefines herself through roller derby.