Toasting Aussie Theatre

09/08/2025

Lost Property | Review

Don’t have time to read the full review? Click here for a quick summary of the who, what, where and wine of this production. Take a trip on a Melbourne tram with Alice, but beware: her journey is littered with the remnants of a troubled year catalysed by a sexual assault Alice witnessed on a…

31/07/2025

How to see outstanding theatre on a budget

Because the prettiest thing about the theatre shouldn’t be the price tag. My early memories of the theatre are of my mum taking me as a child. We’d dress up in nice clothes, drive a couple of hours to Sydney, and spend a glorious afternoon immersed in musicals like Wicked, Billy Elliot and Saturday Night…

28/07/2025

A Girl You Should Know | Review

Elise Fabris is a singer, a mother, an actor, a tv presenter, a wife, a sister and a girl you should know.

25/07/2025

A Series of Poorly Timed Questions | Review

One year, Shay Debney moved his life from Australia to London. On the anniversary, he performs his self-written show, A Series of Poorly Timed Questions, as part of Riverside Studios’ Bitesize Festival in London before taking it to Edinburgh Fringe next month.

13/11/2024

The Female of the Species, Rogue Projects and the Old Fitz | Review

Don’t have time to read the full review? Click here for a quick summary of the who, what, where and wine of this production. This energetic take on Joanna Murray-Smith’s The Female of the Species, directed by Erica Lovell, offers some quick laughs and interesting philosophies. Alone in her country cottage, Margot Mason, long-time feminist…

30/10/2024

McGuffin Park, Ensemble Theatre | Review

Don’t have time to read the full review? Click here for a quick summary of the who, what, where and wine of this production. With a stellar cast and provocatively tongue in cheek political speak, Sam O’Sullivan’s McGuffin Park, directed by Mark Kilmurry is a fun and timely depiction of small-town election season. In the…

05/07/2024

Highway of Lost Hearts, Lingua Franca and Arts on Tour, Riverside Theatre | Review

Part dusty highway journey, part fantastical adventure, Mary Anne Butler’s Highway of Lost Hearts won’t have you saying ‘are we there yet’ but rather ‘the journey is the destination.’

30/06/2024

Annie returns to Australia

The beloved tale of Annie has been capturing the hearts of theatregoers around the globe for generations. And now the legendary, joyous and inspiring production returns to Australian stages. The ever-popular Broadway musical Annie will light up Sydney’s Capitol Theatre from March 2025 in an exciting new production directed by Karen Johnson Mortimer and produced…

14/06/2024

Kate Bubalo, Playwright [YOUR NAME]| Stage Sips

Fresh out of NIDA and already gaining acclaim in Sydney’s theatre scene, playwright Kate Bubalo’s [YOUR NAME] pays homage to the weird, fantastical, joyful experience that is teenage girlhood.

12/06/2024

Creators, Pride Fest 2024 | Stage Sips

Well it’s June again and you know what that means – it’s Pride Month! And Qtopia Sydney, an organisation dedicated to showcasing queer creativity, is running a month-long Pride Fest.