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Olivia Ruggiero on writing and performing Broadway Diva | Stage Sips
Do you remember the first theatre show you ever saw? Olivia Ruggiero does and it’s had a pretty big impact on her life. Named Broadway World Sydney’s Best Solo Performer of 2022, Ruggiero has written, directed, produced and performed around Australia for more than five year. Her most recent venture, Broadway Diva, cowritten and directed…
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Carly Fisher on writing, directing and producing Broadway Diva | Stage Sips
Carly Fisher’s theatre career is impressive on paper, and even moreso when you get to see one of her shows. Focused on producing and directing cause-based stories, Fisher’s work has made its way around Australia and across to the US and UK, gracing the staces of Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Adelaide Fringe Festival as well as…
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The Lucky Country, Hayes Theatre Co. | 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. Fun loving and unafraid, with a soundtrack as moving as it is groovy, this new musical appreciates, pokes fun at and examines with a critical eye the many varied Australias that…
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Lucy Heffernan and Alex Tutton on Purple Tape Productions’ Tape Over Festival | Stage Sips
When you walk through the doors of KXT on Broadway, you’re sure to experience unique and compelling theatre. Be it drama, comedy, experimental or biographic, KXT provides a platform for up and coming writers and diverse storytelling, making it one of my choice theatres for a night out, and a great host for Purple Tape…
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Party Girl, Purple Tape Productions | 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. She’s snarky, magical and musical. She’s Fairy Sprinkles! Lucy Heffernan’s one-woman show Party Girl is the rock n’ roll monologue to end all kids’ birthday parties. It’s a day in the…
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PRINCIPAL CAST MEMBERS ANNOUNCED FOR WICKED
On behalf of his co-producers Marc Platt, Universal Pictures, The Araca Group, Jon B. Platt and David Stone, John Frost for Crossroads Live today announced the talented lead cast in the Broadway Blockbuster musical WICKED, which flies into Australia’s Emerald City at the Sydney Lyric from 25 August. New tickets for additional performances also go on…
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Mary Ann Butler on writing CUSP for ATYP | Stage Sips
Mary Anne Butler is an award winning playwright based in Darwin, NT and a PhD candidate in the College of Indigenous Futures, Arts and Society at Charles Darwin University. Her plays have won the Victorian Prize for Literature, Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Drama, two NT Chief Minister’s Book of the Year Awards and four…
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Short Blanket, Slanted 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. In its representation of the difficulty Asian-Australian creatives experience in producing theatre that is both true to their lived experience and commercially viable, Short Blanket by Matt Bostock, directed by Tiffany…
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Suddenly Last Summer, 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. A dreamy, yet harrowing, family drama, Ensemble Theatre’s production of Suddenly Last Summer reminds us why the Tennessee Williams story became a canon classic. After poet Sebastian Venable dies while overseas…