Review
★★★½
Sydney live reviews
The flawed Australian play that’s still worthy of being revived
The success of Mr Bailey’s Minder at Ensemble Theatre rests on the chemistry between actors playing the elderly Leo and his carer Therese.
- by John Shand
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Star-studded play fails to deliver in haunted house thriller
This wrap of shows around Melbourne includes 2:22 A Ghost Story at Her Majesty’s Theatre, jazz group Trichotomy, Caroline Lee in offbeat monodrama June, Paco Pena’s Flamenco in Concert, and Werribee Park Mansion’s long-running production of What Was That?
- by Cameron Woodhead, Sonia Nair and Jessica Nicholas
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Sweeney Todd is the perfect show to get your loved ones into musicals
A wrap of the best live shows in Sydney, from theatre shows The Turn of the Screw, Fade, Tim and Sweeney Todd to Eagles of Death Metal and Jeonghwan Kim.
- by John Shand, James Jennings, Harriet Cunningham, Cassie Tongue and Peter McCallum
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Fresh from his Sydney piano prize, 23-year-old Jeonghwan Kim dazzles
This wrap of shows around Melbourne includes the award-winning pianist Jeonghwan Kim, the Prince of Reggaeton, J Balvin, a bright new musical by Tom Gleisner, a long-awaited opera, gigs by 070 Shake, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Noah Cyrus and Tove Lo, plus a play about Australia’s first all-woman motor garage.
- by Liam Pieper, Vyshnavee Wijekumar, Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen, Cameron Woodhead and Will Cox
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Story about the end of the world has moments of theatrical magic
A wrap of the weekend’s live reviews, including Sydney Theatre Company’s On the Beach and Slowdive at Enmore Theatre.
- by Em Meller, John Shand and Harriet Cunningham
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Catharsis and joy collide in this emotionally explosive show
This wrap of shows around Melbourne includes Arlo Parks, Romeo and Juliet, Giselle, Animal Farm, Heidelberg Choral Society and Orchestra and more.
- by Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen, Cameron Woodhead, Sonia Nair, Andrew Fuhrmann and Tony Way
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Follow-up to Tony-winning Australian play is deeply distressing viewing
A wrap of the best live shows in Sydney this week, including Jailbaby, Musica Viva, Forgetting Tim Minchin, Miss Peony, Ray Chen and The Tales of Hoffmann.
- by Peter McCallum, Vaanie Krishnan, John Shand and Cassie Tongue
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The story of Chopin, his lover and an unassuming piano – as told through music
This wrap of shows includes Chopin’s Piano, HEKKA, Idomeneo, Just a Boy, Standing in Front of a Girl; George Balanchine’s Jewels, the MSO Winter Gala and more.
- by Tony Way, Jessica Nicholas, Bridget Davies, Cameron Woodhead and Andrew Fuhrmann
Musical follows in footsteps of Hamilton and Six, with modern take on history
A wrap of the weekend’s live reviews, including comedian Josh Glanc, musical Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812, and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.
- by Daniel Herborn, Peter McCallum and Joyce Morgan
Reuben Kaye makes triumphant return to Sydney after Project backlash
A wrap of the week’s live reviews, including Reuben Kaye, Bad//Dreems, Middle Kids, Romeo and Juliet, City of Angels and Live at the Great: 8 Seasons.
- by John Shand, Harriet Cunningham, James Jennings, Lenny Ann Low and Bernard Zuel
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Roald Dahl’s The Twits revels in grotesquerie and offence – exactly as it should
This wrap of shows around Melbourne includes The Twits, Midnight: The Cinderella Musical, Is God Is, a powerful gig by Cash Savage and the Last Drinks and more.
- by Cameron Woodhead, Sonia Nair and Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen