SUBSCRIBE: It's free, quick to sign up, and full of arts goodness

now playing

Theatre

Trevor

Audrey review: This tragicomic story of a chimp who dreams of becoming a Hollywood star does more than raise an eyebrow. It touches the heart.

Where: Kings Cross Theatre, Kings Cross Hotel, Sydney When: 14 Jun - 6 Jul 2019

Read More Book

Musical

Razorhurst

Audrey review: A satisfying 90 minutes of song and savagery but Razorhurst feels like the spine of a bigger show.

Where: Hayes Theatre Company, Potts Point, Sydney When: 14 Jun - 13 Jul 2019

Read More Book

Theatre

Anatomy of a Suicide

Audrey review: A powerfully acted and impressively detailed production reminds how inescapable one’s destiny can be.

Where: Old Fitzroy Theatre, Woolloomooloo, Sydney When: 12 Jun - 6 Jul 2019

Read More Book

Theatre

The Astral Plane

Audrey review: Charlie Garber’s play takes you to some pretty weird places. It even takes you to places between places.

Where: Belvoir, Surry Hills, Sydney When: 12 - 29 Jun 2019

Read More Book

Theatre

Things I Know To Be...

Audrey review: An uproarious, devastating and quintessential chronicle of a family struggling to find the difference between finding autonomy and falling apart.

Where: Belvoir, Surry Hills, Sydney When: 8 Jun - 21 Jul 2019

Read More Book

Theatre

Gloria

Audrey review: In a pitch-perfect production, Gloria delivers its punch early and packs multiple stings in its tail.

Where: Seymour Centre, Chippendale, Sydney When: 6 - 29 Jun 2019

Read More Book

Theatre

Collaborators

Audrey review: You can’t fault the New for its ambition. But you wish it could draw on more resources to back it up.

Where: New Theatre, Newtown, Sydney When: 4 Jun - 6 Jul 2019

Read More Book

Theatre

Prima Facie

Audrey review: Suzie Miller's new play shows us all the ways in which the legal system is unfairly made and inherently broken.

Where: Griffin Theatre, Kings Cross, Sydney When: 17 May - 22 Jun 2019

Read More Book

Dance

Bangarra: 30 years of sixty...

Bangarra Dance Theatre’s landmark 30th anniversary season offers a diverse program of three contemporary works.

Where: Drama Theatre, Sydney Opera House When: 13 Jun - 13 Jul 2019

Read More Book

Theatre

Murder on the Wireless

Audrey review: A genial but shallow tribute to the era of the wireless serial transports its audience to a radio studio, circa 1959.

Where: Ensemble Theatre, Kirribilli, Sydney When: 7 Jun - 13 Jul 2019

Read More Book

Features

Longer reads. Big ideas. More than just the skinny.

Got a few minutes? Spend some of them on Audrey Journal’s long-form writing on theatre, dance, opera and performance in Sydney and beyond.

View All

Family ShowsIPAC, Wollongong, NSW 18 - 20 Jul 2019

Mermaid surfs the new wave of environmental consciousness

Imagination, computer software and old plastic bottles help bring a mermaid tale to life.

Read More Book

Conversation 20 - 20 Jun 2019

Indie Theatre on Shaky Foundations?

The sudden closure of an inner city venue points to a structural weakness in our independent sector, write KXT co-artistic directors Suzanne Millar and John Harrison.

MusicalHayes Theatre Company, Potts Point, Sydney 14 Jun - 13 Jul 2019

Razorhurst: When Bad Women Make Good

A musical set in the streets and brothels of underworld Sydney comes home, writes Kate Mulley.

Read More Book

TheatreRiverside Theatres, Parramatta, Sydney 20 - 29 Jun 2019

The Digital Divide

Our digital devices can be both tools and weapons, says Girl in the Machine playwright Stef Smith.

Read More Book

TheatreGriffin Theatre, Kings Cross, Sydney 17 May - 22 Jun 2019

Prima Facie: Taking on the System

Suzie Miller's new play weaves years of coalface legal experience into the story of a lawyer who finds herself on the other side of the bar.

Read More Book

TheatreOld Fitzroy Hotel, Woolloomooloo, Sydney 15 - 15 Jul 2019

Lyre: a Theatrical Séance

Harry Milas deploys some of the oldest tricks in the book to promote healthy skepticism and agency.

PerformanceJoan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre, Penrith 1 Apr - 30 Jun 2019

Muru yuu Yura: Pathways and Peoples Connectivity

Dharug artist Venessa Possum creates a feast of connectivity and craft at Q Theatre's Long Table.

Read More Book

Conversation 20 - 20 Jun 2019

The Producer: the invisible artist

Imogen Gardam, winner of the 2018 Rose Byrne Scholarship for Emerging Female Leader in the Arts, on why she looks forward to "disappearing back into the shadows".