Category: Sydney Festival

  No Dice – Photo by Peter Nigrini NATURE THEATER OF OKLAHOMA and SYDNEY FESTIVAL present NO DICE at The Abraham Mott Hall. Firstly, this is a show that was only $25 a ticket. Secondly, it was according to my booking agent sold out. Thirdly, this meant I had to rise at 5.45 am to get myself to Martin Place and wait for the TIX FOR NEXT TO NIX booth to open at 8am. Fourthly, as you can tell I got tickets. And now… Fifthly this is the best show I have seen in this festival so far. NATURE THEATER…

  Faith Healer – Sydney Festival 2009 – Photo by Trent O’Donnell   GATE THEATRE DUBLIN and the SYDNEY FESTIVAL 2009 present A Celebration of the Work of Brian Friel: FAITH HEALER at the Parade Theatre. FAITH HEALER is the first of three plays that, at the invitation of the Sydney Festival, the Gate Theatre Dublin are presenting as a celebration of the work of Brian Friel, Irish playwright, celebrating, this January, his 80th year. This was the company that two years ago, in the same venue, presented a season of Beckett plays. Brian Friel is one of the great…

    The Sydney Theatre Company, Sydney Festival 2009 present THE WAR OF THE ROSES, Part 1 & Part 2 by William Shakespeare adapted by Tom Wright & Benedict Andrews at the Sydney Theatre. Before we talk of the present production under the title THE WAR OF THE ROSES there will be a preamble of information that I think is relevant. ( Skip forward if you wish.) Shakespeare wrote two tetralogies or eight plays chronicling a turbulent 88 years of English History (from the 1380’s to the 1480’s) covering the reigns of English monarchs from that of Richard II to…