Did you hear the one about the girl on the bus with a dead squirrel? Sydney Comedy Fest kick off
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See&Do

Did you hear the one about the girl on the bus with a dead squirrel? Sydney Comedy Fest kick off

Our critics give you their verdict on the best shows around town from the Sydney Comedy Festival,singer James Taylor and the latest Hayes Theatre production directed by Blazey Best.

  • byCassie Tongue,James Jennings andDaniel Herborn

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Hugo Weaving is repellent yet compelling in STC’s The President

Hugo Weaving is repellent yet compelling in STC’s The President

Irish actor Olwen Fouéré and Australia’s Hugo Weaving command the stage in Sydney Theatre Company’s first time co-production with Dublin’s Gate Theatre.

  • byHarriet Cunningham
Defiant Deborah Conway addresses antisemitism in autobiographical show
★★★½
Music

Defiant Deborah Conway addresses antisemitism in autobiographical show

As songstress Conway looks back on 40 years as a performer,it becomes clear the music is only the beginning.

  • byNick Dent
Adam Goodes’ AFL exit inspires sporting comedy calling foul on racism
★★★★
AFL 2024

Adam Goodes’ AFL exit inspires sporting comedy calling foul on racism

This Brisbane show is filthy one instance,elegiac and poetic the next – Chariots of Fire meets the frat house.

  • byNick Dent
Who would have thought a cost of living crisis play could be so funny?
★★★★½
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Who would have thought a cost of living crisis play could be so funny?

Our reviewers give their verdict on acts all over town from the No Pay,No Way,Carmen,Chris Isaak and Grease.

  • byJohn Shand,Peter McCallum,Harriet Cunningham,Chantal Nguyen andShamim Razavi
James and the Giant Peach review:School-age critics agree,it’s peachy
★★★★
Brisbane

James and the Giant Peach review:School-age critics agree,it’s peachy

Shake and Stir’s adaptation of Dahl’s fruitful adventure is an ideal holiday distraction.

  • byNick Dent
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He was playing the ‘wrong’ instrument – but nailed the concert anyway
★★★★★
Melbourne live reviews

He was playing the ‘wrong’ instrument – but nailed the concert anyway

Listeners were dazzled with the dizzying accuracy of Vikingur Olafsson’s fast hand-crossing,which was made far more perilous on a modern piano.

  • byTony Way andCameron Woodhead
This revolutionary feminist was executed at 31. Her ideas never died

This revolutionary feminist was executed at 31. Her ideas never died

Farewell Lady Autumn at La Mama is inspired by the life of Qiu Jin,who was executed after being implicated in a failed assassination plot.

  • byCameron Woodhead,Kosa Monteith,Jessica Nicholas,Barney Zwartz andTyson Wray
This three-course menu pairs the wine perfectly with its cocaine-addled chef

This three-course menu pairs the wine perfectly with its cocaine-addled chef

‘Gluttony:A Play in Three Courses’ offers an immersive performance as part of Melbourne’s Food&Wine Festival. Don’t worry,your only participation requirement is enjoying the food.

  • byCameron Woodhead,Andrew Fuhrmann andBarney Zwartz
This festival has the best,and worst,shows in Australia – that’s why I keep going back

This festival has the best,and worst,shows in Australia – that’s why I keep going back

A safe program is a dull program. You get exceptional shows by pushing at boundaries – the price of that,however,is that occasionally one will fall flat.

  • byElizabeth Flux
After a blistering Golden Plains set,this duo sets out to conquer Melbourne

After a blistering Golden Plains set,this duo sets out to conquer Melbourne

This wrap of shows around Melbourne includes Gaslight,Mahler 3,The Streets,Charlotte Adigéry and Bolis Pupul,and The Human League.

  • byGiselle Au-Nhien Nguyen,Barney Zwartz,Cameron Woodhead,Nadia Bailey andAndrew McClelland