Cassie Tongue

Your Sunday Afternoon Zen: Jacqui Dark sings her ‘IVF Song’

Jacqueline Dark, who has taken a break from the opera world to play Mother Abbess in the current Australian production…

10 years ago

The Fantasticks, Hayes Theatre Co

Note: this review frequently references sexual assault. Please be safe.  The Fantasticks, the world’s longest-running musical, inspires a certain fervour…

10 years ago

Alan Cumming Sings Sappy Songs, Sydney Festival season

Alan Cumming has the ineffable quality of a star. There’s that flashing smile, sliding from cheeky to rueful within seconds.…

10 years ago

Squabbalogic’s original Grease cast announced

Lo-fi indie company Squabbalogic are kicking off their 2016 season by digging beneath the shiny exterior of a musical theatre…

10 years ago

Review: Jasper Jones – Belvoir St Theatre

Beneath a giant tree, branches reaching out across the sky, sit two teenagers: bookish Charlie (Tom Conroy) and outcast-troublemaker Jasper…

10 years ago

Favourite moments in 2015: Sydney theatre

Theatre critic and AussieTheatre Deputy Editor Cassie Tongue sees hundreds of shows a year. In this piece, she writes about…

10 years ago

2015 Sydney Theatre Award Nominations Announced

It's that time of year again! Nominations were announced today for the Sydney Theatre Awards for 2015, which will be…

10 years ago

The Sound of Music, Sydney season

The Sound of Music, that grand sentimental fare best known as a film from 1965, has come to Sydney’s Capitol…

10 years ago