The best shows to see in Sydney this month

The Sydney Comedy Festival is back for another year and seems to be growing bigger on each return. This year, Sydney boasts around 850 performances across Sydney, energising the nightlife and entertainment precincts with laughs from April 13 to May 17. With a Tiffany Haddish headliner, to grassroots comedians on home soil, where do you even start figuring out which to see? Look no further than this list.

Did you love My Brilliant Career? Well, Sheridan Harbridge co-wrote the smash-hit show, and now she has written and is starring in another one: Amplified: The Exquisite Rock and Rage of Chrissy Amphlett. After a sold-out season at Belvoir, it’s at the Seymour Centre until April 25.

Anastasia (1997) was among the first musical films I knew in its entirety. While many children frolicked to Timon and Pumbaa’s playful anthem in The Lion King, I was instead reenacting “Once Upon a December” in my living room, captivated by a heroine whose quiet determination carried her through danger and uncertainty. At the time, I could not have anticipated how deeply this film would shape my relationship with musical theatre. “Journey to the Past” soon became a staple audition piece, and Anya’s unwavering belief in her own worth quietly informed my own developing sense of confidence.