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Peter LynchPeter Lynch

The publisher of Sydney Travel Guide, Peter is one of Australia’s leading entertainment journalists, writers and reviewers across some of the world’s best known mastheads. He has worked at the Sydney Morning Herald, The Daily Telegraph Sydney, The Times of London and was showbusiness editor of The Daily Mail, London. He covered West End shows an Hollywood stars. At the Sydney Travel Guide, Peter writes, interviews and reviews across theatre, food, music, art and travel, bringing decades of critical experience to his coverage of Sydney's cultural and dining scene. He casts an exacting eye over every article published, knowing Sydney Travel Guide’s readers and followers deserve and demand excellence and accuracy.

Review: Louder, at the Sydney Opera House is a joyous mix of Bach and backflips

June 27, 2026June 26, 2026 by Peter Lynch
Louder acrobats

Louder at the Sydney Opera House is a joyous mix of Bach and Backflips as a circus troupe performs with a classical orchestra.

Categories Things to do Tags sydney opera house

Sydney’s theatre scene faces a reckoning – our tourism industry will pay the price

June 21, 2026 by Peter Lynch
Beetlejuice Sydney

Beetlejuice the musical’s run across Australia has been cancelled. The show’s season in Brisbane will stop on July 5, and seasons in Adelaide and Sydney have been axed. It is time the State Government examined the problems of this vital part of our tourism industry.

Categories Things to do, News Tags Theatre

Vivid Sydney 2026, the festival of lights marred by the downing of drones, ends on a high

June 15, 2026June 13, 2026 by Peter Lynch
Vivid Sydney Hero

Vivid Sydney 2026 switched off its lights tonight after 23 nights of programming across the harbour city, with festival organisers Destination NSW pointing to a string of strong ticketing results as a signal of its success.

Categories Things to do, News Tags Festivals

Review: Does Hair, the tribal love-rock musical that once shocked the world, still resonate?

June 13, 2026 by Peter Lynch
Hair - the 2025 cast (Ben Fon)

Once a most revolutionary show dealing with sex, drugs and politics, Hair is back. Is it still as shocking? Peter Lynch finds out.

Categories Things to do, Theatre & Opera Tags Theatre

Sydney’s best free historical attraction? A visit to Government House is certainly a right royal contender

June 12, 2026 by Peter Lynch
Government House

In a city blessed with world-famous landmarks, Government House remains one of Sydney’s most underrated attractions.

Categories Things to do, Museums & Galleries Tags Government House

Preview: Can the musical Hair still speak to us in 2026? We’re about to find out

June 11, 2026June 10, 2026 by Peter Lynch
Hair the musical in Sydney - the 2025 cast (Ben Fon)

Nearly six decades after it first burst onto Broadway in 1968, and 57 years after it shocked Sydney audiences with its Australian premiere, the rock musical Hair is returning to the Harbour City.

Categories Things to do, Entertainment, Theatre & Opera Tags Theatre

Review: Pasta perfection – Paola Toppi’s return to the dining scene with mains at under $30

June 3, 2026 by Peter Lynch
Paolo Toppi at The Pasta Shop in Potts Point (Pix: Peter Lynch)

The economics of running a Sydney restaurant have seen many top diners fall. Paola Toppi of Machiavelli fame has downsized – and made a comeback with a Potts Point pasta paradise.

Categories Restaurants, News, Things to do Tags restaurants

All Vivid Sydney drone shows grounded after dramatic crashes

August 27, 2026May 30, 2026 by Peter Lynch
Vivid Sydney Drone Show Monday

Spectators watching the drone show on Monday saw around 90 drones plunge into Darling Harbour. The shows are now cancelled.

Categories Things to do, Families, Vivid Sydney Tags Drone Show, Vivid Sydney Drone Show

Grandfathers: Sichuan heat, Shanghai mood and enough food for a second sitting

May 13, 2026May 13, 2026 by Peter Lynch
Grandfathers, Angel Place (Pix by Peter Lynch)

Sydney’s dining scene has never been short of ambitious Chinese restaurants. But Grandfathers in Angel Place, in the CBD, manages to feel genuinely different.

Categories Food & Drink, Things to do Tags restaurants

Review: Anastasia at the Sydney Lyric – History, myth and spectacle

April 22, 2026April 10, 2026 by Peter Lynch
Anastasia at the Lyric Theatre (Peter Lynch)

Anastasia is the compelling real-life story of how the Russian royal family was murdered by revolutionaries. Perhaps not all real life. According to legend, one young girl survived. This is her story, told on the musical stage. It’s utterly absorbing with an unexpected ending.

Categories Things to do Tags Theatre
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