The Great Australian Plays: Speaking ‘Orstyrlian’ in “Rusty Bugles”
Rusty Bugles is a comedy-drama by Sumner Locke Elliot, one of the many talented writers to abandon...
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Julian Meyrick
What Are The Great Australian Plays? Part I
You could say that a canonical play is one where you’re the problem if you don’t like it. The...
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Playwriting In Australia
The first Australian National Playwrights Centre (ANPC) was founded in 1973 – the age of bongs,...
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“Betrayal” By Harold Pinter, And Our Betrayal Of Ourselves
Some plays are ruled by a single word. It burns through their action, dark as pitch. Watching them...
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Playwriting Doesn’t Get Better Or Worse–But It Does Evolve
This is a long-read essay, the third in a series on playwriting and drama by Julian Meyrick. Read...
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We Can’t Get Those Two Hours Back–Drama Works As Time Unfolds
This is a long-read essay, the second in a series on playwriting and drama by Julian Meyrick. Part...
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Need A Stage Coach? Why Some Plays Work, And Others Don’t
We all know whether a given play, film or TV drama “works” or not, but it’s often difficult to...
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Theatre Reviewing Is A Responsible Job–And It Requires Care
Is there any job other than theatre critic where so little knowledge can carry so much weight? If...
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A National Theatre Of Australia Is Needed, And It’s Time
Sociologist Max Weber once called politics “the slow boring of hard boards”. If he had been in the...
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Terrorism, Truth, and Trust – How Dramaturgy Informs Real Life
Drama and its core principles are to be found in theatres while the real world goes on outside,...
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It’s Time To Adapt: We Need A Fully Functioning National Drama
Last year in Australian theatre a rare event took place: a sector-wide debate about the role of...
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