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“King Lear” Reincarnates As Geoffrey Rush–It’s A Bloody Tragedy
In one sense every play staged is a play for its times. Something about it attracts, provokes or...
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Bell Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” Reviewed: The Same Great Themes In Some Strange New Haunts
Today, Shakespeare’s Hamlet is a play that haunts itself. Its saturation into cultural...
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Romanian Surrealist Gellu Naum–Centenary Celebrations
It’s one hundred years since the birth of Gellu Naum, Romania’s greatest Surrealist poet. Two...
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Nigerian Theatre: Thespian Family Theatre’s Production of Femi Osofisan’s “Altine’s Wrath”
At its worst, Altine’s Wrath, written by Femi Osofisan (one of Nigeria’s better-known playwrights)...
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“The Experiment” Is A Musical Monodrama To Love, Hate, Or Both
Last night, The Experiment – of which I’m part – opened at the Melbourne Festival. The story of...
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If I Be Left Behind: Toni Morrison’s “Desdemona” Reminds Us Too Many Voices Remain Unheard
The tragedy of Shakespeare’s Desdemona haunts the literary canon. Her murder at the hands of her...
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A Genre-Hopping Triumph: “The Rabbits”
What is opera? This is a question that has engaged puzzled commentators and practitioners since...
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Toni Morrison’s “Desdemona” Invites Us To Listen Not Just Hear
In Desdemona, Toni Morrison’s response to Shakespeare’s Othello, which opens today at the...
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Goodbye To All That: Orwell’s “1984” Is A Boot Stamping On A Human Face No More
The blurb for Robert Icke and Duncan Macmillan’s stage adaption of George Orwell’s 1984 for the...
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Redefining The (Able) Body
When I first travelled overseas, fresh out of university in the early 1980s, I found myself in the...
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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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Daring And Visually Stunning: Robert Wilson’s Take On “Pushkin”
The world premiere of a groundbreaking new production by Robert Wilson took place at Moscow’s...
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British Director Brings Rock ‘N’ Roll Version Of “La Traviata” To Mariinsky
The troupe of the Mariinsky Theater will present a new version of Giuseppe Verdi’s La...
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“An Audience With Jimmy Savile”–This Is A Vital Play
In October 2012 ITV broadcast The Other Side Of Jimmy Savile, in which several women alleged that...
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“The Waiting Room,” IVF And The Sanctity Of Sex–Review
Kylie Trounson is a writer and playwright–and the daughter of Melbourne IVF pioneer Alan Trounson....
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Review: “The Merchant Of Venice,” Shakespeare’s Comedy Of Cruelty
The Merchant Of Venice (first published in 1600) boasts a problematic and sometimes controversial...
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“Beauty And The Beast” Promises And Fails At The Adelaide Festival
Beauty And The Beast is the quintessential story of a young beautiful daughter who has to live...
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Western Sydney Meets The City In Nakkiah Lui’s “Kill The Messenger”
Last week I went to the theatre. Unusual? No. But I say this because this event was real theatre...
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Sebastian Kreyer’s Staging of “Ghosts”
I’ve complained a lot in previous reviews about directors staging tragedies as comedies. But...
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