“Macbeth (An Undoing)”: A New Take That Aims To Reimagine Lady Macbeth’s Path – But Ultimately Leaves You Guessing
What if significant portions of William Shakespeare’s text for Macbeth had been lost, leading to a...
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Electrifying Ensemble Performance and Political Satire in New Māori Play: “Unreel” by Helen Pearse-Otene
The stage explodes with ihi (essential force) and aroha (love, empathy) in Unreel, the new work by...
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Electrifying Ensemble Performance and Political Satire in New Māori Play: “Unreel” by Helen Pearse-Otene
The stage explodes with ihi (essential force) and aroha (love, empathy) in Unreel, the new work by...
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“Macbeth (An Undoing)”: A New Take That Aims To Reimagine Lady Macbeth’s Path – But Ultimately Leaves You Guessing
What if significant portions of William Shakespeare’s text for Macbeth had been lost, leading to a...
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Bell Shakespeare’s New “King Lear” Understands The Joy Of A Good Tragedy
It is a common reflex to reach for Aristotle’s Poetics to determine what a good tragedy should be....
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At This Year’s Rising Festival, I Was Most Excited By The New And Unexpected Audiences
Rising situates itself as a festival of new art, performance and music that takes place in the...
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Sydney Theatre Company’s “Dracula”: A Virtuosic Performance, Sexy Staging, And A Queer Rewriting
The figure of Dracula has always lived somewhere between the written word, screen projections and...
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Adelaide Cabaret Festival Understands How Its Audiences Long For Connection and Community
Now in its 24th year, the Adelaide Cabaret Festival’s annual celebration of all things cabaret...
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“Homo Pentecostus:” On Queer Intimacies, Religion, Ancestry And The Human Need For Connection
Music pumps; lights pulsate; two sweaty bodies sway together, touching, breathing in each other’s...
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Back to Back’s “Multiple Bad Things” takes a sophisticated look at the moral ambiguities of today’s ‘culture wars’
Back to Back Theatre is an internationally lauded ensemble of collaborators based in Geelong. With...
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“Symphonie Of The Bicycle:” On The Desire To Be Great, And The Desire To Live A Life With Great Meaning
Symphonie of the Bicycle is a tour de force. Actor and writer Hew Parham takes the audience...
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A Story Of Trauma, Hope And Regaining Control, “Nayika: A Dancing Girl” Is Soul-Stirring Dance Theatre
The complex and grappling issue of violence against women takes centre stage in the soul-stirring...
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Retro-futurist Green Theatre: Trick of the Light’s “Suitcase Show”
A new show from Trick of the Light theatre company is always something special, and Suitcase...
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I Wholeheartedly Recommend “The President:” A Brilliant Revival Of A Play Of Decay, Terror And Revulsion
Decay, terror, revulsion. These are three of the central themes of Thomas Bernhard’s rarely...
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New Play “The Exact Dimensions of Hell” Explores The Chaos And Contradiction Of Teenage Girlhood – And Witchcraft
The relationship between witchcraft and teenage girls has been the subject of many books, films...
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“That Perfect Dark”: Samuel Beckett’s “Company” in Dunedin
The southern city of Ōtepoti/Dunedin has played an important role in the history of Samuel Beckett...
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‘Strong Theatre With Unwavering Precision’: Into The Shimmering World Asks Us What Does It Mean To Be Good?
Angus Cerini’s Into the Shimmering World is an unforgiving and, frankly, bleak meditation on what...
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Love, Loss And Tears – But Also Laughter: Belvoir’s Compelling And Skilful Staging Of “Holding The Man”
Walking through Chippendale on my way to Sydney’s Belvoir Street Theatre, where this production of...
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Respect And Disrespect Clash Throughout 37 – A Brilliant New Play Exploring Australian Rules Football
Guernsey number 37 belonged to Aboriginal star football player Adam Goodes when he played for...
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Re-imagining the City through Performance: “The Drifting Room”, Created and Performed by Stephen Bain
The Drifting Room, created and performed by Stephen Bain. The Performance Arcade 2024,...
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Theatre Against Ageism: “The Secret Lives of Extremely Old People” by Rachel McAlpine
In a year in which 77-year-old Dolly Parton recorded her first rock record, the octogenarian...
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At the End of the Land: an avalanche of images that invites us to sit alone in time and space together
At the End of the Land, a world premiere production by Western Australian interdisciplinary...
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Belvoir’s “The Master and Margarita:” Astonishingly Ambitious, Physically Demanding, and a Resounding Success
Russian writer Mikhail Bulgakov’s cult novel The Master and Margarita has inspired many artists....
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Venus and Adonis: this “play within a plague” about Shakespeare is wildly romantic, erotic and colorful
Shakespeare wrote his famous narrative poem Venus and Adonis in a lockdown era when, in 1593, the...
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“My Sister Jill:” Patricia Cornelius’ New Play is a Blistering Post-War Social and Cultural Commentary
Emerging from one of Australia’s most enduring and significant theatrical partnerships between...
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A Journey of Discovery and Identity Formation: “The Dictionary of Lost Words” Makes Its Wonderful Stage Debut
The Dictionary of Lost Words follows Esme as she navigates the patriarchal world of Victorian...
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Sydney Theatre Company’s “The Importance of Being Earnest”: Fresh, Funny and Completely Joyous
It is easy to forget that when Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest was first written and...
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New Aussie Musical “Bloom” Misses An Opportunity To Interrogate The Gaps In Aged Care – And In Our Social Fabric
Bloom, the new Australian musical produced by the Melbourne Theatre Company, is proudly billed by...
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I Can’t Imagine Anybody Would Come Out Of “On The Beach” And Not Hold Their Loved Ones Just That Little Bit Closer
Review: On The Beach, directed by Kip Williams. When Nevil Shute wrote his 1957 novel On the...
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New Zealand’s Oldest University Theatre Programme Under Threat
Due to the current financial crisis in the tertiary education sector in Aotearoa/New Zealand, the...
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Rising Has Yet To Establish Its Voice – But This Year’s Festival Gave Us Significant And Thrilling Work By First Nations Artists
Rising has just completed its second run across Melbourne. The newest addition to the city’s...
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Sydney Theater Company’s “Julia” Powerfully Imagines the Life and Emotions of the Woman Behind the “Misogyny Speech”
Just over 10 years ago, then-Prime Minister Julia Gillard stood up in the House of Representatives...
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“Sex Magick”: This Gender-Bending, Time-Traveling Play Invites You to Detangle Love and Sex
Boy meets girl. Boy falls in love with girl and follows her to India. Boy has a transformative...
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More Than 2,000 People from Wittenoom Died of Asbestos-Related Diseases. A Powerful and Compelling Requiem Brings Their Story to the Stage
Deep in the remote Pilbara region of Western Australia, the town of Wittenoom lies empty,...
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New Australian Play “D*ck Pics in the Garden of Eden” is Bold, Funny – And Very, Very Lewd
Review: D*ck Pics in the Garden of Eden, written and directed by Jeffrey Jay Fowler, The Last...
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“The Jungle And The Sea” Reminds Us War Is Profoundly Local, With The Intimate Negotiation Of Human Relationships
Review: The Jungle and the Sea, directed by Eamon Flack and S. Shakthidharan, Belvoir. After the...
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“RBG: Of Many, One” Is A Beautifully Crafted, Virtuosically Performed Play About Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Review: RBG: Of Many, One, directed by Priscilla Jackman, Sydney Theatre Company Writing a play...
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We’ve Been Editing Shakespeare’s Plays for 400 Years— But Does a New Australian Production of “The Tempest” Idealize the Bard?
Review: The Tempest, directed by Kip Williams, Sydney Theatre Company. The Tempest, first...
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“When The World Turns” is a Profoundly Moving Theatrical Experience for Children with Complex Disabilities
Review: When the World Turns, by Polyglot Theatre and Oily Cart When the World Turns is a...
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With “My Self in That Moment” Chamber Made Gives Us a Dystopian View of Our Lost Soul in the Digital Age
Review: My Self in That Moment, directed by Tamara Saulwick for Chamber Made. In his visionary...
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Belvoir’s “Tell Me I’m Here” Looks at the Impact of Mental Illness on the Whole Family. It is a Wrenching and Beautiful Work.
Review: Tell Me I’m Here, directed by Leticia Cáceres, Belvoir. Released in 1991, the memoir Tell...
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A Blast from the Past: Les Champignons de Paris by La Compagnie du Caméléon
On June 13, 2022, I spoke with Guillaume Gay, who is operational and artistic director of the...
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A Production to Satisfy Sydney’s Darkest Imaginings: Sydney Theatre Company’s “Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde”
Review: Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, directed by Kip Williams for Sydney Theatre Company...
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In Finucane & Smith’s “Future. Joy. Club.” the Joy is Much More Than the Sum of Its Parts
Review: Future. Joy. Club., Finucane & Smith The theatre of the occasion starts with a...
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With “The Tenant of Wildfell Hall” at The Sydney Theatre Company Gives Us a Brontë Adaptation for Our Moment
Review: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, directed by Jessica Arthur for the Sydney Theatre Company...
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Comic Anticlimax in Nat Randall and Anna Breckon’s “Set Piece”
Review: Set Piece, by Nat Randall and Anna Breckon, for Rising. Nat Randall and Anna Breckon’s Set...
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“Anything & Everything” Gives Us a Glance Into the Lives Teenagers are Constructing Online
Review: Anything & Everything, Platform Arts, infinity ensemble for Rising. Anything &...
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With Nine Broadway Musicals Currently on Australian Stages, Musical Theatre is Thriving Again
With nine Broadway musicals currently playing on Australian stages – and a further three set to...
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South Australia’s Limestone Coast Was Formed from the Bones of Dead Fish. “Cathedral” Brings the Story of These Caves to the Stage
Review: Cathedral, directed by Shannon Rush for the State Theatre Company of South Australia...
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“Son of Byblos” Brings a Nuanced and Powerful Understanding of Lebanese Family Life to the Australian Stage
Review: Son of Byblos, directed by Anna Jahjah for Brave New World Theatre Company The downstairs...
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“Stay Woke” Reminded Me of The Importance of Telling Stories of Injustice by Those Most Affected by It
Review: Stay Woke, by Aran Thangaratnam, directed by Bridget Balodis. The lingering smell of...
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