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Comic Anticlimax in Nat Randall and Anna Breckon’s “Set Piece”

Posted by Sarah Balkin | 16th Jul 2022 | Australia, LGBTQ+ Theatre, Melbourne, Review, Transmedia

Review: Set Piece, by Nat Randall and Anna Breckon, for Rising. Nat Randall and Anna Breckon’s Set...

“Anything & Everything” Gives Us a Glance Into the Lives Teenagers are Constructing Online

Posted by Thuy Tran | 29th Jun 2022 | Australia, Review, Theatre for Young Audiences, Transmedia

Review: Anything & Everything, Platform Arts, infinity ensemble for Rising. Anything &...

With Nine Broadway Musicals Currently on Australian Stages, Musical Theatre is Thriving Again

Posted by Craig Dalton | 23rd Jun 2022 | Australia, Musical Theatre, News

With nine Broadway musicals currently playing on Australian stages – and a further three set to...

South Australia’s Limestone Coast Was Formed from the Bones of Dead Fish. “Cathedral” Brings the Story of These Caves to the Stage

Posted by William Peterson | 30th May 2022 | Australia, Design, Review, Theatre and Science

Review: Cathedral, directed by Shannon Rush for the State Theatre Company of South Australia...

“Son of Byblos” Brings a Nuanced and Powerful Understanding of Lebanese Family Life to the Australian Stage

Posted by Cherine Fahd | 27th May 2022 | Australia, Review, Theatre and Decolonization, Theatre and Gender

Review: Son of Byblos, directed by Anna Jahjah for Brave New World Theatre Company The downstairs...

“Stay Woke” Reminded Me of The Importance of Telling Stories of Injustice by Those Most Affected by It

Posted by Niro Kandasamy | 17th May 2022 | Australia, LGBTQ+ Theatre, Review

Review: Stay Woke, by Aran Thangaratnam, directed by Bridget Balodis. The lingering smell of...

“Heroes of the Fourth Turning”: How Theatre Can Serve as a Mode of Inquiry into Right Wing Ideas

Posted by Julian Meyrick | 3rd May 2022 | Australia, Playwriting, Review, Theatre and Politics

Why did 46.8% of Americans vote for Donald Trump in the 2020 election? Why did approximately 2,000...

Ambiguity and Amorality: Is Douglas Stewart’s “Ned Kelly” One of Australia’s Great Forgotten Plays?

Posted by Julian Meyrick | 8th Apr 2022 | Australia, Directing, Essay, Theatre and Politics

In 1943, Dolia Ribush, a Russian-speaking Latvian theatre director of medium height and...

An “Extraordinary Collaboration” — “Watershed: The Death of Dr. Duncan” is a Sensational and Important Work

Posted by William Peterson | 5th Apr 2022 | Australia, LGBTQ+ Theatre, Musical Theatre, Review

Review: Watershed: The Death of Dr. Duncan, directed by Neil Armfield for the Adelaide Festival....

Bell Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” Highlights the “Claustrophobic Personal Dynamics” of Shakespeare’s Play

Posted by Gabrielle Edelstein | 3rd Apr 2022 | Adaptation, Australia, Directing, Review

In a speech to the United Kingdom’s House of Commons on March 9, Ukrainian President Volodymyr...

Beautiful and Deeply Impactful, a Kind of Deep Communion: “Sex and Death_and the Internet” is a Gift

Posted by William Peterson | 26th Mar 2022 | Australia, Review, Theatre and Age, Transmedia

Review: Sex and Death_ and the Internet, directed by Samara Hersch My last experience as an...

“The Smallest Stage” is an Intricately-Crafted Play for Families about Incarceration – And The Power of Stories

Posted by Leah Mercer | 20th Mar 2022 | Australia, Devised Theatre, Festivals, Review

Review: The Smallest Stage, by Kim Crotty for Perth Festival A small, white rectangle taped onto...

A New Musical, “Panawathi Girl,” is a Fantasy of Australia’s Past — and a Critique of Australia’s Present

Posted by Jonathan W. Marshall | 18th Feb 2022 | Australia, Review, Theatre and Politics

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains names of people...

“Theatre of the Real”: How Artists at Perth Fringe World are Stripping Down to Reveal Their Vulnerabilities

Posted by Claire French | 7th Feb 2022 | Australia, Devised Theatre, Review

At this year’s Fringe World Festival in Perth, the “theatre of the real” is everywhere: theatre,...

“We are a Nation of Jailers”: “Jurrungu Ngan-ga” is a Whirlwind of Bodily Resistance

Posted by Kate Maguire-Rosier | 6th Feb 2022 | Australia, Review, Sydney, Theatre and Politics

Review: Jurrungu Ngan-ga, directed by Dalisa Pigram and Rachael Swain for Marrugeku Jurrungu...

“The Museum of Modern Love” Reminds Us to Engage with Art – and Each Other

Posted by Gabrielle Edelstein | 5th Feb 2022 | Australia, Review, Theatre and Art

When was the last time you looked at a stranger in the eyes? Really looked, for an uncomfortably...

We Get There in the End: “Return to the Dirt” Pulls Back the Curtain on Life and Death in a Funeral Home

Posted by Sally Breen | 10th Nov 2021 | Australia, Playwriting, Review

Review: Return to the Dirt, written by Steve Pirie and directed by Lee Lewis, Queensland Theatre I...

Fake News and Propaganda Machines: New Theatre Production Pulls “Animal Farm” into the Now

Posted by Helen Trenos | 20th Oct 2021 | Adaptation, Australia, Review, Theatre and Politics

In 1937, George Orwell witnessed a boy whipping a horse. This was a catalyst for his novel Animal...

Friday Essay: A World of Pain – Australian Theatre in Crisis

Posted by Gillian Arrighi and Clare Irvine | 18th Oct 2021 | Australia, Covid-19, Theatre and Politics

Australia’s performing arts sector has long been recognized as an ecosystem. It is a community of...

From Pygmies to Puppets: What to Do with Roald Dahl’s Enslaved Oompa-Loompas in Modern Adaptations?

Posted by Kate Cantrell and David Burton | 14th Oct 2021 | Adaptation, Australia, Essay, Theatre and Politics

The stage adaptation of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory has opened in Brisbane. Charlie, like...

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Comic Anticlimax in Nat Randall and Anna Breckon’s “Set Piece”

With Nine Broadway Musicals Currently on Australian Stages, Musical Theatre is Thriving Again

South Australia’s Limestone Coast Was Formed from the Bones of Dead Fish. “Cathedral” Brings the Story of These Caves to the Stage

“Son of Byblos” Brings a Nuanced and Powerful Understanding of Lebanese Family Life to the Australian Stage

“Stay Woke” Reminded Me of The Importance of Telling Stories of Injustice by Those Most Affected by It

“Heroes of the Fourth Turning”: How Theatre Can Serve as a Mode of Inquiry into Right Wing Ideas

Ambiguity and Amorality: Is Douglas Stewart’s “Ned Kelly” One of Australia’s Great Forgotten Plays?

An “Extraordinary Collaboration” — “Watershed: The Death of Dr. Duncan” is a Sensational and Important Work

Bell Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” Highlights the “Claustrophobic Personal Dynamics” of Shakespeare’s Play

Beautiful and Deeply Impactful, a Kind of Deep Communion: “Sex and Death_and the Internet” is a Gift

“The Smallest Stage” is an Intricately-Crafted Play for Families about Incarceration – And The Power of Stories

A New Musical, “Panawathi Girl,” is a Fantasy of Australia’s Past — and a Critique of Australia’s Present

“Theatre of the Real”: How Artists at Perth Fringe World are Stripping Down to Reveal Their Vulnerabilities

“We are a Nation of Jailers”: “Jurrungu Ngan-ga” is a Whirlwind of Bodily Resistance

“The Museum of Modern Love” Reminds Us to Engage with Art – and Each Other

We Get There in the End: “Return to the Dirt” Pulls Back the Curtain on Life and Death in a Funeral Home

Fake News and Propaganda Machines: New Theatre Production Pulls “Animal Farm” into the Now

Friday Essay: A World of Pain – Australian Theatre in Crisis

From Pygmies to Puppets: What to Do with Roald Dahl’s Enslaved Oompa-Loompas in Modern Adaptations?

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