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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“Heroes of the Fourth Turning”: How Theatre Can Serve as a Mode of Inquiry into Right Wing Ideas
Why did 46.8% of Americans vote for Donald Trump in the 2020 election? Why did approximately 2,000...
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Ambiguity and Amorality: Is Douglas Stewart’s “Ned Kelly” One of Australia’s Great Forgotten Plays?
In 1943, Dolia Ribush, a Russian-speaking Latvian theatre director of medium height and...
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An “Extraordinary Collaboration” — “Watershed: The Death of Dr. Duncan” is a Sensational and Important Work
Review: Watershed: The Death of Dr. Duncan, directed by Neil Armfield for the Adelaide Festival....
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Bell Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” Highlights the “Claustrophobic Personal Dynamics” of Shakespeare’s Play
In a speech to the United Kingdom’s House of Commons on March 9, Ukrainian President Volodymyr...
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Beautiful and Deeply Impactful, a Kind of Deep Communion: “Sex and Death_and the Internet” is a Gift
Review: Sex and Death_ and the Internet, directed by Samara Hersch My last experience as an...
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“The Smallest Stage” is an Intricately-Crafted Play for Families about Incarceration – And The Power of Stories
Review: The Smallest Stage, by Kim Crotty for Perth Festival A small, white rectangle taped onto...
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A New Musical, “Panawathi Girl,” is a Fantasy of Australia’s Past — and a Critique of Australia’s Present
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains names of people...
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“Theatre of the Real”: How Artists at Perth Fringe World are Stripping Down to Reveal Their Vulnerabilities
At this year’s Fringe World Festival in Perth, the “theatre of the real” is everywhere: theatre,...
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“We are a Nation of Jailers”: “Jurrungu Ngan-ga” is a Whirlwind of Bodily Resistance
Review: Jurrungu Ngan-ga, directed by Dalisa Pigram and Rachael Swain for Marrugeku Jurrungu...
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“The Museum of Modern Love” Reminds Us to Engage with Art – and Each Other
When was the last time you looked at a stranger in the eyes? Really looked, for an uncomfortably...
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We Get There in the End: “Return to the Dirt” Pulls Back the Curtain on Life and Death in a Funeral Home
Review: Return to the Dirt, written by Steve Pirie and directed by Lee Lewis, Queensland Theatre I...
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Fake News and Propaganda Machines: New Theatre Production Pulls “Animal Farm” into the Now
In 1937, George Orwell witnessed a boy whipping a horse. This was a catalyst for his novel Animal...
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Friday Essay: A World of Pain – Australian Theatre in Crisis
Australia’s performing arts sector has long been recognized as an ecosystem. It is a community of...
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From Pygmies to Puppets: What to Do with Roald Dahl’s Enslaved Oompa-Loompas in Modern Adaptations?
The stage adaptation of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory has opened in Brisbane. Charlie, like...
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Fringe Theatre Reaches Global Scale with Digital Platform
A new age of digital theatre is rising on the horizon, and its dawn is being accelerated by the...
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“Don’s Party” at 50: An Achingly Real Portrayal of The Hapless Australian Middle-Class Voter
The play Don’s Party premiered on August 11, 1971 at Carlton’s Pram Factory, home to the radical...
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