“The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time” Trades Deadpan For High-octane
The National Theatre’s production of The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time, currently...
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Encountering Indonesia At AsiaTOPA (Part 2)
This is the second in a two-part series by Barbara Hatley. Read Part 1 here. Reflections on...
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Encountering Indonesia At AsiaTOPA 2017 (Part 1)
This is the first in a two-part series by Barbara Hatley. Read Part 2 here. Indonesian...
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Big Bang: “Germinal” Creates a Universe Out of Nothing On Stage
In theatre-making, we often talk about world creation. “What is the world of the play?” teachers...
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Melbourne’s La Mama Demonstrates The Value of Independent Theatre
This year Melbourne’s La Mama Theatre celebrates its 50th year of operation. In an interview for...
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50 Years of Melbourne’s La Mama Theatre
When Betty Burstall returned to Australia in 1967 after two years in New York with her husband,...
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“Only Heaven Knows” Brings 1940s Queer Sydney Roaring Back to Life
Only Heaven Knows, a musical about a young Melbourne man who discovers the queer delights of...
Read More“The Book of Exodus – Part I” at Theatre Works
Retelling the Biblical Book of Exodus through the eyes of children The biblical Book of Exodus tells the story of the children of Israel and their liberation from slavery in Egypt. Moses, who as a child is nearly killed, tries...
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Lies, Monsters and Kate Mulvany’s Intensely Human Portrayal of Richard III
As we all know, the first line of Shakespeare’s Richard 3 reads, “Now is the winter of our...
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“The Chat” Puts Audiences in The Hot Seat
As the ethics of punishment are debated in mainstream media, statistics, images and unanswerable...
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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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Defying Tradition: 32 Rue Vandenbranden and the Flemish Wave
Last week, Melbourne Festival opened with a production from the Belgian dance theatre...
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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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“Antigone” Now: Greek Tragedy Is The Debate We Have To Have
When you hear the words Greek tragedy, you might think of white masks, or even the ongoing...
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