Dinosaurs On Stage: “Jurassica” Continues Australia’s Proud Lineage Of Italian Migration Stories
The play Jurassica, currently being performed at St. Kilda Theatre in Melbourne, begins with “the...
Read MorePosted by Giorgia Alu | 27th Oct 2015 | Australia, Essay, Theatre and Politics
The play Jurassica, currently being performed at St. Kilda Theatre in Melbourne, begins with “the...
Read MorePosted by David Chisholm | 22nd Oct 2015 | Australia, Musical Theatre, Review
Last night, The Experiment – of which I’m part – opened at the Melbourne Festival. The story of...
Read MorePosted by Julian Meyrick and Elizabeth Schafer | 21st Oct 2015 | Australia, Directing, Essay
Old soldiers fade away. Old theatre directors disappear more quickly. And old female directors can...
Read MorePosted by Asher Warren | 19th Oct 2015 | Adaptation, Australia, Review
The tragedy of Shakespeare’s Desdemona haunts the literary canon. Her murder at the hands of her...
Read MorePosted by Michael Halliwell | 18th Oct 2015 | Australia, Design, Review, Theatre and Opera
What is opera? This is a question that has engaged puzzled commentators and practitioners since...
Read MorePosted by Paul Rae | 15th Oct 2015 | Adaptation, Australia, Review
In Desdemona, Toni Morrison’s response to Shakespeare’s Othello, which opens today at the...
Read MorePosted by Farida Fozdar | 14th Oct 2015 | Australia, Essay, Theatre and Dance
Australia’s “boat people crisis” has, we’re told, been averted and for many, it’s a case of “out...
Read MorePosted by Robert Hassan | 14th Oct 2015 | Adaptation, Australia, Melbourne, Review
The blurb for Robert Icke and Duncan Macmillan’s stage adaption of George Orwell’s 1984 for the...
Read MorePosted by Anny Mokotow | 13th Oct 2015 | Australia, Festivals, Melbourne, News, Transcultural Collaborations
Last week, Melbourne Festival opened with a production from the Belgian dance theatre...
Read MorePosted by Yoni Prior | 29th Sep 2015 | Australia, Melbourne, Review, Theatre and Disability
When I first travelled overseas, fresh out of university in the early 1980s, I found myself in the...
Read MorePosted by Jennifer Anderson | 14th Sep 2015 | Australia, Essay, Participatory Theatre, Theatre for Young Audiences
A highlight of this year’s Melbourne Fringe Festival, which begins tomorrow, is an expanded...
Read MorePosted by Julian Meyrick | 26th Aug 2015 | Australia, Review, Theatre and Politics
Some plays are ruled by a single word. It burns through their action, dark as pitch. Watching them...
Read MorePosted by Christine Lambrianidis | 18th Aug 2015 | Adaptation, Australia, Essay, Melbourne
When you hear the words Greek tragedy, you might think of white masks, or even the ongoing...
Read MorePosted by Catherine Grant and Matthew Harper | 12th Jul 2015 | Australia, Cambodia, Essay, Theatre and Politics, Transcultural Collaborations
What we really need in this capitalist, power-driven, exploitative, consumerist world, according...
Read MorePosted by Xavier Symons | 4th Jun 2015 | Australia, Review, Theatre and Science
Kylie Trounson is a writer and playwright–and the daughter of Melbourne IVF pioneer Alan Trounson....
Read MorePosted by Claire Hansen | 25th May 2015 | Australia, Review, Theatre and Politics
The Merchant Of Venice (first published in 1600) boasts a problematic and sometimes controversial...
Read MorePosted by The Theatre Times | 18th May 2015 | Australia, News
Australian theatre-maker, Olivia Satchell, explores the subjectivity of risk, and how artists...
Read MorePosted by Julian Meyrick | 30th Apr 2015 | Australia, Dramaturgy, Essay, Playwriting
This is a long-read essay, the third in a series on playwriting and drama by Julian Meyrick. Read...
Read MorePosted by Julian Meyrick | 8th Apr 2015 | Australia, Essay, Playwriting
We all know whether a given play, film or TV drama “works” or not, but it’s often difficult to...
Read MorePosted by Daniela Kaleva | 12th Mar 2015 | Australia, Review, Theatre and Disability, United Kingdom
Beauty And The Beast is the quintessential story of a young beautiful daughter who has to live...
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