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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Immersion and Spectator Self-Reckoning: “Boxing Shadows” at the Avignon Theatre Festival
One of the highlights of this year’s Avignon Festival was Boxing Shadows, written especially by...
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A Tight, Living Room Drama of a Family in Crisis, “Appropriate” Explores Truth-Telling and Dark Histories
Wesley Enoch’s exuberant return to the Sydney Theatre Company to direct African-American...
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Shakespeare’s Rulers and Generals Are All Flawed, but the Books on His Leadership Lessons Keep Coming
John Bell’s new book Some Achieve Greatness is but the latest to use Shakespeare’s works to...
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Australia’s Settler and First Nations Histories Meet in The Wild of The Bush in “Dogged”
Review: Dogged, directed by Declan Greene. Griffin Theatre Company in association with Force...
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The Blurred Line Between Film and Theatre: An Experience of Simon Stone’s “Medea” at the Time of Pandemic
Simon Stone made a contemporary version of Medea by radically adapting Euripides’s Greek tragedy...
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Galup Theatrical Walking Tour Recalls the Dancing and Violence of the Colonial Encounter
Review: Galup, by Ian Wilkes and Poppy van Oorde-Grainger, Perth Festival with Same Drum and...
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Part Escape Room, Part Choose-Your-Own Adventure — The Whodunit Whistleblower has The Audience at its Heart
Review: Whistleblower, directed by Arielle Gray, Wyatt Nixon-Lloyd, and Tim Watts. The Last Great...
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“Playing Beatie Bow” is Brought to Thundering Life in a Joyous Stage Production
Playing Beatie Bow is the coming-of-age story of the teenage Abigail, who, from her home in...
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Pining for St Kilda Instead of Moscow: “The Cherry Orchard” Grapples With Our Cultural Inheritance
Review: The Cherry Orchard, directed by Clare Watson. Black Swan State Theatre Company for the...
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Perth Festival Review: “Whale Fall” is a Powerful Story About a Trans Boy, and the Life of a Whale
Review: Whale Fall, written by Ian Sinclair and directed by Melissa Cantwell for The Kabuki Drop....
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In Conversation with Yve Blake, Fangirling on the Fangirls
From Beatlemania in the sixties to 2010 boy band sensation One Direction, to today’s global...
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Drawing Inspiration in a Pandemic — Breath Has Always Been Central to Theatre
Wrapped in COVID-Safe vigilance, Australian theatre has cautiously begun to welcome back...
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Sydney Festival Review: “The Rise And Fall Of Saint George” Shows The Transformative Power Of Music
The Rise and Fall of Saint George is a story about place, belonging, and community that taps into...
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Sydney Festival Review: Circa’s “Humans 2.0” is a Visceral Delight
Review: Humans 2.0, directed by Yaron Lifschitz, Circa at Sydney Festival The black circular stage...
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Sydney Festival Review: Politics of Care in Force Majeure’s “The Last Season”
Review: The Last Season, directed and choreographed by Danielle Micich, Force Majeure at Sydney...
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The Picture of Dorian Grey review: Eryn Jean Norvill Stuns in all 26 Roles
Review: Sydney Theatre Company’s The Picture of Dorian Gray, directed by Kip Williams Australian...
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