Respect And Disrespect Clash Throughout 37 – A Brilliant New Play Exploring Australian Rules Football
Guernsey number 37 belonged to Aboriginal star football player Adam Goodes when he played for...
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“My Sister Jill:” Patricia Cornelius’ New Play is a Blistering Post-War Social and Cultural Commentary
Emerging from one of Australia’s most enduring and significant theatrical partnerships between...
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New Aussie Musical “Bloom” Misses An Opportunity To Interrogate The Gaps In Aged Care – And In Our Social Fabric
Bloom, the new Australian musical produced by the Melbourne Theatre Company, is proudly billed by...
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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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Hollywood Onstage: Musicals Adapted From Movies
In a 2004 original musical about creating an original musical – cheekily titled [title of show] –...
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The Great Australian Plays: “A Cheery Soul” Is Really A Theatrical Monster
In 2004, Melbourne Theatre Company, where I worked at the time, asked me to write a short history...
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Staging Power: David Williamson’s Portrait Of Citizen Murdoch
The Melbourne Theatre Company’s (MTC) production of David Williamson’s 2013 play Rupert has...
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We Need Language To Shock: Why “The Sublime” Gets Rape Wrong
Here are two opposing definitions of rape: Rape: a violent, criminal act almost exclusively...
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Review: “Cock”
British playwright Mike Bartlett’s contemporary comedy of manners Cock opened on the Melbourne...
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