At This Year’s Rising Festival, I Was Most Excited By The New And Unexpected Audiences
Rising situates itself as a festival of new art, performance and music that takes place in the...
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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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Rising Has Yet To Establish Its Voice – But This Year’s Festival Gave Us Significant And Thrilling Work By First Nations Artists
Rising has just completed its second run across Melbourne. The newest addition to the city’s...
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More Than 2,000 People from Wittenoom Died of Asbestos-Related Diseases. A Powerful and Compelling Requiem Brings Their Story to the Stage
Deep in the remote Pilbara region of Western Australia, the town of Wittenoom lies empty,...
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“Anthem:” A portrait of Melbourne’s Working Class
What does it mean to be an “ordinary” Australian in anatomizing and globalized world economy?...
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Australia Council and Arts Funding
Today, the Daily Review published an open letter with more than 700 signatures addressing the...
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Contemporary and Medieval Women’s Voices Collide in “My Dearworthy Darling”
My Dearworthy Darling is a collaboration between playwright, fantasy novelist, poet, and theatre...
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Theatres Are Evolving To Reconnect Us To Each Other And The Environment
Theatre is a dynamic art form that combines bodies, light, sound and materials into exciting live...
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In “Cloudstreet,” Nostalgia All Too Easily Redeems Australia’s Colonial Past
Set in a rambling and ageing house haunted by a colonial past, Cloudstreet is a theatrical...
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“Melancholia” Artfully Brings The End Of The World To The Stage
Melancholia is based on Lars von Trier’s 2011 film of the same title but has been adapted for the...
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The Immigrant Dragons–Part I: How Australia Is Saving A Hong Kong Tradition
It’s a cool January afternoon at a bus terminal at Yuen Long station. A blue minivan pulls up....
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If I Be Left Behind: Toni Morrison’s “Desdemona” Reminds Us Too Many Voices Remain Unheard
The tragedy of Shakespeare’s Desdemona haunts the literary canon. Her murder at the hands of her...
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Can Keene/Taylor’s New Play “Dreamers” Keep Us From Despair?
More than ten years after the last production by the Keene/Taylor Theatre Project (KTTP),...
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Review: “Super Discount” By Back To Back Theatre
Super Discount – currently playing at Melbourne’s Malthouse Theatre – is the latest work by...
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