The Natural Conservatorium for Wise Women Clockfire Theatre Company 3-21 October Old 505 Theatre You can grab tickets here. Illustrations: Sunita Lewis In her beautiful program notes to The Natural Conservatorium for Wise Women, director Emily Ayoub describes, breaks down and intentionally demystifies the processional logic behind the Clockfire Theatre Companies alluring efforts in creating […]
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October
08
The Natural Conservatorium for Wise Women – Absurdism after the female. (Theatre Review)
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October
07
Birdland – The power and problems of The Audience. (Theatre Review)
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Birdland New Theatre 3 October – 4 November You can grab your tickets here. A critical feature of contemporary culture is the power of The Audience to divide and differentiate the socius. Birdland by Simon Stephens is a modern-day character study of a particular celebrity, his moral corruption at the hands of fame, money and […]
October
06
I love you: A Story of Forbidden Love – Sydney Fringe (Theatre Review)
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I love you – A story of Forbidden Love At the time of writing the production is over, however you can follow Sage for more information on future productions here. When Sage Godrei writes about Armenian women defying their father and mother and running off with a young man of choice rather than the one […]
October
05
The Gloveman – Fighting the spirit of finitude. (Theatre Review)
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The Gloveman Actors Anonymous at Blood Moon Theatre October 4 – 14. You can grab your tickets here. Images: Hayden Brotchie Photography Central to the question of appearance contrasted with reality in C.J. Naylor’s The Gloveman is the character of Hugh (Chris Miller), the criminal whose world is remade regardless of his intention. In The Gloveman, […]
October
04
A Serious Business – Sydney Fringe (Theatre Review)
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A Serious Business Upper Crass Theatre Company, Sydney Fringe At the time of publishing this review, this performance has ended. You can find out more about future improv or other shows here. “For the existentialists, the human being is ‘more’ than what it is: not only does the human being know that it is but, on the […]
October
03
The Winter’s Tale – Sean O’Riordan and the often missed joy of Shakespere. (Theatre review)
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The Winter’s Tale Secret House Productions at The Depot Theatre. 278 Septyember to 7 October. You can grab your tickets here. Images: Liam O’Keefe A key phrase in The Winter’s Tale emerges when Leontes states “All’s true that is mistrusted.” This then forms the basis of themes for The Winter’s Tale, written at a time […]
October
02
Puntila/Matti – Doppelgangster and the Marxist dialectic. (Theatre Review)
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Puntila/Matti MKA and Dopplegangster with bAKEHOUSE at KXT. September 24 – October 17. You can grab your tickets here. Images: Rupert Reid For John Paul Sartre, bourgeois theatre presents images. In his words, that is: “The image of man as eternally unchanging in a universe that never changes.” This is the image of a subject, […]
October
01
What Happened to Mari-Lyn – Sydney Fringe (Theatre review)
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What Happened to Mari-Lyn? Mad Art Co. Unfortunately, this show has completed its run at the time of this review. However, follow Mad Art co here, to keep track of any repeat performances. The question over the white middle classes hold on the arts is a fascinating one. According to The Guardian Arts in the […]
September
26
Mother! – Darren Aronofsky and the feminie real. (Film Review)
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Mother! For me, the central question of Darren Aronofsky’s new film Mother! is how a man can get the position of women so right? It’s a depressing thing when you see a woman’s position portrayed with so much horrific accuracy, and yet it is a man ‘showing me,’ using a legitimizing consensus that eludes me as […]
September
25
Betty Grumble’s Love and Anger – Sydeny Fringe (performance review)
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Betty Grumble’s Love & Anger (Or sex clown saves the world again!) This show has completed its run at the Sydney Fringe. If you want to find out more about Betty Grumble, dive in here. Please note: These images are not taken from the fringe show, they are lifted from Betty Grumbles website and gallery. […]
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