The Wolves is currently showing at The Old Fitz theatre in Darlinghurst. You can grab your tickets here. The photograph of Brandi Chastain celebrating her penalty conversion in 1999 that sealed the Women’s World Cup for the United States over China was voted the second most iconic cover image of Sports Illustrated. Not […]
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March
06
Shakespeare Dance Party – Lisa chats with Curly Fries (Theatre Review)
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Shakespeare Dance Party is at the Hustle and Flow Bar this Sunday 11 march from 4 PM onwards. You can grab more details here. Harold Pinter said in his 2005 Nobel Prize speech, “… The United States supported and in many cases engendered every right-wing military dictatorship in the world after the end of […]
February
26
Cage – Lisa chats with Jordan Shea (Theatre Interview)
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Cage is part of the Freshworks program at The Old 505 Theatre for 2018. It is playing from 27 February to 3 March. You can grab your tickets here. Images by Jasmin Simmons The last twelve months has seen criticism of young Western backpackers busking or selling wears on the streets in Asian countries in order […]
January
13
Sorting Out Rachel – Lisa Chats with David Williamson (Theatre Interview)
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Sorting Out Rachael is at the Ensemble Theatre from 19 January to 17 March. You can grab your tickets here. My personal history with David Williamson’s plays have been chequered. As a young student of literature I was a passionate fan, taking great delight in his portrayal of all things Australian, grateful for his wit […]
November
27
Virgins and Cowboys – Lisa chats with Morgan Rose and Dave Selswick (Theatre Interview)
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Virgins and Cowboys is showing at The Stables theatre 30 November to 16 December. You can grab your tickets here. For Louis Althusser, questions of thought had to do with battles, frontlines and the balance of power. Meditation and withdrawal be damned, it was intervention that sparked revolution, ideas and intelectual movement. Politically speaking, success […]
November
05
Asylum: Lisa chats with Richard Hilliar (Theatre Interview)
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Asylum is on at Comber Street Studios, Paddington 15-25 November. You can grab your tickets here. It is no small thing to tackle local works, but it must be even more difficult in Australia, where (in my opinon) our cultural cringe still haunts us and nothing is sacred unless first blessed by London or New York. […]
November
05
Asylum: Lisa chats with Ruth Fingret (Theatre Interview)
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Asylum is on at Comber Street Studios, Paddington 15-25 November. You can grab your tickets here. The Sydney theatre community has been regularly appalled and concerned about the treatment of asylum seekers in this country. There have been many wonderful creative responses aimed at all members of our society, expressing solidarity and comfort for […]
August
28
I’d Rather Goya robbed me of my sleep than some other son of a Bitch – Reviving the imaginary with Rodrigo Garcia. (Theatre Review)
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I’d Rather Goya robbed me of my sleep than some other son of a Bitch Théâtre Excentrique at The 505 Theatre in Newtown. 22 August – 2 September You can grab your tickets here. Images: Emma Lois. If there is a way to pin down what the emblematic protagonist of Rodrigo Garcia’s I’d rather Goya robbed […]
August
25
After the Dance – Terrance Rattigan and his Joan of Arc. (Theatre Review)
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After the Dance New Theatre, 9 August to 9 September You can grab your tickets here. Images: © Bob Seary Please note – this review contains spoilers By far the most interesting question in Terrance Rattigan’s After the Dance is why does Joan die? Terrance Rattigan wrote After the Dance in 1939, yet it has spiked […]
August
04
4:48 Psychosis – Lisa chats with Anthony Skuse (Theatre Interview)
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4:48 Psychosis is at The Old Fitz from 16 August to 9 September. You can grab your tickets here. The Sydney theatre community is maturing into a distinctive vehicle for theatre written about, for and engaged with the female voice. It’s a thrilling time for a witness such as myself. A time filled with inspiration, […]
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