Belle Of The Cross Old Fitzroy Theatre 18 – 29 November. You can grab tickets here. Currently playing at The Old Fitzroy Theatre is Angelika Fremd’s monologue Belle of the Cross, performed by Gertrude Ingeborg and directed by David Ritchie. Belle of the Cross is a beautifully poetic homage to people Fremd has seen and […]
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November
25
Interview with Gertrude Ingeborg – Belle of the Cross (Theatre Interview)
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November
19
The Worst Kept Secrets – Thomas De Angelis and privilege. (Theatre review)
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The Worst Kept Secrets Bontom Productions Currently showing at the Seymour Centre, 18 Nov through to 22. You can grab your tickets here. Think privileged ex State Premier involved in a mid-life crises with a heavily satirised dose of William’s Cat On a Hot Tin Roof plastered over the top and you have the bones of […]
November
17
Jade Emperess discovers Australia – Theatre I was late to review. (Theatre Review)
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Jade Empress Discovers Australia The Sydney Fringe. No longer playing. Find out more here. There are many joys to be had at the Sydney Fringe, all the more if you’re willing to open up your heart and your mind to the principles of The Fringe Festival, which is largely that local creativity in the arts […]
November
17
Trojans – Team MESS and the allergy to content. (Theatre Review)
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Trojans Team MESS. 14-15 and 20-22 November PACT centre for emerging artists. You can grab your tickets here Photo credits – Katy Green Loughrey. Theatre takes time. It takes time to write a script, to choose a script, to audition and choose performers, to schedule production, to learn lines etc. For an art form that […]
November
14
The Way Things Work – Aidan Fennessy and the corruption of the Real. (Theatre Review)
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The Way Things Work Rock Surfers Theatre Company 5 – 29 November. Grab your tickets here. “Without getting too snooty about it,” says Aiden Fennessy in the writers notes to the current production of The Way Things Work, “corruption seems to be a very male way of approaching the task of ‘getting things done.’ And […]
November
13
1790: A tale Not Often Told – Robert Thomson reminds us that we are our history. (Theatre Review)
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1790:A Tale Not Often Told Lend Lease Darling Quarter Theatre 13-15 November. You can grab tickets here. I remember once hearing David Malouf speaking about the Australian’s resistance to assimilating American culture. We were gathered (virtually at his feet but not quite) at a bookshop in Sydney and he was talking about American’s that were […]
November
09
Awkward Conversations with Animals I’ve Fucked – Rob Hayes, loneliness and ‘pets’. (Theatre Review)
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Awkward Conversations With Animals I’ve Fucked. The Old 505 Theatre Unhappen – You can buy your tickets here. One of the most surprising and brilliant confrontations in Rob Hayes’ Awkward Conversations with Animals I’ve Fucked, is that the title isn’t a metaphor or allegory, and that isn’t a problem. I’m not sure if this constitutes […]
November
09
Dalylight Saving – Nick Enright and the dominance of the sitcom. (Theatre review)
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Daylight Saving Darlinghurst Theatre Company Eternity Playhouse, 31 October to 30 November – You can grab your Tickets here. Why do we leave our marriages? Rarely, and usually restricted to the hallowed halls of abandon in Las Vegas, do we enter into marriage lightly. It is something talked over with everyone we love, it is […]
November
08
Amadeus – Genesian Theatre, Envy, Jealousy and Disbelief. (Theatre review)
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Amadeus Genesian Theatre October 25 to November 29 2014 – You can grab your tickets here. Is there any greater mental curse than living with the juxtaposition of reaching for a genius you know alludes you and competing against an Other who reaches that genius with ease? The thing most creators who harbour a desire […]
November
06
1790: A Tale Not Often Told – Theatre interview with director Pete Malicki.
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1790: A Tale Not Often Told 13 – 15 November, Lend Lease Darling Quarter Theatre You can grab your tickets here. http://www.foundingmodernaustralia.com.au The story of Arthur Phillip, first governor of NSW and founder of the settlement now known to us as Sydney, and Woollarawarre Bennelong of the Eora nation and their friendship, is a multilayered […]
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