I love Pride and Prejudice, which I know, singles me out as completely ordinary among white western women. It’s a novel I read at least once a year, because by golly the woman can write. I’m not one of these who subscribes to the notion she wrote the first “romcom” – which is nonsense […]
Category Archives: Theatre
April
30
Pride and Prejudice – Genesian Theatre gives us some deep Austen love. (Theatre Review)
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April
23
Love, Lies and Hitler – Elizabeth Avery Scott places the modern moral dilemma centre stage. (Theatre review)
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Love, Lies and Hitler Cada Studio Productions Old Fitzroy Theatre from 15 April to 3 May Tickets available here. Photos by Katy Green Loughrey If you board the wrong train it is no use running along the corridor in the other direction. Dietriich Bonhoeffer So states one of several quotes by Bonhoeffer in the program […]
April
18
The Gigli Concert – The power and problem of words. (Theatre review)
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The Gigli Concert Darlinghurst Theatre Company 9 April – 4 May Eternity Playhouse – Tickets here. Photos by Wendy McDougall If waiting to act is the purpose in life for Vladimir and Estragon who observe the world as outsiders waiting for the perfect moment to delve right in, then the act itself is the temporal […]
April
18
Dancing naked in the Backyard – Brave New Word and the politics of living. (Theatre Review)
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Dancing Naked In The Backyard April 15 – 26 Tap Gallery (purchase tickets here) It is always a strange thing to see Australian white people fighting over Aboriginal land as if they owned it, as if they had rights to it, as if trading their own invented currency that they decided has value, can ever […]
April
14
Cough – Emily Calder and the question of who frightens who? (Theatre Review)
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Cough Unhappen Theatre Company April 10 – 20 You can purchase tickets here. Read my interview with Emily Calder here. If the world of childhood is a strange journey of misunderstandings, skewed observations, unexplained feelings, irrational beliefs and intense happiness buttressed against dark fears, then it is nothing compared to parenting. Childhood is perpetually defined […]
April
14
V.D. – Pete Malicki and the monologue that just keeps getting better. (Theatre Review)
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V.D. The Monologue Project May 7,9 and 10. You can buy tickets here. He takes my hand, walks me to the car, even opening the car door for me. The date passes in a blur of nerves and I quick;y get the impression that Dan Hunsford has no intention of killing, raping, scamming or religiously […]
March
30
Stitching – Little Spoon Theatre Company shine a light on our inner darkness. (Theatre review)
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Stitching Little Spoon Theatre Company at the Tap Gallery 26 March – 12 April. You can buy your tickets here. In some ways the provocations in Stitching come as a relief from the intensity of the play. Stitching is (in)famous for it’s in-your-face sex scenes, its brutal use of culturally significant horrors, and its dark […]
March
29
A Moment on The Lips – Mad March Hare reveal how well fish do without bicycles. (Theatre review)
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A Moment on the Lips Mad March Hare Theatre Company March 27 to April 12 – grab your tickets here. Photo credits to Katy Green Loughrey It’s the bromide feminism anticipates. A young man goes to see Caryl Churchill’s Top Girls, is filled with the fear of the great vagina that very brilliant play evokes, […]
March
25
To Kill a Mockingbird – New Theatre speaks the words Australia needs to hear. (Theatre review)
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To Kill A Mockingbird New Theatre you can buy your tickets here. 18 march – 19 April In the announcement to bring To Kill A Mockingbird to the New Theatre as part of the 2014 program launch, Louise Fisher told the audience the New Theatre felt that given Australia’s current political climate, we needed a […]
March
23
High Windows Low Doorways – Subtlenuance accents the spiritual. (Theatre review)
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High Windows Low Doorways Subtlenuance at the Tap Gallery March 19 – 30. You can buy your tickets here. I’ve heard Spirituality is the practical application of peace in your every day life, and its my best current definition. In the forward to High Windows Low Doorways Daniela Georgi and Paul Gilchrist claim the impulse […]
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