Intersection 2019: Arrival Stables Theatre ATYP@Griffin 30 Jan – 16 Feb. You can grab your tickets here. Images: Tracey Schramm Socrates, the father of all philosophers, was condemned to death on charges of “corrupting youth.” To paraphrase Socrates via Alain Badiou, corruption of youth does not involve power, sex or money. Actually, it‘s the reverse […]
February
03
Intersection 2019 Arrival – the hopeful corruption of young theatre makers. (Theatre Review)
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January
30
Are You Listening Now? – Xavier Coy and the growing wealth divide. (Theatre Review)
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Are You Listening Now? Fresh Works at 505 and Fixed Foot Productions 29 Janary – 2 Feruary 2019 You can grab your tickets here. For those of us on the left, a desire to cause social transformation usually leads us directly to the naming of an ideological enemy. Today this is easy – the enemies […]
January
22
Love and Anger – Betty Grumble and respect for Valerie Solanas (Theatre Review)
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Betty Grumble – Love and Anger 21 – 26 January 2019. You can grab your tickets here. Griffin Theatre Company Just mention the name Valerie Solanas and the internet hums with the hoards of angry men rushing to shut your mouth in the name of free speech. The S.C.U.M. Manifesto is an intentional provocation to […]
January
21
Trainspotting – Stellar production reignites the novel over the film. (Theatre Review)
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Trainspotting 16-26 January 2019 Limelight on Oxford – You can grab your tickets here. Production Shots: Emma Wright In contemporary zeitgeist, Trainspotting has come to define the generation after its characters and their relationship to the Danny Boyle film. See this exemplified in book tours Irvine Welsh makes alongside Chuck Palahniuk whose epic tome Fight […]
January
21
Counting and Cracking – The start of a new conversation (Theatre Review)
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Counting and Cracking Belvoir and CoCurious Part of The Festival of Sydney, 11 January to 2 February. Then Adelaide Fetival 2 – 9 March. You can check tickets for Sydney here, and Adelaide here. Images: Brett Boardman Part way through Act 2 of Counting and Cracking Apah (Prakash Belawadi) makes the following statement: “Two […]
January
17
In the Heights – Quick cover. (Theatre Review)
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In the Heights Blue Saint Productions Sydney Opera House. You can find out more here. Images: Clare Hawley In my efforts to cover as many shows in Sydney as I can, I do not always get the chance to perform in depth analysis on each one. However, feedback is essential and it is my intention […]
January
15
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – What do we do with Oompa-Loompa’s? (Theatre Review)
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Capitol Theatre January to June 2019 You can grab your tickets here. Images: Jeff Busby Issues of race plagued Roald Dhal when he first penned Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Having originally wrote Charlie as a black child, the story goes he was persuaded by his publisher to make Charlie […]
January
11
Nosferatu: A Fractured Symphony – Standing on the shoulders of our Vampires. (Theatre Review)
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Nosferatu: A Fractured Symphony Montague Basement at The Old 505 Theatre 8 Jan – 19 Jan – You can grab your tickets here. Find out more about the production here. Images: Zania Ahmed “O Germany- Hearing the speeches that ring from your house, One laughs. But whoever sees you, reaches for his knife.” Bertolt […]
January
08
Since Ali Died – Poetry on the Griffin Stage (Theatre Review)
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Since Ali Died Griffin Theatre Company Stables Theatre, 7-19 January. You can grab your tickets here. Images: Robert Catto Rap, Hip Hop and other Mainstream Black Art occupy an explosive tension at the intersection of race, commerce and culture. A great deal of Black Art is consumed by non-Black folk and distributed upon non-Black platforms […]
January
07
Fool For Love – Freedom from the father (Theatre Review)
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Fool for Love Patina Productions Limelight on Oxford 2-12 January You can grab your tickets here. Images: Clare Hawley Locating Sam Shepard’s Fool For Love in time and psychological context is a complex matter. The themes of Fool For Love and others in his Family Quintet are universal: the outer landscapes imposition upon the inner world; […]
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