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Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Martina Murray: MTC's NEON Festival of Independent Theatre by Brendan McCallum

Following the resounding success of its 2013 inception, the NEON Festival of Independent Theatre returns with a stellar line-up of productions, talks and workshops. Aussie Theatre's Brendan …

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Thursday, April 24, 2014

Bethany Simons on Reception: The Musical by Brendan McCallum

This April, one of AussieTheatre's own lights takes centre-stage with a new, original work based on her experiences in a different kind of foyer, with Reception: The Musical. Brendan McCallu…

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Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Jane Bodie on Music and the burning urgency of This Year's Ashes by Brendan McCallum

Jane Bodie is someone who knows how to keep the plates spinning. With three plays happening simultaneously across two states, one might expect a certain fatigue to be trickling down the phon…

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Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Melbourne Festival: Irine Vela and Kate Gillick on Urban Chamber " Beyond by Brendan McCallum

The cultural diversity of Melbourne’s northern and western suburbs will be on display as classical music, hip-hop and street poetry collide in Urban Chamber – Beyond, fromÂ non…

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Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Daniel Schlusser on M+M for Melbourne Festival by Brendan McCallum

In the lead up to this year’s Melbourne Festival Aussie Theatre’s Brendan McCallum caught up with director Daniel Schlusser to talk about his adaptation of one of the canonical m…

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Monday, September 30, 2013

Cat Commander, on Before the Spring by Brendan McCallum

In 2010, prior to the escalation of civil war in Syria, actor and writer Cat Commander spent months visiting the country, along with many of its Levant neighbours. Her one-person show, Befor…

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Monday, September 9, 2013

In the Spotlight: Independent Melbourne " Mockingbird Theatre by Brendan McCallum

Since its inception in 2012 Mockingbird Theatre has been quietly carving a place for itself amongst the Melbourne independent theatre scene. Founded by award-winning director Chris Baldock, …

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Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Little Ones Theatre: Taking Wilde's Salome By The Horns by Brendan McCallum

The story of Salome, like many tales from the Bible, has endured in part because of its frisson of beauty and brutality. Christian iconography has presented her as the epitome of the femme f…

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Tuesday, August 27, 2013

In conversation with MKA: The Melbourne Writer's Festival's 'Theatre-in-Residence'. by Brendan McCallum

Tobias Manderson-Galvin and Glyn Roberts are the creative heart of independent theatre troupe MKA, which has carved out a name for itself over the past four years with its innovative approac…

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Friday, August 2, 2013

Zahra Newman talks about Chekhov, Simon Stone and Storytelling by Brendan McCallum

Blessed with arresting looks, a mercurial talent and a voice to die for, Jamaican-born Zahra Newman next hits our stages as Varya in Simon Stone's upcoming The Cherry Orchard: After Chekhov,…

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Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Intelligence, Fearlessness and Fun: In conversation with Burlesque's Moira Finucane by Brendan McCallum

Aussie Theatre's Brendan McCallum caught up with Moira Finucane, the grand dame of dark burlesque, before the opening of her latest performance The Glory BoxÂ Paradise.Â There is somet…

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Monday, April 22, 2013

A fugue for voices " Terence O'Connell directs The Graduates in Cruising Paradise by Brendan McCallum

In the lead up to the opening of Cruising Paradise " tales by Sam Shepard on 25 April, Aussie Theatre's Brendan McCallum managed to catch up with director Terence O'Connell for a chat. For a…

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