Reliving her postnatal trauma in I’m a Phoenix, Bitch led to a breakdown and spider hallucinations. These days, Kimmings is all about ‘self-care on steroids’ “I don’t want people t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:48AMDavid Greig and Matthew Lutton take on the somewhat impregnable cult story, which premieres in Australia before transferring to Scotland It’s the lure of the unknowable that drew the Austr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:48PMAs the Québécois director’s acclaimed play The Far Side of the Moon arrives in Australia, he reflects on the dramatic link between family fallouts and geopolitics Theatremaker Robert Lep…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:00PMThe Trump resistance has become sing-a-long-able, thanks to a 30-something man from Queens and his YouTube channelNorth Korea insists war with America is inevitable! Puerto Rico has no drink…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:04PMMalthouse theatre, MelbourneMeow Meow steals the show from a diverse – or disparate – cast, but the cult fable resonates regardlessIt’s a helluva thing to be born to play the devil ……
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:06AMPop-up Globe theatre is the world’s first full-scale temporary working replica of London’s second Globe from the 1600sShakespeare compared breasts to globes in The Rape of Lucrece, and u…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:48AMAn interactive show functions as both a love letter to democracy and an explainer of the frustrations of the democratic process“Democracy,” declares Jonathan Holloway, “is about doing …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:44PMArtistic director Jonathan Holloway infuses his electrifying first Melbourne festival with a series of interior realisations that reckon with the public self There are few reviews that centr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:40PMNot sure what to see at the theatre next year? Van Badham selects the most promising works, from experimental debuts to revivals of unbeatable classicsThe Australian habit of year-in-advance…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:07PMDouble Indemnity offers female archetypes, Trilogy is a feminist masterwork and Quippings has been called ‘crip burlesque’Melbourne Theatre Company’s production of Double Indemnity is …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:07PMMeanjin, Next Wave festival, Express Media and Force Majeure are just four of 62 arts companies which had their funding cut by Australia CouncilI was living in a wooden house in Bulli when t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:45AMMelbourne Theatre Company, Southbank TheatreDirector Kip Williams’s electric staging of Strindberg classic uses technology to pump up a once-radical dissection of ordinary human livesThere…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:53PMMalthouse Theatre, MelbourneThis retelling of the Joan Lindsay cult classic proves the book’s postcolonial theme remains relevant – and will terrify the pants off youJoan Lindsay’s Pic…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:33AMArtistic director Matthew Lutton won the coveted rights by promising to be faithful to Joan Lindsay’s cult novel and its themes of white Australia in a mysterious landscapeWhen Matthew Lut…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:52PMThe performer returns to cabaret for a series of shows in Melbourne and Sydney. While they may be sappy, he tells Van Badham, they will also be funnyHe’s won an Olivier award and a Tony, h…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:42AMRod Laver Arena, MelbourneThings can’t get much camper than a gyrating, can-can kicking Jackman taking us through his life and times, complete with glitter maracas and disco ballsHugh Jack…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:30PMMalthouse theatre, MelbourneDavid Woods and Nicola Gunn hook-up for a funny and topical handling of a subject – housing policy – few Australian theatre-makers would go nearThe greatest c…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:42AMAttorney general George Brandis has a history of making loud statements about freedom. Why, as arts minister, is he opposed to arm’s length funding? Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:48AMSouthbank Theatre, MelbourneBeckett’s play was once spectacularly fresh, but Endgame’s staging brief now seems conservative and leaves modern audiences feeling estranged Continue reading…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:16PMHis play The One Day of the Year famously challenged Anzacery, but it’s Seymour’s take on class, education and family that ensure his legacyAs a battered, school-issue staple of countles…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:57AMRegal theatre, Perth festivalQueensland’s finest upends expectations of who gets to be strong, tough, brave or balletic in the circus – with lots of tumbles and leaps along the way Conti…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:56PMState Theatre of Western Australia, Perth festivalLisa Dwan’s perfomance in this Samuel Beckett triptych impresses even as the plays themselves communicate their drama from a cold distance…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:13PMFringe World, PerthThe Olympic Gold medallist is a diver not a comic, but this moving cabaret of his life story lets him shine through show tunes, chanson, ukelele and a trampoline Continue …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:32PMA strong season of local productions worth travelling for scarcely received due attention before suffering the stern economy of short seasons• Australian art in 2014: the year of protest, …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:46AMAmbitious vision, epic themes and excellent performances combine in a piece of theatre as complex as the relationship between black and white Australia Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:52AMArtPlay, Melbourne festivalSwimmers in kaleidoscope waters prove a visual event for young theatregoers still learning the parameters of their own bodies Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:41AMAs director and performer of Beckett’s play, Robert Wilson shows his mastery of multiple theatrical disciplines, writes Van BadhamVan Badham
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:34PMAs technically dazzling as it is frustrating, Israel Galván’s La Curva is a work of great artistry and ferocious provocation, writes Van BadhamVan Badham
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:03AMThe legendary avant garde theatre director, in Perth performing Kraft’s Last Tape, says that too much of what we see on stage merely illustrates what we already knowVan Badham
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:43AMPerth Fringe World festival: Perth Institute of Contemporary ArtWhether clowning, bouffon and mime are the fad forms of our performance era is a question to which there is perhaps no answer …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:44AMYou Once Said Yes is a work that physically takes the audience through a progression of sites or stagesVan Badham
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