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 …

SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 12:44am on May 27, 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…

SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 8:00pm on April 24, 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…

SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 9:18pm on March 18, 2014☆⚑

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, from non…

SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 1:29am on October 23, 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…

SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 11:15pm on October 8, 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…

SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 12:26am on September 30, 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, …

SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 2:41am on September 9, 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…

SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 1:48am on September 3, 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…

SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 7:17pm on August 27, 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,…

SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 8:00pm on August 2, 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 Box  Paradise.  There is somet…

SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 5:51am on July 10, 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…

SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 7:00pm on April 22, 2013☆⚑