And so to the theatre for the sixth time this week – and another opening night. Sasha Janowicz’s The Kursk sailed into home port in Brisbane for a season at La Boite Theatre, and opened to a very full house on Tuesday evening. A disclaimer up front: I trained four of the six actors in
Continue reading ...Suddenly it’s apparent how much performing arts touring is being done throughout Australia. Not that we haven’t always had small and large companies on the road most of the time since white settlement – well, maybe a little after white settlement – but it’s really, really visible right now. For the past few weeks, corporate
Continue reading ...I must say I’m missing my northern-summer travels this year. Perhaps it’s the cold westerly wind blowing outside as I sit here writing, while my thoughts turn to long, hot July days in the Mediterranean. This picture is where I was one year ago – Knidos in Turkey. For a few years now I have
Continue reading ...10 May 2007 For an actor, the tech dress rehearsal is a little like crossing a road in Vietnam. Stepping into fast moving traffic requires confidence, concentration and skill to get to the other side. Note session after a technical rehearsal: Mad Forest by Caryl Churchill Artsworx University of Southern Queensland.
Continue reading ...The last couple of days have seen reports of the outbreak of swine fever in what the media are calling ‘the Americas.’ Initial reports have spawned comment and further reports which have then been retweeted, reblogged, and sent on their way. It’s not overstating the mark to say that in some cases the responses have
Continue reading ...I’m staying with friends in one of Singapore’s huge, sprawling, residential districts. They truly are communities unto themselves, these high-rise buildings grouped around communal spaces: playgrounds, parklands, and courtyards where pots of herbs and flowers mingle with bougainvillea and your local cat. The shopping precinct has 24 hour operational food stalls, and your doctor, dentist,
Continue reading ...World Theatre Day 2009 has come and gone, but as the song lyrics go, ‘the memories linger on.’ And the achievements do too. You can see what I mean at the World Theatre Day blog and its Tumblr feed of images and sounds of the celebrations around the globe. WTD got the online treatment for
Continue reading ...This is a post I’ve been meaning to write for at least a month. Given we’re in the International Women’s Day time-zone, it seemed appropriate to get my thoughts down at last. I was inspired by a couple of performances I saw in NYC in late January: Stockard Channing in Pal Joey (among other things
Continue reading ...Congratulations to all winners at the 2009 Matilda Awards held on March 2 at Brisbane’s Judith Wright Centre. Best Mainstage Production: ANATOMY TITUS FALL OF ROME: Queensland Theatre Company Best Independent Production: HOODS: Real TV Best Direction: Michael Futcher; RABBIT HOLE Queensland Theatre Company; THE WISHING WELL La Boite Theatre Company Best Actress in a
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