Night Writes is joined by actor Rajan Velu to discuss the upcoming production Norm & Ahmed with Australian Theatre Live.
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Three Winters Green | Lambert House Enterprises
Perhaps you saw the headlines claiming COVID-19 to be the worst pandemic since the Spanish Flu or condemning the unprecedented response of major governments’ to the spread of the disease. Perhaps you also thought, have they forgotten? Three Winters Green depicts stories of the last major pandemic to hit Australian shores, namely the HIV/AIDS crisis of the 1980s.
Continue reading →Home Chat | the Genesian Theatre
Can men and women every really be just friends? It’s a question that has continued to plague romantic comedies since well before Noel Coward’s 1920s take on it in Home Chat. But now, in a repeat of the Roaring 20s, most of us can agree that the question is out-dated, but that doesn’t mean we can’t poke fun at the fuddy-duddies with issues of propriety and reputation up their noses.
Continue reading →Marrugeku: Telling That Story Launch | Marrugeku & Performance Research Books
This year marks 25 years since Mimi was commissioned by Festival of Perth and the trans-Indigenous and intercultural performance company Marrugeku was born. In celebration, performance practise publisher Performance Research Books has collaborated with the company to bring a comprehensive history of their performances and practises to print.
Continue reading →Kid Stakes | Les Soloman & Lambert House Enterprises
Years before the internationally acclaimed story of Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, Olive and Nancy and Roo and Barney were just kids coming out of the roughest years of the Great Depression. The future for themselves and the nation was unknown, only the summer stretched before them. In celebration of Ray Lawler’s 100th year, Lambert House Enterprises brings that summer to the Zoom stage for a staged reading of a blossoming love rectangle.
Continue reading →Emerald City | Riverside Theatres Digital
Melbourne and Sydney, art and commercialism, love and money; whether it’s the 1980s, 2014, or 2021, the battle is the same with each side deeply entrenched in their beliefs about success and happiness. In David Williamson’s 1987 play, artists butt up against producers, funding bodies, and even the audiences all for the integrity of the art. But what’s really at stake?
Continue reading →A Migrant’s Son | Riverside Theatres Digital
Australia as we currently know it was built on the backs of wave after wave of immigrants; people who came to this newly colonised land for opportunities that often took the form of hard and thankless work. In A Migrant’s Son, performer Michaela Burger immortalises her immigrant family’s experience through songs that span countries, decades, and generations.
Continue reading →Morning Star: First Horn | Flight Path Theatre
Hannah Arendt’s theory on the banality of evil has become part of the common vernacular when considering the darker side of humanity; the way the whispers of cruelty seep into people undetected until the unthinkable happens. In the two-part production Morning Star, a group of writers imagine the consequences of pernicious ideas infiltrating otherwise unremarkable narratives.
Continue reading →Caldera 360° | Caldera Festival
After a very successful festival in 2018, the team behind Caldera Festival have returned with another unusual, immersive arts experience. This time Caldera 360° is entirely online with three performances and two installations to explore from within your own four walls.
Continue reading →Lunch with Bernays | 180 Collective
Edward “Eddie” Bernays made a name for himself in the 20th century as the “father of public relations” by mastering the art of propaganda. As he nears the end of his life, an interview for a forthcoming biography of his wife sends Eddie deep into his memories and the ghosts of his past make their grievances known.
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