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Officer and a Gentleman writer rebukes review

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Officer and a Gentleman writer rebukes review

An interesting stoush in The Australian today: Douglas Day Stewart, the Officer and Gentleman who wrote the screenplay for the iconic film An Officer and a Gentleman and co-wrote the world premiere musical which debuted last week in Sydney, has written a piece published on the national newspaper’s website rebutting…

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Melissa Bergland to host Twisted Broadway 2012

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Melissa Bergland to host Twisted Broadway 2012

Winners and Losers star Melissa Bergland will support Oz Showbiz Cares/Equity Fights Aids as she takes to the stage to host the highly acclaimed charity event, Twisted Broadway 2012.  The three year old fundraiser, founded in Melbourne by the Benge Group, will premiere in Sydney this year at NIDA’s Parade…

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Independent Inspiration

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Independent Inspiration

Fresh from a trip to my hometown of Dubbo, NSW for a series of performances and workshops in the largest venue we have presented my play The Weather and Your Health in (my Tour Manager, Ryan, likened it to an arena spectacular -  “next stop, Rod Laver”) – Team Weather…

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Blindscape: iPhone technology and circus arts combined — video feature

Bullet: A Superhero Comedy

The Truth About Kookaburras: La Boite Indie and Pentimento Productions

They’re back: TAP DOGS to tour Australia

A Quick Chat With Louise O’Dwyer



Latest Reviews:

  • The Rat Trap — Polytoxic and QTC Greenhouse Program

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    The Rat Trap
    on Thursday 10 May 2012
    The Rat Trap — Polytoxic and QTC Greenhouse Program

    The naughtiest Circus is in Town! Polytoxic Dance Theatre’s latest ‘mongrel mash-up of technicolour theatricality’, The Rat Trap has transformed QTC’s Bille Brown Studio into a Cabaret Tiki Bar where the audience in lock-down are at the mercy of the burlesque rat pack. This colourfully chaotic production with it’s sexy, talented troupe,…

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  • I Love You, Bro! — Canberra season

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    I Love You, Bro!
    on Tuesday 15 May 2012
    I Love You, Bro! — Canberra season

    Cyber-love soapie-tragedy begins 2012 tour with a sharp dagger to the gut. I Love You, Bro began its 2012 tour last week at the Street Theatre Canberra with enormous energy and vigour. A simple and striking set (Renee Mulder) allowed the audience to sit around the stage and close to the…

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  • An Officer and a Gentleman — World Premiere

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    An Officer and a Gentleman
    on Friday 18 May 2012
    An Officer and a Gentleman — World Premiere

    While it is thrilling that Australia is rapidly becoming recognised as a great place to try out Broadway shows, and that our actors and creatives are considered to be of a high standard, and it is wonderful to see world premieres of shows happening right here in our own backyard,…

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  • Eve — Metro Arts Independents 2012

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    Eve
    on Saturday 19 May 2012
    Eve — Metro Arts Independents 2012

    Eve Langley, the subject matter of the semi-biographical Eve was a mid-twentieth century Australian writer who struggled against the shackles of the “feminine function”. She was eccentric by today’s standards but insane by the standards of her day; she took to dressing as a man and changed her name to…

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  • I (Honestly) Love You

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    I (Honestly) Love You
    on Friday 18 May 2012
    I (Honestly) Love You

    When actors have so much life that their presence fills such a small, intimate performing space and the audience is in stitches from the very first line, there isn’t a sliver of doubt that you’re going to enjoy the show. This is precisely what Damon Lockwood (as producer/director/writer/actor) achieved with…

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  • A Hoax — an important work of our time

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    A Hoax
    on Thursday 10 May 2012
    A Hoax — an important work of our time

    Written by Sydney-based Rick Viede, A Hoax won the Griffin award in 2011, and now Griffin Theatre have collaborated with La Boite Theatre to present the World Premiere of A Hoax. The concept behind this provoking four-hander play about a fabricated story written under a fake pseudonym was inspired by…

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