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Melbourne playwright Jane Miller is the first in a new series of chats about writing and what it’s like to be a writer. Before the opening night of her new play, she chats with Anne-Marie Peard and offers advice to emerging playwrights, which all begins with reading and seeing plays and theatre.…
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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 man who has had so much on his plate over the last few months, accomplished director…
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Watch This’ brand new production of Stephen Sondheim’s Assassins commences at fortyfivedownstairs this Wednesday night starring Nadine Garner and Nick Simpson-Deeks. Erin James spoke with Director Tyran Parke about this exciting new company and their wonderful new production. Method for a successful musical: 1. Choose your actor driven, well crafted show…
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Vieux Carré is one of Tennesse Williams lesser-known plays. It opened on Broadway on 30 April 1977, closed on 15 May and didn’t add to the playwright’s collection of Pulitzer Prizes for Drama (two) or New York Drama Critic’s Circle prizes for Best American Play (four). ITCH’s Midsumma production is already…
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The 2012 Melbourne Festival is fast approaching and we are celebrating by offering our readers the chance to win tickets to a special Melbourne Festival show! AussieTheatre have 3 DOUBLE PASSES to Michael James Mania, on Sunday 14 (5pm) October at fortyfivedownstairs. In 1991, playwright John Broughton’s fearless reckoning with…
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In this age of compassion fatigue, theatre that explores the themes of loss, grief and mother-love may not, on the face of it, seem like the sort of entertainment one would choose on a footy finals night. Moreover, a play where the title character is a career driven academic who…
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AussieTheatre.com is excited to have two double passes to give away to the upcoming production of Mademoiselle at fortyfivedownstairs. From the talent behind sell-out success Urban Display Suite – prepare for Mademoiselle. A “gothic camp” music theatre revue, Mademoiselle explores themes of power and servitude. Two manservants act out a musical role…
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Louise O’Dwyer is no stranger to Chekhov. Not only is she currently appearing in Anton Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya at Fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne, she has studied the acting technique of Michael Chekhov (Anton’s nephew) for many years. She was awarded a scholarship to attend the MICHA (Michael Chekhov) Festival in New York in 2009, and returned…
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If I need Wikipedia to explain ANYTHING, I suspect that there’s something wrong – especially when it’s a piece of theatre. SaySix Theatre and Lil Artists are presenting Caryl Churchill’s Far Away at 45 Downstairs. Written in 1999, this is its first Australian production and takes it from a rolling English countryside…
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Is there anything as all-consuming as first teenage love? We may smile with gooey nostalgia, but remember what that first heart break felt like and how no one understood because no one could love as strongly as you did? Romeo and Juliet is about that kind of teenage love and Zoey Dawson’s…
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