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[Published in Crikey, April 27 2012] By Rebecca Harkins-Cross and Ben Eltham In late 2009, Company B Belvoir unveiled its 2010 season. So did the Melbourne Theatre Company. Belvoir’s season featured only one female playwright and one female director. The Melbourne Theatre Company’s 2010 season also featured only one female director. In previous years, such […]
August 17, 2011
[Published in Beat, Issue 1282, August 17 2011] It is a question that has reverberated through sibling rivalries and schoolyard brawls for eons. In recent years, it has become the central conundrum of any reality show, on any television screen, the world over. But according to performance collective post (a group who stridently refuse capitalisation), […]
August 3, 2011
[Published on Beat.com.au, August 3 2011] Don’t get me wrong. 5pound theatre’s production of David Mamet’s The Woods makes for gripping viewing. Initially, however, I was intrigued for the wrong reasons. Upon leaving the venue, I remarked to my friend how interesting I found its depiction of schizophrenia. ‘What are you talking about?’ she replied quizzically. ‘The […]
August 3, 2011
[Published in Beat, Issue 1280, August 3 2011] Bodies sway in time with an inaudible rhythm. Mouths move in synch with lyrics we must lip-read to decipher. Sounds normally obscured by blaring club speakers now echo across the packed room – the scuffle of feet, the dull thud of hips bumping or the occasional click of over-enthusiastic […]
July 20, 2011
[Published on beat.com.au, July 20 2011] The magic of Small Odysseys, the latest show by Melbourne performance collective Rawcus, belongs to another era. In an age where your imagination is limited only by your dexterity with a keyboard, the show’s handcrafted illusions take on a heightened sense of wonder. There is a physicality to Small Odysseys’ miniature […]
July 20, 2011
[Published in Beat, Issue 1278, July 20 2011] When conjuring an image of the Romantic hero, Paul Capsis is not the first person who springs to mind. Best known for his career in cabaret, Capsis’ larger-than-life stage persona is about as far removed from these nature-loving aesthetes – epitomised by your Byrons, your Wordsworths or […]
July 13, 2011
[Published in Beat, Issue 1277, July 13 2011] There’s a scraping at your bedroom window as you try, in vain, to fall asleep. Something moves in the shadows, just beyond your vision’s reach. Is that sound the echo of footsteps? Or is it just the thunder of your pounding heart? No matter whether these threats […]
July 13, 2011
[Published in Beat, Issue 1277, July 13 2011] Small Odysseys, the title of the upcoming production by Melbourne performance collective Rawcus, is something of an oxymoron. Since the Homeric epic, an odyssey has always suggested a voyage of mythic proportions – they are, by definition, never a small undertaking. Yet this playful paradox is very […]
January 26, 2011
[Published in Beat, January 26 2011] The tale of Giovanni and Annabella, the doomed protagonists of ‘ Tis Pity She’s a Whore , is a tragedy to rival that of Shakespeare’s star-crossed lovers. Set in the Italian city of Parma, playwright John Ford pits the innocence and purity of the couple’s affections against a world of moral […]
April 27, 2012
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