Review: The Heart of Another is a Dark Forest / In the Arms of a Lion

Melbourne Fringe Festival: The Heart of Another is a Dark Forest, directed by Kate Sulan and Ingrid Voorendt. Set design by Emily Barrie, li...

Ben Ellis gets blogging

Direct your cursors now to Parachute of a Playwright, where Ben Ellis responds to the reviews of his recent play The Zombie State. Aside fro...

New look MTC

The MTC launched its 2009 season on Monday night, no doubt with fountains of champagne and speeches. Your faithful blogger was moping at hom...

Brain update

A state-wide police alert has resulted in several unconfirmed sightings of Ms TN's brain, which disappeared without trace while on holid...

Bits and pieces

Yes, it's me, back from an all-too-short wallow in the ponds of idleness. I bought 6kg of books, read some of them, looked at lots of vi...

Review: Just Macbeth

Just Macbeth by Andy Griffiths and William Shakespeare, directed by Wayne Harrison. Design by Pip Runciman, lighting design by Martin Kinnan...

Time out

Ms TN is taking a few days off. Usually "time out" is code for something work-related, but this time she's doing as normal peo...

Review: The Zombie State

The Zombie State by Ben Ellis, directed by Daniel Schlusser. Set and costumes designed by Kate Davis, lighting design by Niklas Pajanti and ...

Dogs in the west

I'm all for theatres in the west, which is my side of town. When Simon Stone opened the Hayloft Project in Seddon, I was briefly excite...

It's my birthday...

...and I'll blog if I want to. Was there a better way to usher in the anniversary of my nativity than by sitting up until 3am, drinking ...

La Mama gets there

News just in:Only two weeks out from its deadline, La Mama has raised the $1.8 million to secure the purchase of its Faraday Street home in ...

Jamieson makes it "relevant"

If theatre is to be "relevant", what does that mean? Nigel Jamieson will take the bull by the horns next week when he delivers thi...

Review: Red Sky Morning

Red Sky Morning by Tom Holloway, directed by Sam Strong. Designed by Peter Mumford, lighting design by Danny Pettingill. With Erin Dewar, Sa...

Personal

Time, maybe, to return to some basics. Recently on this blog there's been some discussion, if it can be called that, about the persona o...

The Minister You Have When You Don't Have A Minister

While our elusive Arts Minister, Mr Peter Garrett, spends his time propping up the pulp mill industry, it's nice to know that at least o...

Review: Vamp

Vamp by Meow Meow and Iain Grandage, directed by Michael Kantor, musical direction by Iain Grandage. Designed by Anna Tregloan, lighting des...

The perils of children's theatre

Review: The Lonesome West, The Time Is Not Yet Ripe

The Lonesome West by Martin McDonagh, directed by Görkem Acaroglu. Design by Emma Kingsbury, lighting design by Katie Sfetkidis, sound desig...

Awards awards

I almost forgot to report the winners of the RE Ross Trust Play Award, which were announced at a glittering dinner before the assembled lite...

Review: Life is a Dream

Life is a Dream by Pedro Calderón, translations by Beatrix Christian, directed by Daniel Schlusser. Set and costumes by Marg Howell, lightin...