Oddments

Regular TN readers will know I have the odd problem with documentary theatre, but it has entered a new and surreal dimension that makes my f...

Stars etc

American bloggers are getting very excited about the appointment of Cate Blanchett and her husband Andrew Upton as the joint artistic direc...

Desperate Days in the Bunker

I feel like I can't be bothered to mention this, but I suppose I should. Perhaps it's anticipatory hysteria at the thrashing the neo...

Arts funding: some further thoughts

Some notes arising out of the present discussion:1. The question of funding the arts is a no-brainer for artists. Not, as alleged by populis...

Speaking up for theatre

I just did something unprecedented, and closed off the comment thread to my post on the threat to La Mama's funding. TN had swum into th...

La Mama, funding and freedom of speech

Good things come to those who wait. The Age finally ran my opinion piece on La Mama Theatre being put "on notice" by the Australia...

Off the Deep End

Depressing news on the grapevine today - ABC Radio National is axing its popular daily arts program The Deep End. Which means, aside from Th...