Family diary: Keene and Beckett

A busily theatrical weekend is looming in the Keene/Croggon household. To begin with, those who bemoan that Daniel Keene's work is never...

Happy Days/Care Instructions

My reviews of Happy Days and Care Instructions, which both opened last week at the Malthouse, are respectively in Friday's and today...

The Birthday Party and other late thoughts

I briefly reviewed Julian Meyrick's MTC production of The Birthday Party just over two weeks ago and have been meaning to write about it...

Helpmann nominations

The nominations for the Helpmann Awards, our national awards for the performing arts (yes, I know it's problematic), were announced earl...

Back to the desk

Well, I'm dug back into my burrow after a fortnight out of the office. I've been doing some in-depth theatrical investigation of a s...

Jersey Boys

My review of Jersey Boys is in today's Australian.

Amateur journalism

I see the chairman of News Ltd, John Hartigan, has some harsh words for bloggers. In an address to the National Press Club yesterday, he cla...