Bread and circuses

Melbourne's Commonwealth Games party is over, but it seems that the $13 million cultural component - a huge program of free events which...

A musical interlude

Surely it's the first time a theatre stoush has inspired a song - in any case, British singer Billy Bragg has written a song protesting ...

The ideology of theatre

Playwright and critic Walter A. Davis has a brilliant and thought-provoking essay just up at MCW News which takes apart the tired old left/r...

East

East: Elegy for the East End and its Energetic Waste by Steven Berkoff, directed by John Bolton, lighting by Toby Bolton. With Andre Jewson...

Nomadic posting

Poet and translator Pierre Joris today posts an illuminating comment on his Nomadics blog that illustrates some of the ugliness of debate ar...

The Nero Conspiracy

The Nero Conspiracy by Enzo Condello, directed by Beng Oh. Designed by Kat Chishkovsky, lighting by Nick Merrylees, sound by Robert Harewood...

Round the blogs

In the beginning was the Word. Give something a name and lo! it exists... The theatrical blogosphere is alive with discussion of something t...