On Paul Capsis

The other evening, as I walked homewards through the lashing rain of a wintry Melbourne night, my heart too swollen and luminous with blood ...

AA Gill sticks his fork in

You have to pity the London crrrritics. Just as the spat over Nicholas Hytner's full-frontal attack reached an uneasy detente, AA Gill r...

Review: Osama the Hero/Ying Tong/Circus Oz

Osama the Hero by Dennis Kelly, directed by Syd Brisbane. Designed by Kate Davis, sound design Tommy Spender, lighting design by Nik Pajanti...

Blackface/black faces

Serendipity rules. Hot on the heels of a debate in the comments on my review of Bell Shakespeare's Othello, in which Anon outlined his o...

Review: Othello, Enlightenment

Othello by William Shakespeare, directed by Marion Potts. Set design Ralph Myers, costumes by Brice McKinven, light design Nick Schlieper, c...

Me and Rilke

I know I've been talking a lot about myself lately, and I swear I'll battle me down and let some theatre get a look-in. But permit m...

Back to regular programming...

A couple of things I've been meaning to note, to clear my desk before I catch up with the reviews that were sidelined in my frenzied bur...