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10 productions to book for in 2013
No doubt it’s going to be a brilliant year in the performing arts. Here are 10 of the many productions…
War Horse
This simple tale of a horse and his boy amidst the horrors of WWI is brought to thrilling life via…
What’s on your art bucket list?
Assuming just for a moment that the Mayan prophesy about the end of the world is true, what great art…
The Australian comic book renaissance
Are Australian graphic novels entering a new golden age?
Wild Surmise
The late, great Dorothy Porter’s verse novel about astronomy, infidelity, poetry and cancer is brought to thrilling life on the…
Elling
Pamela Rabe directs this compassionate but underdeveloped comedy that wants its audience to laugh both at and with its unusual…
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Leave your contemporary sensibilities at home and there’s much to enjoy about this crass, camp and playful production directed by…
The Laramie Project
Mockingbird Theatre makes a memorable debut with this deeply affecting production about the 1998 murder of Matthew Shepard.
How to survive festival fatigue
Festivals are the extreme sport of the arts - intense but exhausting. Some of Australia’s most experienced consumers of culture…
An Act of Now
Anouk van Dijk’s first work as Chunky Move’s new Artistic Director is a compelling and visceral exploration of social interaction.