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Grand Theft Theatre: An unreliable memoir

A new show made for Melbourne Fringe Festival calls on the ghosts of performances past.

5 Oct 2022 8:33

Jason Blake

Theatre

Grand Theft Theatre: ‘If we don’t do this now, somebody else will.’ Photo: Tess Campbell

First, that title. Grand Theft Theatre.

Commissioned by the Melbourne Fringe Festival to celebrate its 40th Birthday, Grand Theft Theatre sees Williams (co-founder and director, Alternative Facts) and Melbourne company Pony Cam collude on a low-fi ode to the theatre, its ephemerality, and our attempts to retain experience as memories.

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Jason Blake

Acting Performing Arts Editor Jason Blake is a career arts writer, critic and editor. He studied theatre directing at the VCA and NIDA, served as arts editor for the Sydney City Hub, edited subscription TV guides and reviewed theatre for the Sydney Morning Herald from 2009-2017. He was co-founder of audreyjoural.com.au and recently publications manager for the Sydney Film Festival. He shares his home office with a possum.