Unlike a play with its final curtain call, there’s no neat conclusion for families of the missing. Lachlan Philpott’s achievement is to craft a lyrical theatre piece out of that singular horror. Colder, opening at Red Stitch this month, began with a personal story. “The play is a meditation on a friend of mine, Simon Knight, who went missing in …
I am thrilled that Crowded Fire’s brilliant 2015 production of Truck Stop was nominated for six Bay Area Theatre Awards. The production was nominated for Outstanding Direction [Marilee Talkington] , Outstanding Ensemble in a play [Jamie Asdorian, Jessica Lynn Carroll, Jeri Lynn Cohen and Chelsea Looy] Outstanding Female Actor in a Principal Role [Jessica Lynn Carrol] , Outstanding Lighting Design …
Lake Disappointment, co-written with Luke Mullins premiered at Carriageworks Sydney between April 20 and 23, 2016. Lake Disappointment Kane and me were both rising stars. I was rising to the top of the hand-modelling world and Kane was doing his plays. Kane got his first action film and I became his double. We clicked. Everyone said so. It’s there on …
Released into a theatre foyer after an opening night performance, I always make a beeline to the food. One recent night in Melbourne, over crudités and dip, I come face-to-face with Jana Perkovic…. My article for State of Play on Australian plays We need to talk about Patsy
It is nearly spring in Australia. Little lambs will be born in outback paddocks, and it is theatre-programming season. With dramatic cork-popping and dizzying-flourish, the major theatre companies are unveiling their shiny new seasons for 2016. It is a telling time. These few weeks of spring show the trends, fashions, aesthetic priorities, and the collective imagination of an industry. It …
A few people have contacted me over the last week to let me know about Perth Theatre Company’s misfortunes but since I keep track of the news on the wireless, I had already heard. Putting aside my own unfortunate experience with the company in 2013, I find this terribly sad. Western Australia is becoming known for its diminishing theatre sector. …
Sam and Kelly are best friends. At fourteen years old, they spend their lives waiting for texts, for boyfriends, for something exciting to happen, for their moment to arrive. Could it be the arrival of Aisha, the new girl from India? They talk about sex, fantasies, who’s in and who’s out. Bored with school, the girls skip class to hang …
Kane and me were both rising stars. I was rising to the top of the hand-modelling world and Kane was doing his plays. But we clicked. The director said so. Everyone said so. And it’s there on screen. The film is called Lake Disappointment. The same as the town. Kane is one of the world’s biggest movie stars. And his …