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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 …
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. …