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iPhones in the Theatre

by Kate Foy 30 July 2010

La Boite Theatre Corridor (iPhone)
Originally uploaded by Dramagirl

Apart from the obvious – TURN THEM OFF – subtle, humorous and not so subtle prompts as the house-lights dim, and notwithstanding the current debate on whether or not audience members or reviewers should ‘live-tweet’ a show from #tweetseats, there are lots of opportunities to capture images as [...]

Wake Up Call: Australian Theatre Forum – Brisbane 19-21 September 2011

by Editor 28 July 2010

Guest post by Zane Trow
The second Australian Theatre Forum will be held from Monday 19th to Wednesday 21st September 2011 at Brisbane Powerhouse during the Brisbane Festival. A steering committee has been formed, and will be “announced soon.”

Image via Wikipedia

This little snippet appears on the Theatre Network Victoria E-News site for June and there [...]

A fifth letter: Thoughts while sitting in a waiting room

by Nick Backstrom 21 July 2010

Hello Geenroomers
I had another audition the other day for a TVC. It was one of those dispiriting ones when they want to see what faces you can pull. I hate them. Oh well, it’s just TVC casting laid bare really.
Auditioning is of course the curse of our profession, a necessary curse. But at its best, [...]

Theatre here there and … anywhere: Paul Osuch

by Editor 15 July 2010

The ways of social networking can mean that you get to ‘know’ a lot about someone … or at least what is posted about that someone online … long before you meet them. And that meeting can be face to face or via the old-fashioned telephone call.
So it was that I got to know Paul [...]

Ready for some tweet-reviews?

by Editor 12 July 2010

Talk about leading the pack! Greenroom wrote about this last November. We thought we’d strut our stuff and republish our comments from back then as La Boite Theatre encourages its audiences to tweet their reviews of I Love You Bro’ opening this week at the Roundhouse. No tweeting during the show now, unless of course [...]

Soul food: a fourth letter from a voluntary exile

by Nick Backstrom 7 July 2010

Hello Greenroomers
Last night I watched Ratatouille, the excellent Pixar film featuring a rat (who is an excellent chef) and his adventures in a Paris restaurant. It also features Anton Ego, a critic of devastating reputation. Although Ego is used by the writers to satirize the role and cult of critics (as if his name wasn’t [...]

New Artistic Director announced for Queensland Theatre Company

by Editor 24 June 2010

Queensland Premier and Minister for the Arts Anna Bligh this morning announced the appointment of Wesley Enoch as the incoming Artistic Director of Queensland Theatre Company, the state’s flagship theatre company, and one of Australia’s major performing arts organisations.
“I am delighted to welcome Wesley Enoch back to Brisbane to take on the artistic leadership of [...]

Letters from a voluntary exile: a third letter

by Nick Backstrom 2 June 2010

GUEST POST: Nick Backstrom is an actor and writer, formerly based in Brisbane and more recently in Melbourne. He also sings, teaches and directs, though rarely at the same time. Nick’s Melbourne relocation will form the basis of his occasional posts to Greenroom. He would be delighted to respond to any comments [...]

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