Good theatre is a performance-enhancing drug. Like blood-doping, it feels like there’s extra oxygen in the bloodstream, more ideas in our head than before.  
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Greenroom’s Top Posts in 2011

by Editor 29 December 2011
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This entry is part 7 of 7 in the series Facts & Figures

If ever we were in doubt – and we’re not – that reviews are the hottest posts here, the stats for the most-read articles on Greenroom in the past 12 months prove the case.
Apart from the home page – which would have included reviews plus latest posts – here are the  top 5 individual post-reads [...]

Who’s Who on Greenroom?

by Editor 28 December 2011

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Greenroom exists to curate and converse on professional theatre in Queensland. As part of our curating ‘service’ we list companies, organisations and other theatre agencies on our Companies and other groups page.
Some groups have asked to be listed here. Others are just there because we think it’s a good thing to have a [...]

2011 Groundlings: categories sorted …

by Editor 21 December 2011
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Firstly, thanks to those who wrote, tweeted or talked about the categories for the 2011 Groundling Awards and sent in their suggestions.
If you’re a regular here you will recall that we asked for suggestions for 2011. As a result, we have tweaked one existing category, added 5 and lost 3. There are now 14 categories [...]

2011 Groundling Awards – categories please

by Editor 2 December 2011

Last year around about now we launched nominations for the inaugural theatre-lovers’ choice Groundling Awards for the year. You responded en masse back then, but some of you came up with some suggestions for categories which were really excellent e.g., one we recall was for digital design and innovation in production. At the time we [...]

Aloha Days

by Editor 8 November 2011

Dear Readers
for the next few weeks Greenroom is taking a holiday break while the Editor flits around in the Hawaiian isles and ports a little further north. Normal transmission will resume with last-minute catchups of some of the best of Queensland theatre on return at month’s end.
Meanwhile, we’re sniffing out local theatre offerings and arts [...]

Season(s) 2012: the new and the independent ftw

by Editor 25 October 2011
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Last night La Boite Theatre announced its 2012 or ‘twenty twelve’ season on their fresh look website complete with a maroon coloured (Queensland?) splattered torso – not quite sure what that’s about but, as with the new-look QTC logo (below) your guess as to meaning – if you need that kind of thing – is as [...]