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Second quarterly report: jobs onstage

by Editor 8 June 2011
This entry is part 6 of 7 in the series Facts & Figures

Here it is. Further to a couple of earlier posts, Jobs for the girls: logging the stats and First quarterly report: jobs onstage, here’s the second of four planned reports of cast numbers in programmed productions for both subsidised companies in Brisbane in 2011. We’ve added this quarter’s figures to the last to give a running total.
Plays include: [...]

Plagiarism 101

by Editor 21 April 2011

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There’s a little bit of buzz on a local Facebook theatre network right now about plagiarism – always a dirty word whether in academic or any other circles, really.
What constitutes general or ‘public domain’ knowledge or usage in a writer’s work is sometimes tricky to determine, especially when a genuinely-original phrase starts appearing [...]

On their feet: The Boy From Oz at EPC Toowoomba

by Kate Foy 17 April 2011

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It takes a lot to get a house full of Toowoomba people on their feet for a standing ovation, but it happened last week at the opening night of The Boy From Oz directed by Lewis Jones. This is the latest big musical production from Empire Theatre Projects Company (EPC) based at the [...]

The rules of engagement

by Editor 15 April 2011

There’s a rather sad and, at times, hysterical (but not of the amusing kind) fall-out on another blog about town which reviews amateur as well as professional productions in Brisbane.
Briztix, which also sells tickets and provides a very useful theatre resource for Brisbane, published a review of Blue Fish Theatrical Productions‘ Jekyll and Hyde. It is [...]

Dear Brisbane Theatre … Who’s the media?

by Editor 11 April 2011

As I write this, an Arts Queensland sponsored tech forum ‘LowFi’ is just finishing up in Brisbane. I was due to attend what was planned as a day-long gathering of speakers, workshops and quick conversations on digital media and its application in the arts. I couldn’t make it so I’ve been following the proceedings today [...]

World Theatre Day 2011 … going, going …

by Editor 28 March 2011

As the world turns World Theatre Day 2011 has come and gone from Australia for another year, but it’s still going strong elsewhere as March 27th comes in round the globe.
Someone wrote on the Twitter stream that ‘every day is world theatre day’ and, of course, he’s right for those of us who live and [...]