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2011 Groundling Awards: Nominees

by Editor 1 February 2012

Voting is now open in the 2011 Groundling Awards. Thanks to the many hundreds of you who sent in your nominations since the start of January. The people have spoken!
Click on this hotlink to register your vote on the ballot paper
VOTING WILL CLOSE at 5pm on Friday, 10th February.
First up, a couple of things to note: [...]

2011 Groundling Awards Nominations are open …

by Editor 1 January 2012
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Greenroom’s The Groundlings are a people’s choice award. You nominate the individuals or productions for each category.
You can submit up to 3 (three) nominations beside each of the 14 (fourteen) categories listed below, but only once please.
Please note that Groundlings will only be awarded to Queensland theatre-makers. Yes, we’re proudly [...]

The World Theatre Day Message for 2011

by Editor 3 March 2011

It’s been a tradition for the International Theatre Institute to ask a leading theatre practitioner to create the message for World Theatre Day. It’s also something of a tradition for companies to read the message before the curtain on performances on WTD and/or to post it on callboards or in foyers. This year WTD falls [...]

An open letter: World Theatre Day 2011

by Editor 16 February 2011
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Dear Theatre Colleague,
World Theatre Day is March 27!
For 3 years now, I have been involved along with other facilitator-colleagues for World Theatre Day. Under the auspices of the International Theatre Institute (ITI), World Theatre Day (WTD) is celebrated annually on the 27th March by the international theatre community. Various national and international theatre events are [...]

Gift suggestions for the theatre-lover geek on your list

by Editor 12 December 2010

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We had to weigh into this one. There are Christmas gift suggestions all over the place right now, but this one is just for you dear Greenroom habitués. You probably haven’t finished your shopping, and most of these can be bought online, some even emailed. Check for delivery times, but do it soon.
Here’s [...]

Fractal Theatre is Back! Brenna-Lee Cooney (Interview 9)

by Editor 22 July 2010
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Brenna-Lee Cooney is telling me about the plans she has for the revivified Fractal Theatre, now based in Ipswich.  After some years of child-raising, teaching, a self-imposed break from theatre-creation and urged, she tells me with a snort, by her now grown-up children to ‘do something with your life,’ she’s energised and ready to tackle [...]