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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.”

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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, [...]

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 [...]

Review: The Chairs – La Boite Theatre

by Lucas Stibbard 2 July 2010

You could infer that the show must truly be something if it’s memorable weeks later in this age of disposable entertainment. You could infer that I have avoided writing this for as long as I could. You could infer a lot of things. Fact is I was asked to write this because I had seen [...]

Fat Pig (Review): Queensland Theatre Company at Bille Brown Studio

by David Burton 9 June 2010

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I’d like to say that I stand atop a mighty moral pedestal where body issues simply don’t affect me: ‘No, of course I don’t judge people on their weight.’ I hope I don’t, but study after study shows that I do, on some subconscious level. Nothing quite attacks the gut (no [...]

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 [...]

King Lear (Review): Bell Shakespeare for Queensland Theatre Company and QPAC

by David Burton 12 May 2010

As I walk into the Playhouse Theatre for King Lear’s Brisbane opening night, I must admit I’m a little cautious. A successful play that runs over three hours is an enigma. If any play can do it, however, it’s King Lear, one of my favourite Shakespeare plays. Perhaps I still had Queensland Theatre Company’s other [...]

Review: Waiting for Godot – Queensland Theatre Company

by David Burton 30 April 2010

My theatre companion and I are currently trying to get through burgers the size of our heads before we attend this evening’s performance of Waiting for Godot. It’s been a long week, and we’ve spent the last half an hour whinging at each other about work. There’s a pause in the conversation and a thought [...]

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