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Welcome Amelia

by Editor 27 February 2011
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This entry is part 1 of 3 in the series Grin Images

Greenroom is thrilled to welcome a new contributing artist to the site - Amelia Dowd, an actor and photographer. She joins Nick Backstrom, David Burton, and Lucas Stibbard who are all regular contributors.
Amelia’s work with the camera lens is well known to her colleagues and to theatre-goers in Brisbane. Her portfolio is always interesting and dynamic, [...]

Review: Waiting for Godot – Queensland Theatre Company

by David Burton 31 December 2010
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Originally published 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 [...]

Review: Hamlet in the box ‘Ugly-beautiful’ La Boite Theatre

by David Burton 31 December 2010
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This entry is part 4 of 4 in the series Top Posts of 2010

Originally published 15 February, 2010
Toby Schmitz as Hamlet Photo: Amelia Dowd
Let it be known, nothing sums this show up better than its poster: a soaking wet Toby Schmitz (very Trainspotting) arms raised as he pulls his hair back … with just a fine whisper of pubic hair on show. Whilst grabbing my tickets from the [...]

Theatre Will Eat Itself (Guest Contributor: Paul Osuch)

by Editor 5 December 2010
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Did you know there was a get together of independent theatre Artistic Directors and General Managers last week at Flipside Circus? It was a bit of an old school invitation in … umm … email instead of Facebook but, nonetheless, it was sent around.
I went along because I had recently sent an email and Facebook [...]

Letters from a voluntary exile: An alternative life …

by Nick Backstrom 18 November 2010
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Hello Greenroomers,
Something unusual happened to me this month; I got work as an actor!
Coming to a new city is daunting. One has to re-establish oneself without any of the support networks (or fewer and smaller ones anyway) that one had in the old city. I have to go out and network. I have two problems [...]

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 [...]