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Review: Domestic Violence in the Chatroom – I Love You Bro’ at La Boite Theatre

by Kate Foy 23 July 2010

I’ve often found myself using the caveat about something outrageous from real life … mostly behaviour … you know how it goes, ‘If they put that on stage, no one would believe it!’ Well, someone did. Adam J Cass, in fact. The writer of I Love You Bro‘ La Boite’s latest, directed by David Berthold [...]

Review: ‘Forensic poetry’ Tender – and moor theatre and !Metro Arts Independents 2010

by Kate Foy 4 July 2010

I’m sure Nicki Bloom, like that other playwrighting wunderkind Polly Stenham (That Face), is tired of hearing how marvellous it must be to write so well at such a young age. We tend not to gush quite so much over absurdly talented young musicians and sports stars but, somehow when it comes to writing plays, you’re [...]

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

Image by Dramagirl via Flickr

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 [...]

Songs for a New World (Review): Harvest Rain

by Kate Foy 22 May 2010

Jason Robert Brown via last.fm

With a few quibbles, I really enjoyed my first Harvest Rain-produced musical, Songs for a New World (1995) by Tony award winning composer Jason Robert Brown, directed by Tim O’Connor. Four principal singers (Angela Harding, Luke Kennedy, Naomi Price and Luke Venables) are backed by a five piece band (Daniel Gibney, [...]

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: The Timely Death of Victor Blott – Dead Puppet Society at !Metro Arts Independents

by Kate Foy 5 May 2010

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What is it about puppets? Doesn’t matter what form they take, what cultural background they spring from – and they’ve been all around for milennia – puppetry remains one of the most popular and compelling performance forms in world theatre. It’s probably an extension of our fascination with the craft and art of [...]

Review: Stockholm ‘The poetics of cruelty’ – La Boite Theatre

by Kate Foy 2 May 2010

If this play were a comedy, you might be tempted to toss in a phrase like ‘sex in the kitchen’ for impact. Stockholm, however, is most definitely not a comedy, and whilst there’s sex-play aplenty in the kitchen in the STC production currently playing at La Boite Theatre, this reviewer left the auditorium on [...]

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