October 2008

Thinking out loud in front of ourselves …

by Editor 31 October 2008

It’s been a busy busy week for this groundling. And it’s mostly been spent travelling to and from Brisbane for performances, showcases, launches, and other industry-related matters. It’s typical of the frantic pace that accompanies the last couple of months of each year, as we gather to mull over what’s been, plan what’s to come, [...]

USQ Tradeshow 2008: Goodbye and Hello!

by Editor 28 October 2008

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I trawled back through the posts to one I wrote at this time last year. This is what I said then:
… Another class of actors enters the industry at their showcase performance and end of three years of intensive training. Their lovely talent shone through despite the grunginess of the venue. As always, [...]

Sunday Afternoon in the Park with Will

by Kate Foy 27 October 2008

And so to Brisbane where one of the country’s newest experiments in outdoor Shakespeare had its second, annual 2-day event. Shakespeare on Oxford in Bulimba Brisbane culminated in a one-off performance on Sunday afternoon of that most satisfying of Shakespeare’s plays, Much Ado About Nothing.
The team of mostly professional actors worked on the project over [...]

Glugging along

by Editor 19 October 2008

I was invited by a group of theatre lovers to lunch last week. The Glugs of Gosh is the name of a poem by Australian C J Dennis. First published in 1917, it eerily prefigures some of Dr Seuss’ work, but is definitely adult fare. It’s absurd, fantastic, satirical, and pokes fun at pretension, greed, [...]

Carbon-Neutral Theatre

by Editor 18 October 2008

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Well who would have thought? In these days of responsible consumerism … is there any such thing … Queensland Theatre Company partnered up with URS in a first for Australia, setting the stage for the start of a sustainable energy program. Theatre production is an energy resource hog; think lighting for a start. [...]

News, dear sisters and brothers … news

by Editor 9 October 2008

It’s season launch time again with other news in the wind. In fact, the wind threatened to blow away the crowd that gathered to launch Queensland Theatre Company’s Season 2009 at the State Library on Monday evening. Brisbane weather can be capricious at this time of year … storms boot up out of any direction, [...]