April 2010

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 [...]

Brisbane: Wanted – a cultural reality check

by Editor 30 April 2010

This topic continues to resonate in any gathering of arts workers in the city. We are reposting these comments from Kate Foy’s blog Groundling from 20 March for Greenroom readers.
Anyone working in the arts industry in Brisbane this week would have been aware of an article published in the Courier Mail newspaper titled ‘Brizvegas [...]

The best job in the world … Lewis Jones: Artistic Director EPC

by Editor 28 April 2010

Image of Lewis Jones

Everything’s coming up roses for the Empire Theatre right now. Lewis Jones and I are having lunch at Encores, the very smart little restaurant attached to Toowoomba’s iconic theatre. As is fitting for the Garden City on the Range, we can see gardenias and overflowing beds of gorgeous pink and white roses [...]

This week in Queensland theatre: April 26-May 2

by Editor 26 April 2010

Image by Dramagirl via Flickr

For further details on individual performances dates and showtimes check company websites
Opening:

Disney’s High School Musical, dir Lewis Jones Empire Theatre, Toowoomba (Wednesday)
Stockholm by Bryony Lavery, Dir and Choreographed by Scott Graham and Steven Hoggett, Sydney Theatre Company for La Boite Theatre at Roundhouse Theatre (Thursday)

Continuing:

Let the Sunshine by David Williamson Dir [...]

Local writing not up to scratch: us and them – again.

by Editor 25 April 2010

Image by Marco Veringa via Flickr

The whole issue of parochialism and the cringe just won’t.go.away!
This last week there’s been chatter on the social networks from local playwrights who are angered that a theatre reviewer considers their work to be pretty much second-rate. There’s no doubt, if you read between the lines of some of [...]

Happy Birthday Dear William! Shakespeare here, there, and on your iPhone

by Editor 23 April 2010

Image by Real Distan via Flickr

It’s the Bard’s birthday today, and if you Google the name ‘William Shakespeare’ you will undoubtedly find that there are heaps of celebratory happenings around the world to commemorate its favourite, and most popular playwright.
We like this image of the Cobbe Portrait of Shakespeare which the grand-daddy of Shakespeare scholars, [...]

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