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July 2010

Anyone for La Boite Indie next year?

by Editor 31 July 2010

Image by Dramagirl via Flickr

La Boite Theatre Company opened submissions this week for its 2011 indie season.
With two productions thus far into the 2010 season (Blackbird and The Bitterling) and two to follow later this year, La Boite’s inaugural indie project has provided a catalyst for the many independent groups and individual artists in the [...]

iPhones in the Theatre

by Kate Foy 30 July 2010

La Boite Theatre Corridor (iPhone)
Originally uploaded by Dramagirl

Apart from the obvious – TURN THEM OFF – subtle, humorous and not so subtle prompts as the house-lights dim, and notwithstanding the current debate on whether or not audience members or reviewers should ‘live-tweet’ a show from #tweetseats, there are lots of opportunities to capture images as [...]

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 [...]

This Week in Queensland Theatre: July 26-Aug 1

by Editor 26 July 2010

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Opening:
The Seven Stages of Grieving by Wesley Enoch and Deborah Mailman. An education production Dir Rosalba Clemente for Queensland Theatre Company. Bille Brown Studio (from Tuesday)
Shadowlands by William Nicholson Crossbow Productions at Brisbane Powerhouse Visy Theatre (from Thursday)

Continuing:
The Clean House by Sarah Ruhl Dir Kate Cherry for Queensland Theatre Company, [...]

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

by Kate Foy 23 July 2010
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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 [...]

Fractal Theatre is Back! Brenna-Lee Cooney (Interview)

by Editor 22 July 2010
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Brenna-Lee Cooney is telling me about the plans she has for the revivified Fractal Theatre, now based in Ipswich.  After some years of child-raising, teaching, a self-imposed break from theatre-creation and urged, she tells me with a snort, by her now grown-up children to ‘do something with your life,’ she’s energised and ready to tackle [...]