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Free Range 2011: Jo Thomas (Interview 22)

by Editor 10 June 2011
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The last time I saw Jo Thomas was on stage a couple of months ago at the Darlinghurst Theatre in Sydney. She was on tour at the time with Jo&Co (her company’s) show Sometimes I Find That I Am Naked. That production is ‘resting’ currently as Jo gets stuck into something completely different at !Metro [...]

Free Range 2011: Steven Mitchell Wright (Interview 21)

by Editor 3 June 2011
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Risky, avant-garde and experimental are not words that frighten Steven Mitchell Wright, Artistic Director and founder of The Danger Ensemble; he relishes them. ‘I believe in the power of words and using them to say what we mean,’ and so is happy, in fact, completely unapologetic when using them to position his work as an [...]

Free Range 2011: !Metro Arts – to begin at the beginning …

by Editor 2 June 2011
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With all the talk of free range and incubation models, it was probably inevitable that I started thinking of chicken and egg metaphors as I prepped to talk with Daniel Evans, Jo Thomas and Steven Mitchell Wright this week. All are involved with the 6th Free Range Festival which occupies nearly the whole of the [...]

This Week in Queensland Theatre: Aug 30-Sep 5 2010

by Editor 30 August 2010

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A week to check the programme, make your picks, and draw breath before the Brisbane Festival hits town.
Stand by for a huge month of fringe, mainstage, street, and anywhere you can find it entertainment in Brisbane city and the suburbs. Chookas to Noel Staunton, director of the [...]

This week in Queensland Theatre: 3-9 May 2010

by Editor 3 May 2010
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Opening:
The Timely Death of Victor Blott at !Metro Arts
King Lear: Bell Shakespeare for Queensland Theatre Company at Playhouse, QPAC
Dante’s Inferno: Zen Zen Zo at the Old Museum Building
Continuing:
Let the Sunshine: Queensland Theatre Company at Cremorne, QPAC
Waiting for Godot: Queensland Theatre Company at [...]

2010 Matilda Awards: all the winners

by Editor 19 April 2010

MATILDA AWARDS

Sven Swenson for his contribution as a writer, director and an actor
Michael Gow for his 11 years of programming at Queensland Theatre Company
Michelle Miall for direction
Richard Jordan for 25 Down
!Metro Arts for its independents’ season
BEST NEW AUSTRALIAN PLAY
25 Down by Richard Jordan – Queensland Theatre Company
BEST INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION
The Tempest – In The [...]