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The idea of a ‘canon’ changes over time and despite its elitist overtones, identifying one can be both illuminating and fun. In a new series, we nominate the best of Australian drama.
There’s a problematic bias in the way that assisted suicide is portrayed in the media.
There was once a sense of excitement about creating a genuinely Australian culture and making our own way in the world. What’s happened to that optimism?
Attributing a Shakespeare work to another writer attracts plenty of critics. But an attribution specialist says his team’s decision to name Christopher Marlowe as a co-author is based on state of the art research.
For many, it is Rice’s advocacy of gender equality and diversity that define her short tenure at the Globe. So what happens next?
There is more than one hand at play behind some of Shakespeare’s work, but it’s not necessarily Marlowe’s.
We all store parts of our memory outside of our head: in our phones, our computers and our friends. In 887, Robert Lepage brings his memory to life in a gloriously intricate one-man production.
Over a lifetime’s work, Dario Fo stood tall and would not bow to either artistic or political compromise.
Victorians revelled in images and descriptions of murder and mutilation which would today be regarded as shocking.
South African creative and cultural industries have taken some early steps to elevate women to leadership positions, but there is still some way to go.
Drawing on surveys and group discussions with teenage boys about their use of pornography, Gonzo provides a window into young men’s experiences that’s in equal parts funny, engaging, and confronting.
From a dancer moving against a wash of static, to a show that takes the audience hostage, Adelaide’s OzAsia Festival celebrates both high art and high energy performances.
Othello is one of Shakespeare’s most famous tragedies. But in the light of 21st-century understandings of abuse, the play is recast as a textbook case of domestic terrorism.
A trombonist is forced to play the cymbals, while a pair of marching girls dance out his frustrations. A full brass band slips from classical, to jazz, to folk and cabaret. En Avant, Marche! is a strange show, but worth your time.
Sydney Theatre Company now has an interim artistic director, after the sudden departure of Jonathan Church. A flagship theatre company can transform a city’s view of its place in the world, which is why the role is so important.
Two musicals set in working class mining communities – one in the UK and the other in South Africa – have diametrically opposed messages: one of hope; the other, despair.
When former prisoners – and audience members – come together in a play examining our justice system, the result is unruly, uncomfortable and worthwhile.
The first Australian National Playwrights Centre (ANPC) was founded in 1973 – the age of bongs, thongs and social wrongs. Australian drama was by then well into its Biggest Renaissance Ever. The Pram Factory…
A new production of Edward II by the ‘bad boy of Elizabethan drama’ breathes fresh life into the play, accentuating the story’s political and psychological dimensions.
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Professor of Creative Arts, Griffith University
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Researcher, The Australian Centre, The University of Melbourne
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Research Affiliate, Monash University
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Lecturer in English, Australian National University
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Full Professor/CRC in Socially Engaged Theatre; Director, C-SET, University of Regina
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Associate Professor of English Literature, University of Sydney
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Professor of Drama and Theatre Studies, Royal Holloway, University of London
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Lecturer, Performing Arts, Adelaide University
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Senior Lecturer in Theatre and Performance Studies, UNSW
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Senior Lecturer in Theatre, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer, English and Theatre Studies, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer in English and Writing, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor of Theatre Arts, Curtin University
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Professor of Shakespeare and Early Modern Drama, The University of Melbourne
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Sessional lecturer and researcher, The University of Melbourne