criticism
Show Ponies for a Young Nation
Collecting my last writing for New Matilda, part 1.
Bookmark: Timbuktu
I will, in the years to come, try to establish a section along the lines of ‘Guerrilla Semiotics Presents…’, a kind of evil twin to 5th Wall’s Critic Watch, with theatre writings notable & worth pointing out.
For now, though, they will remain ‘Bookmarks’, and here is another one. A very dear friend of mine, and [...]
Life… is a Dream.
Seeing a progression in someone’s work the wrong way around is always intriguing for the possibilities it offers for misreading, or overly simplifying. Having seen Daniel Schlusser’s Peer Gynt before Life is a Dream (a remount of which has just closed at The Store Room - but bear with my lateness, for I am working [...]
Bookmark: Marianne Van Kerkhoven
The image of the Berlin Wall comes from Dream of Harlequin, where is appears uncredited.
If we define idealism as “acting on the basis of an unshakeable belief
in the possibility of a better life”, then we were the bearers of a
fervent idealism and great optimism. In its philosophical meaning,
idealism is a theory that holds first of [...]
Adventures in Pornography
I gave a presentation on pornography today, and it made me realise, really and fully, that tertiary education probably comes five years too early to most people, and how very few artists and critics we have that are not too young for the job.
3xSisters and independent theatre (a polemic)
3xSisters is an extraordinary production, and possibly the best thing I’ve seen the independent theatre do in Australia yet. Examining Chekhov’s classical play with the confidence that comes with serious effort, large amount of talent, and big budget – as usual with Hayloft Project - it does what independent theatre should do: it insists that [...]
Among the backpatters and backstabbers
Giulia Merlo’s recent article for Spark Online - a read I recommend to everybody - has made me think about a certain problem with the Australian culture of theatre criticism. While wondering why Giulia, a relative outsider to the theatre practice, regularly outwrites most local reviewers, whether it has to do with her living in [...]
reminded by…
14.xii.2007. Dancehouse: Play in a Room. Including Set Up, The Idea of It and Forget Me Not. By Shelley Lasica. Performed by Shelley Lasica with Deanne Butterworth, Tim Harvey and Joanna Lloyd. Music by Milo Kossowski.
Dance, for me, is theatre amplified.
When I say, I'm interested in the relationship between words and images, I am trying to [...]
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