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Al Pacino: One Night Only | Lyric Theatre

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Stunned.

Completely stunned. more…

SPROUT | PEDRO COLLECTIVE & TAMARAMA ROCK SURFERS

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Jessica Bellamy is one of my favourite playwrights. more…

The Wrap Up – I Contain Multitudes | 7-ON and Novemberism

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I love this picture. I love that it is an emblem of my first show containing all seven writers of 7-On Playwrights collective. more…

The GAB | The Actors Benevolent Fund of NSW & Sydney Theatre Company

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It’s a terrifying truth, that many actors won’t live in the perfumed comfort of a mansion in the Hollywood Hills – some may never even know the horror/delight of owning a mortgage anywhere – ever. more…

WTF is NOVEMBERISM? | The Old 505 Theatre

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We are a week into November… and you may have heard of a word whispered in foyers, or “liked” on facebook… and you may have thought, WTF is Novemberism? And why is everyone talking about it? more…

Not a Review of Women Power Culture – Then & Now | New Theatre

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This is not a review.

It can’t be. It’s unfortunate that the little tab on my site says “Reviews” when really this is not a review. it’s a post. Well perhaps it might be a review of sorts as I re-view the past month or so working on my pieces for Women Power Culture. I am viewing it – or responding to the questions I have been asking myself about many things. more…

Lucky | IPAN & The Spare Room

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Lately I’ve been thinking about risk. When existence is a series of calculated guesses based on empirical evidence, where does risk sit in the idea of progression or preservation? By that I mean, when is risking something, really the only way to ensure your own survival? more…

Summer of the Seventeenth Doll | Belvoir

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We all know the Summer of the Seventeenth Doll. It is the play that rocked the boat in 1955 on Australian stages and that rocking boat headed straight overseas as an example of Australian life. It was play held within yellowing books, standing like white soldiers on the shelves of my high school's English/Drama classroom. more…

Boxing Day | TinShed Theatre Company & MAKEbeLIVE & Tamarama Rock Surfers

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If there is one thing I know for certain, it is that Christmas is one of the most difficult days of the year. The lead up is nearly unbearable – constant glitter and sparkles and fairylights and images of a poor but happy Jewish family nursing a blonde boy lying in straw, or worse – a rosy cheeked Coca-cola Santa winking with his all-knowing judgement. It’s a stressful time of year. And to be honest, I don’t like it.

Luckily, the latest offering from Phil Spencer’s pen (or printer cartridge) is not Christmas Day – more…

Bite Size | IPAN & The Sydney Fringe

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I’m going to declare a few things here – If anyone loves playwright lead projects it’s me. Getting work up and out into the world should be the reponsibility of all artists. more…