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Pygmalion | Sydney Theatre Company

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“Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine and at last you create what you will.”
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Opportunities…

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Just passing on bits and pieces that have landed in my inbox/phone/facebook account… more…

Best We Forget | isthisyours & Tamarama Rock Surfers

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It was last Wednesday when I saw this show. I don’t need my diary to remind me of that. more…

One Sure Thing | ATYP

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The Australian Theatre For Young People’s Fresh Ink Program is one of the most coveted playwriting programs for playwrights who are under 26. more…

Shit on your Blog? No I’d rather not.

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Look, I didn’t mean for this to happen.

No. I really didn’t.

I tumbled blindly, headfirst. Utterly, deeply, into this black framed abyss – a blog. more…

The Bedroom | SUDS

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A quiet and modest email lands in my inbox. Unlike the usual “COME SEE MY PLAY” demands of the industry, it’s a neat and modest request, that I come to the International premiere of new Australian play. How could I resist? more…

Playwriting Festival | THE NSW WRITERS CENTRE

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Ah… writers… some of my favourite people. And playwrights – my favourite – whom I refer to as “sociable hermits.” Playwrighting is one of the most difficult writerly forms because it is so collaborative. more…

A History of Everything | Sydney Theatre Company & Ontroerend Goed & Sydney Festival

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I believe that each act in our lives is an act of accidental or considered curation. Curation is a selection process and the end result is that meaning is made – whether accidental or intentional. There is meaning in what we choose. Or meaning that we don’t choose (which, is, actually in itself, a choice).

Meaning is made, regardless. more…

The Boys | Sydney Festival & Griffin Theatre Company

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Grass in the backyard of The Sprague family is bleached blonde by sun and neglect – the usual emblem of a happy, well-cared for family home: a plush green carpet for backyard cricket – is, instead, crisp and struggling. And not unlike the relationships within the house. more…

I’m Your Man | Belvoir & Sydney Festival

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Mirrors. Bleach-white lights. Posters of hulking rolled shouldered men staring through their sweat. Sounds of leather-fisted thuds. The hiss from clenched teeth. Glaze-focused stares. Inspirational slogans scream,

“The more you sweat the less you bleed.” more…