First Nations Emerging Critic Carissa Lee is charmed by Barking Gecko’s A Ghost in my Suitcase
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‘Sheer joyousness and delight’: Alison Croggon on the austere brilliance of William Forsythe’s A Quiet Evening of Dance
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‘Beau is a body inhabited by ghosts that in turn summon ghosts’: Robert Reid on Dickie Beau’s Re-member Me
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‘I know I felt purely happy’: Alison Croggon on the beauty of the participatory dance One Infinity at the Malthouse
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Vox Motus’ Flight is a powerful artwork about child asylum seekers that drives home global realities, says young critic Gully Thompson
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Twin Peaks, Lady Gaga, the Wizard of Oz and Santa Claus: UK critic Megan Vaughan reviews Adena Jacobs and Marg Horwell’s trashy interpretation of Salome at the English National Opera in London
First Nations Emerging Critic Carissa Lee is charmed by Barking Gecko’s A Ghost in my Suitcase
by Carissa Lee
‘Sheer joyousness and delight’: Alison Croggon on the austere brilliance of William Forsythe’s A Quiet Evening of Dance
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Playwright Jean Tong talks to theatre makers Rachel Perks and Bridget Balodis about queer dramaturgy and identity, astrology and finding a new language
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The recent restructure of Arts South Australia and budget cuts of $31m have thrown the state’s arts sector into chaos. Ben Brooker reports
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Why do we pander to mediocrity and bad behaviour from male comics? Aboriginal comedy writer Angelina Hurley reflects on her disappointments
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On the pain of women: First Nations Emerging Critic Carissa Lee explores how Australian plays portray violence against women.
by Carissa Lee
For this month’s Witness Interview, Robert Reid talks to Australian playwright Amelia Roper about making a career in the United States and all things writing, including guineapigs.
by Ben Keene
Is there a new energy sweeping through our theatres? For this month’s Witness Podcast, Robert Reid and Alison Croggon look back on what they’ve seen since Witness launched in March.
by Ben Keene
Video: Art for young people is often marginalised and dismissed in the wider culture. In this lively and passionate Witness discussion at Arts House, part of the Melbourne Fringe XS program, our panellists discussed everything about art for young people – what it is, how it is discussed and evaluated, and why it matters.
Alison Croggon unloosed her inner child and ventured to German theatre maker Sybille Peters’ live art for children at Melbourne Fringe’s XS