For the first thirty seconds I thought we were in for something special in Queen Lear . Robyn Nevin in the titular role, regally costumed in...

Baal, pagan Lord of Heaven, god of rain and fertility. Baal, the first king of the Christian Hell, best known to us as Beelzebub. Milton...

I wish I could adequately explain the irrational joy that The Rabble's latest work, Special , invoked in me when I saw it last week. The...

Because Richard Bean's play The Heretic is about climate change, it attracted the notice of hardline climate change denier Andrew Bolt ...

Othello by William Shakespeare, directed by Marion Potts. Set design Ralph Myers, costumes by Brice McKinven, light design Nick Schlieper, ...

I know it's been quiet on the blog the past couple of days. However, it has not been quiet at home: I've been putting together an Op...

An apology and an explanation. As I said yesterday, I am in the lees of a foul cold: but the truth underneath is that, since the beginning o...

Dear Readers As some of you will already know, I've decided to close down Theatre Notes. It's a decision that's been staring m...

King Lear by William Shakespeare and The Seagull by Anton Chekhov, directed byTrevor Nunn. Designed by Christopher Oram, lighting design b...

I see that Dr Peter West, retired university lecturer and social commentator, is in today's Age fulminating on the bad manners of Young...