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...

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

Every time David Williamson writes a new play, the Australian theatre world launches into one of its favourite games. It goes like this. The...

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

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...

The debate around Queen Lear has been going on, and on. It's not only in the monster thread under my review , which broke even the reco...

Update here Our Man in Paris Ben Ellis reports that the Comédie-Française has effectively banned Peter Handke's plays from its reperto...

Scarlett O’Hara at the Crimson Parrot , by David Williamson, directed by Simon Phillips. Melbourne Theatre Company @ the Playhouse Theatre, ...

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...