On a mild summer evening in the ivy-clad courtyard of The Eleventh Hour's headquarters in Fitzroy, it's not difficult to think that ...

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

KO: REVOLUTION. What takes place as indicated by Ko is believed in only after it has been accomplished. Hexagram 49, I Ching. It's no ex...

It's that time of year again. Mechanical Santas litter the pavements, cheering on the shopping with catatonic hohohos, and those of us w...

A fascinating phenomenon over the past few years has been the revival of naturalism as a theatrical force. For years, commentators divided A...

Collected Works , under the proprietorship of Kris Hemensley, is one of the treasures of Melbourne. It is that rarest of businesses, a poetr...

The Australian today publishes my whistle-stop and inevitably partial guide to Australian independent theatre. Feel free to note significa...

The talk in the foyers of late has been that of scarred veterans swapping notes from the front-lines of culture. Never, say hardened theatre...