Culture
Theatre
Shakespeare's Globe inspires Covid-safe design
As theatres all around Australia and the world struggle with how to present live performance in the era of coronavirus, one small venue in the US has come up with an unusual plan.
- by Michael Paulson
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Review
Delivered to an empty room, this performance was desolating
The convoluted script for Thom Pain relies on its audience being present: performed to a camera it falls flat.
- by Cameron Woodhead
Review
A paradox wrapped in an accident waiting to happen
Toby Schmitz's performance of Will Eno's monologue may fray some tender brain synapses.
- by John Shand
Sydney Theatre Company
Auditor casts doubt over Sydney Theatre Company's future
A double whammy of financial strains, including the COVID-19 crisis, has left Sydney’s premier theatre company in a precarious situation.
- by Nick Galvin
Arts
Puppet animals poised to reclaim the streets
Nanny the Goat, an enormous and slightly intimidating puppet, could be coming to a street near you.
- by Mikey Cahill
Flashback
From the Archives, 1948: Sydney comes out for the Old Vic
It was the most exciting thing to happen to Sydney's theatre scene in years: a season by The Old Vic company, headlined by Sir Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh.
- by The Social Editress
Review
Seniors' stories cast a spell in eclectic reimagined festival
The Victorian Seniors Festival has been reworked into a season of online performances, including gems of storytelling and reflection.
- by Cameron Woodhead
Arts
Magicians have something up their sleeves for virus lockdown
It turns out that you can perform a magic show on Zoom - and spellbind an audience from lockdown, says magician Tim Ellis.
- by Cameron Woodhead
Arts
Coronavirus reset 'a chance to make arts more diverse'
As demonstrators on the streets call for a revolution in race relations, arts community members want a revolution in theatres and galleries.
- by Vyshnavee Wijekumar
Review
Cupid's arrow misses by a mile in this nauseating show
When a UK company turned love song dedications into an online theatrical experience, this critic found himself retching.
- by Cameron Woodhead
Review
Lost in Animal Crossing - the addictive lure of lockdown escapism
In Malthouse Theatre's second collection of Lockdown Monologues, playwright Jean Tong dips into the world of a young computer gamer.
- by Cameron Woodhead