With each new and passing play, David Williamson seems to confirm his best work is well behind him. The same old themes rear their tedious heads in Nothing Personal, which is based in the world of publishing, writes Lloyd Bradford Skye.
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Interview with Michael Rymer, director of new Aussie film Face to Face
Face to Face is a powerful and compelling Australian drama based almost entirely in a single setting. The director, Michael Rymer, sat down for a chat with Luke Buckmaster shortly before the film’s theatrical release on September 8.
David Williamson: actors aren’t stupid — and Cate was brave
All power to our high profile artists, like Cate and Tim Winton, who refuse to be intimidated into silence, writes David Williamson.
Guy Rundle: Rundle: Williamson an island in his own write
David Williamson, again, really? How do we — by which I mean 19 people across the country, and all three million citizens of Melbourne — get so hung up on Australia’s most overstretched playwright?
Crikey Says: Crikey says: once more, with feeling
“What we really want to see in our leaders is sincerity and conviction. We want to be able to trust them.”
David Williamson: Labor’s biggest problem? Gillard’s a ham
Julia Gillard and the Labor government are on the precipice, and it’s nothing to do with pink batts. It’s simply that Julia, who I like and admire, is a perfectly lousy actor, writes playwright David Williamson.
David Williamson: no apology for my play, but for my generation
After Crikey’s scathing review of David Williamson’s Don Parties On, the celebrated playwright hits back: he’s not apologising for his new play, but he will apologise for his generation.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: An unjustified Royal Commission
Crikey readers have their say.
Who’s aspirational now? Williamson’s Party as vapid as the times
David Williamson got to his feet at the premiere of Don Parties On to be applauded, a polite if halfhearted acknowledgement. He smiled contentedly. Williamson is nothing but content. Blithely, indolently content, writes Jason Whittaker.
Theatre review: Let The Sunshine set on Williamson?
Melbourne’s chattering cultural critics can kill two birds with one stone at The Playhouse this month: another unchallenging ‘mainstream’ (whatever that means) play from the Melbourne Theatre Company, another blunt social satire from the tallest of playwriting poppies, David Williamson.
Guy Rundle: The play’s the thing missing from the PEN anthology
The great, the good and my good friend Peter Craven have already weighed in on the issue of “progressive inclusion” of indigenous writing in the new Macquarie Australian lit anthology. But the omission of drama is the real scandal.
Balibo: the truth is even more brutal
The film Balibo, based on Roger East and the Balibo Five in East Timor, is a fairly accurate historical document of the 1975 invasion, but the real violence was even worse.
Guy Rundle: Little-t Williamson at $60 a seat
Playwright David Williamson is pissed off that the Sydney Theatre Company has declined the opportunity to take his new work.
