http://www.crikey.com.au now with extra source Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:25:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/02/putting-bums-on-seats-new-ways-to-sell-old-arts/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/02/putting-bums-on-seats-new-ways-to-sell-old-arts/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2011 23:49:50 +0000 Ben Eltham http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=262885 Crikey speaks to arts marketers about the challenges of their jobs.]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/02/putting-bums-on-seats-new-ways-to-sell-old-arts/feed/ 0 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/curtaincall/2011/08/08/review-silent-disco-fairfax-studio-melbourne/ http://blogs.crikey.com.au/curtaincall/2011/08/08/review-silent-disco-fairfax-studio-melbourne/#comments Mon, 08 Aug 2011 23:48:10 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=240000 Silent Disco is an edgy, almost angry representation of modern teenage life, littered with sharp-witted wisecracks and the promise of potential, both in the script writer, set designer and the actors themselves, says Siobhan Argent.]]> http://blogs.crikey.com.au/curtaincall/2011/08/08/review-silent-disco-fairfax-studio-melbourne/feed/ 0 http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/24/rundle-williamson-an-island-in-his-own-write/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/24/rundle-williamson-an-island-in-his-own-write/#comments Thu, 24 Feb 2011 01:50:37 +0000 Guy Rundle http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=205949 http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/24/rundle-williamson-an-island-in-his-own-write/feed/ 7 http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/01/13/daily-proposition-take-the-family-to-sydneys-festival/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/01/13/daily-proposition-take-the-family-to-sydneys-festival/#comments Thu, 13 Jan 2011 02:05:08 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=196472 Lloyd Bradford Syke.]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/01/13/daily-proposition-take-the-family-to-sydneys-festival/feed/ 0 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/curtaincall/2011/01/04/2010-on-stage-the-best-and-worst-from-melbourne/ http://blogs.crikey.com.au/curtaincall/2011/01/04/2010-on-stage-the-best-and-worst-from-melbourne/#comments Tue, 04 Jan 2011 05:49:45 +0000 Jason Whittaker http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=195252 Jason Whittaker names his top picks from the Melbourne stage in 2010.]]> http://blogs.crikey.com.au/curtaincall/2011/01/04/2010-on-stage-the-best-and-worst-from-melbourne/feed/ 0 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/curtaincall/2010/11/09/city-of-yarra-we-think-your-theatre-is-great-%E2%80%A6-that%E2%80%99s-why-we-have-to-shut-it-down/ http://blogs.crikey.com.au/curtaincall/2010/11/09/city-of-yarra-we-think-your-theatre-is-great-%E2%80%A6-that%E2%80%99s-why-we-have-to-shut-it-down/#comments Tue, 09 Nov 2010 23:31:29 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=184569 Andrew Fuhrmann. ]]> http://blogs.crikey.com.au/curtaincall/2010/11/09/city-of-yarra-we-think-your-theatre-is-great-%E2%80%A6-that%E2%80%99s-why-we-have-to-shut-it-down/feed/ 0 http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/theatreblog/2010/oct/04/aristotle-poetics-theatre-sophocles-euripides?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=news http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/theatreblog/2010/oct/04/aristotle-poetics-theatre-sophocles-euripides?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=news#comments Tue, 05 Oct 2010 00:49:14 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=176323 Poetics is a theatre-lovers classic. But the book has many short comings which continue to affect how drama and theatre are realised even today, says Steve Waters.]]> http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/theatreblog/2010/oct/04/aristotle-poetics-theatre-sophocles-euripides?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=news/feed/ 0 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/curtaincall/2010/09/07/snubs-and-surprises-at-the-helpmanns-but-is-that-such-a-scandal/ http://blogs.crikey.com.au/curtaincall/2010/09/07/snubs-and-surprises-at-the-helpmanns-but-is-that-such-a-scandal/#comments Tue, 07 Sep 2010 01:31:34 +0000 Jason Whittaker http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=170037 Jason Whittaker reviews Australian theatre's night of nights.]]> http://blogs.crikey.com.au/curtaincall/2010/09/07/snubs-and-surprises-at-the-helpmanns-but-is-that-such-a-scandal/feed/ 0 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/curtaincall/2010/08/24/theatre-needs-a-true-governing-body-to-drive-funding/ http://blogs.crikey.com.au/curtaincall/2010/08/24/theatre-needs-a-true-governing-body-to-drive-funding/#comments Wed, 25 Aug 2010 00:58:37 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=167395 Troy Dodds.]]> http://blogs.crikey.com.au/curtaincall/2010/08/24/theatre-needs-a-true-governing-body-to-drive-funding/feed/ 0 http://www.marcuswestbury.net/2010/08/13/those-in-the-tweetseats-just-rattle-your-iphones/ http://www.marcuswestbury.net/2010/08/13/those-in-the-tweetseats-just-rattle-your-iphones/#comments Fri, 13 Aug 2010 00:09:38 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=164155 Marcus Westbury.]]> http://www.marcuswestbury.net/2010/08/13/those-in-the-tweetseats-just-rattle-your-iphones/feed/ 0 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/curtaincall/2010/07/19/were-selling-our-performers-short-by-cutting-previews/ http://blogs.crikey.com.au/curtaincall/2010/07/19/were-selling-our-performers-short-by-cutting-previews/#comments Mon, 19 Jul 2010 05:15:45 +0000 Jason Whittaker http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=154701 Les Solomon.]]> http://blogs.crikey.com.au/curtaincall/2010/07/19/were-selling-our-performers-short-by-cutting-previews/feed/ 0 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/curtaincall/2010/06/22/its-just-not-critical/ http://blogs.crikey.com.au/curtaincall/2010/06/22/its-just-not-critical/#comments Wed, 23 Jun 2010 00:15:08 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=147745 form, the newspaper theatre review is not without its charm. But it is a problematic form, particularly since it is the priority of that review form to give judgement, writes Andrew Furhmann.]]> http://blogs.crikey.com.au/curtaincall/2010/06/22/its-just-not-critical/feed/ 0 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/curtaincall/2010/05/16/gays-and-theatre-maybe-they-should-just-stay-in-the-closet/ http://blogs.crikey.com.au/curtaincall/2010/05/16/gays-and-theatre-maybe-they-should-just-stay-in-the-closet/#comments Sun, 16 May 2010 21:59:47 +0000 Jason Whittaker http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=138846 Newsweek has caused a minor storm with its essay by Ramin Setoodeh, who asked -- not unreasonably -- whether gay actors could play straight. It's an ugly fight but maybe gay actors should keep the closet door locked, writes Jason Whittaker.]]> http://blogs.crikey.com.au/curtaincall/2010/05/16/gays-and-theatre-maybe-they-should-just-stay-in-the-closet/feed/ 0 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/back-in-a-bit/2010/05/03/bhutan-when-theatre-meets-hip-hop-maggots-and-buddhism/ http://blogs.crikey.com.au/back-in-a-bit/2010/05/03/bhutan-when-theatre-meets-hip-hop-maggots-and-buddhism/#comments Mon, 03 May 2010 05:37:55 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=135262 Fregmonto reports from a theatre company in Bhutan, where performers insult each other and draw from their bipolar culture, mixing traditional dance with Disney, hip hop, salsa and Bollywood.]]> http://blogs.crikey.com.au/back-in-a-bit/2010/05/03/bhutan-when-theatre-meets-hip-hop-maggots-and-buddhism/feed/ 0 http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/27/daily-proposition-fly-high-the-fame-seeking-kids-are-all-right/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/27/daily-proposition-fly-high-the-fame-seeking-kids-are-all-right/#comments Tue, 27 Apr 2010 03:53:21 +0000 Jason Whittaker http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=133269 Fame is back.]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/27/daily-proposition-fly-high-the-fame-seeking-kids-are-all-right/feed/ 0 http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/16/rundle-on-craven-come-come-peter-get-with-the-program/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/16/rundle-on-craven-come-come-peter-get-with-the-program/#comments Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:08:48 +0000 Guy Rundle http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=123596 Guy Rundle responds to Peter Craven's critique of Godzone, a show he did recently with Max Gillies. Is he just jealous?]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/16/rundle-on-craven-come-come-peter-get-with-the-program/feed/ 10 http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/01/daily-proposition-witness-an-exorcism-on-stage/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/01/daily-proposition-witness-an-exorcism-on-stage/#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 02:23:09 +0000 Jason Whittaker http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=119786 Furious Mattress -- a new Australian play at the Malthouse Theatre -- is a maddeningly uncomfortable experience.]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/01/daily-proposition-witness-an-exorcism-on-stage/feed/ 0 http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/26/senate-grilling-has-abc-backing-away-from-keating/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/26/senate-grilling-has-abc-backing-away-from-keating/#comments Fri, 26 Feb 2010 02:31:00 +0000 Jason Whittaker http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=119507 Keating! The Musical has been one of the most successful Australian shows of recent years. The ABC aired the entire production in 2008. So why is the broadcaster now ignoring its Tasmanian premiere?]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/26/senate-grilling-has-abc-backing-away-from-keating/feed/ 0 http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/24/daily-proposition-get-thee-to-adelaide-for-a-feast-of-entertainment/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/24/daily-proposition-get-thee-to-adelaide-for-a-feast-of-entertainment/#comments Wed, 24 Feb 2010 02:14:08 +0000 Jane Nethercote http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=118882 http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/24/daily-proposition-get-thee-to-adelaide-for-a-feast-of-entertainment/feed/ 1 http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/02/daily-proposition-see-a-writer-try-to-unclog-his-block/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/02/daily-proposition-see-a-writer-try-to-unclog-his-block/#comments Tue, 02 Feb 2010 02:32:54 +0000 Jason Whittaker http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=113404 Toy Symphony, a puzzling play from maligned Queensland Theatre Company boss Michael Gow, is dividing critics in Adelaide. Make up your own mind.]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/02/daily-proposition-see-a-writer-try-to-unclog-his-block/feed/ 0 http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/01/27/get-your-diary-out-for-a-world-of-hurt/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/01/27/get-your-diary-out-for-a-world-of-hurt/#comments Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:22:48 +0000 Jane Nethercote http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=112102 http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/01/27/get-your-diary-out-for-a-world-of-hurt/feed/ 0 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/07/sexism-it-seems-is-a-long-way-from-a-final-bow-in-oz-theatre/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/07/sexism-it-seems-is-a-long-way-from-a-final-bow-in-oz-theatre/#comments Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:29:01 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=103666 Steve Dow. ]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/07/sexism-it-seems-is-a-long-way-from-a-final-bow-in-oz-theatre/feed/ 5 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/01/creative-roles-for-women-hard-to-find-in-australian-theatre/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/01/creative-roles-for-women-hard-to-find-in-australian-theatre/#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 03:00:00 +0000 Nicholas Pickard http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/01/creative-roles-for-women-hard-to-find-in-australian-theatre/ expressed dismay at the lack of women programmed in Sydney's Company B theatre season for 2010 was certainly not alone.]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/01/creative-roles-for-women-hard-to-find-in-australian-theatre/feed/ 1 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/21/talk-of-the-foyer-snubbed-playwright-invited-in-from-the-cold-by-stc/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/21/talk-of-the-foyer-snubbed-playwright-invited-in-from-the-cold-by-stc/#comments Mon, 21 Sep 2009 03:30:00 +0000 Nicholas Pickard http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/21/talk-of-the-foyer-snubbed-playwright-invited-in-from-the-cold-by-stc/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/21/talk-of-the-foyer-snubbed-playwright-invited-in-from-the-cold-by-stc/feed/ 3 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/15/rundle-the-plays-the-thing-missing-from-the-pen-anthology/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/15/rundle-the-plays-the-thing-missing-from-the-pen-anthology/#comments Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000 Guy Rundle http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/15/rundle-the-plays-the-thing-missing-from-the-pen-anthology/ 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.]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/15/rundle-the-plays-the-thing-missing-from-the-pen-anthology/feed/ 19