Category: Features
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UOW’s Theatre and Performance’s ‘Saved’: “steeped in Marxist sentiment”
The other night I got to see UOW perform a play called Saved. This was not an original UOW production, rather it was an adaption of Edward Bond’s Saved (1965). As it says on the UOW performances listing, Edward Bond tragically passed away during the first week of UOW’s rehearsal. While I highly recommend that…
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Reflections on a musical rendition of American Psycho
Last weekend I saw the Illawarra Performing Art Centre (IPAC) have a stab at adapting American Psycho. The IPAC’s version – which is sadly no longer showing – was musical theatre, and I left the auditorium feeling elated by all the cool critiques about contemporary society, nodding profusely like a pointy-headed doomer at its mention…
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UOW Theatre and Performance’s ‘Who’s the Best’: Competition and Insecurity
Life is a competition, that’s why they call it the “human race”. Everyday, even if you don’t think it, you’re competing. Even on the way to the show, I was thinking “damn it, I should be writing more, everyone else there will be further ahead of me in their art form”. You might be competing…
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Executions and E Notes
‘American Psycho – The Musical’ is coming to the Wollongong stage this month at IPAC from April 23-25. This production is from local theatre company Rising Arts Productions. I had a chat with Alex Perritt, the actor taking on the role of a murderous Wall Street bro, about his craft, singing about killing and the…
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UOW Theatre and Performance’s ‘Maryland’: The Weight of Fear
TW: SA The room is dimly lit. A woman stands on stage. Her name is Mary. Mary is shaking. A police officer stands in front of Mary. He knows her story. Mary’s story is this: Mary has been hurt. Mary has been assaulted. Mary has been attacked and she has been violated and she…
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MerrigongX presents Kay Proudlove’s ‘Dear Diary’: An interview by Cameron De Nysschen
After winning the hearts of Wollongong audiences with her MERRIGONGX debut in 2022, Kay Proudlove’s endearing comedy about the agony of growing up, Dear Diary, returns to Wollongong as a part of a national tour from the 8th to 11th of May. Dear Diary takes audiences on a journey into Kay’s teenage diaries through a…
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Malaga in View: Travel Tuesdays with Serena
Welcome back, dear readers, to this week’s Travelling Tuesday where I’ll be talking more about my trip to Spain, travelling on my own for the first time. This is part two of my journey through Malaga. To refresh, I had arrived in Malaga and seen a few tourist attractions on my way to the beach;…
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Drag Race: Down South – Interviewing Ellawarra and Roxee Horror
Illawarra – Welcome to your “Competitive Drag” era! For the third year in a row, La La La’s and Wollongong Drag Icons – Ellawarra (@ellawarra) and Roxee Horror (@roxee.horror) are teaming up to showcase some of the most Charismatic, Unique and Talented new drag performers in the Illawarra in Drag Race: Down South. For five…
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Spanish Shenanigans: Travel Tuesdays with Serena
Welcome back, dear readers, to this week’s Travelling Tuesday with me where I’ll be taking you down the narrow, cobbly streets of Spain and its sandy, sunny beaches. After another few weeks of studying, Easter holidays finally came around. Students have a whole month of holidays to relax, get back home to their families and…