Tag: Belvoir St Theatre
Interview: Wayne Blair / Dirty Butterfly
Dirty Butterfly
Secret whispers, unseen violence and nosey neighbours.
By Dee Jefferson
When Debbie Tucker Green’s Stoning Mary premiered at Griffin in May 2008, director Lee Lewis described her as “one of the most exciting and important contemporary playwrights on the planet”; and yet in 2007, Alison Croggon, one of Australia’s most influential theatre critics, hadn’t yet heard [...]
Posted: July 19th, 2010 under Arts, Brag 370 (July 12), Interviews-arts.
Tags: Belvoir St Theatre, Dee Jefferson, Dirty Butterfly, Wayne Blair
Theatre Review: Measure for Measure
Measure for Measure / Until July 25 at Belvoir St Theatre
Densely populated with characters, subplots and politics, Measure for Measure is at risk of losing an audience – particularly those of us who haven’t studied or read the play, for whom unlocking Shakespeare’s compressed ‘language bombs’ can feel like mental gymnastics. While director Benedict [...]
Posted: June 28th, 2010 under Arts, Brag 367 (June 21), Theatre Reviews.
Tags: Belvoir St Theatre, Benedict Andrews, Measure for Measure