430 stories by "Anne-Marie Peard"
F Scott Fitzgerald and Earnest Hemingway met in Paris in the 1920s and hung with the, newly-named, lost generation gang of artists that so many artists wish they could have hung out with (ev…
So that young hipster Simon Stone has gone and had his wicked way with another work of theatrical literary genius. Hooray! If you’re reading all the hoo ha about Adaptors V Playwrights…
Barely a week goes by without a cultural festival in Victoria, but things were different in the 1970s when the tiny Gippsland town of Korumburra began a festival to celebrate the three-metre…
I fell in deep fuzzy love with the Apocalypse Bear and Lally Katz’s writing in 2007 when the bear appeared in a short play set in near Kew at fortyfivedownstairs. My love was aff…
Alison Whyte’s irresistible performance of The Bloody Chamber is reason enough to see it before it finishes on the weekend. It’s like being tucked into bed and read a fairy…
Mockingbird Theatre continue to produce theatrically significant plays whose influence continues to be seen and felt in contemporary theatre. And there’s no better way to understand th…
If resurrection is madness, then Wake up Hate is a descent into a delusion that is peppered with ideas of perspective, mania and observation. This one-man show directed and performed by Paul…
Since its first production in 1976, there have been endless reviews for Einstein on the Beach, so three writers and artists who were at last night’s opening are going to write perso…
Fleur Kilpatrick was 17 when she was the co-winner of the State Theatre Company of South Australia's Young Playwrights Award. She's since completed a theatre degree at Monash University in M…
In fairness to every actor who will perform White Rabbit, Red Rabbit and to every one who will be in an audience of a production, this is spoiler free. But, even still, please only kee…
Just when it looks like there might be a week without an arts festival in Melbourne, along comes the inaugural Container Festival presented by MUST, the Monash University Student Theatre ass…
Patrick Pittman is a writer, editor and radio broadcaster who loves pushing magazines to feature more about development politics. Based in Perth, he was the editor of the interview magazine …
Victorian Opera's Sunday in the Park with George is exquisite, and it's heartbreaking that it can only run for a week as so many people will miss this emotionally-perfect production of…
Ubu Roi is a mess. A filthy, mud-spluttered, cover-me-with-plastic glorious mess. Founded in late 2010, the 5Pound theatre ensemble are making their mark in Melbourne. Based at The Owl an…
"Art is fueled by passion, liquor and unrealistic expectations." Welcome to Glory Box Paradise and the ninth year of Moira Finucane and Jackie Smith's subversive and celebratory bur…
Caroline O'Connor stars as Rose in Gypsy. Is there anything else you need to know! If you've seen O'Connor perform, you know you have to see her; if you haven't seen her, you've probably …
One act, one scene plays are a staple of theatrical storytelling, and Tape, a tight one hour play by Stephen Belber, one of the contirbutors to The Laramie Project, has become a staple of co…
Patricia Cornelius is a playwright, novelist, film writer, writing teacher and dramaturge, a founding member of Melbourne Workers Theatre, and a mentor to many emerging playwrights. Her many…
An art deco dance hall, red wine, hot chips and music by The Beatles performed by three uber-delightful cabaret performers: it doesn't get much better. And I finally got to some of Melbourne…
Carousel ponies, huffy walk-outs and a personal trigger warning when you pick up your ticket: The Rabble have adapted the Story of O for the MTC's sensational Neon season.  It…
Arthur Miller's The Crucible was my favourite play when I was 17 and, along with Lillian Hellman, Miller was my favourite playwright. This play made me read the rest of his work and so…
Young independent company Attic Erratic started performing and working together in 2010 and are well on their way to being on of those companies who you have to see what they do next. I miss…
Circus Oz's 2013 show, Cranked Up, is welcoming all into the warmth of the Big Top in Birrurung Marr and our last chat is with Shane Witt, acrobat and brownie eater. Shane Witt was a Flying …
Thomas Pender was 23 when he took his wife and baby on a dangerous 126-day sea voyage to Australia. People died on the way, they couldn't land in another country because for fear of disease …
Oh Eddie Perfect! You gorgeous, sexy, magnificent beast. You're as hot as King Kong and if you had a faction of the resources that developed the magnificent monkey, Shane Warne the Musica…
