Diana Newman

Diana Newman is a playwright who has a Bachelor of Arts from the University of New South Wales with a double major in English and Theatre Studies, graduating in 1991.

Diana has had three plays produced and she was shortlisted twice for NIDA’s playwright’s course.

BITCHIN’ was workshopped at the Genesian Theatre in 1995 with the production being directed by Pamela Whalan.

GAZUMPED was performed at Belvoir Street’s Open House program, directed by Ainslie Masterton in 1995.

STANDUP was performed in 2000, directed by Rhonwen McCormack of Velvet Masque Productions at the Three Weeds Hotel, Rozelle.

27 posts by Diana Newman

xanadu the musical @ the hayes

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For the hottest tickets in town you can’t go past seeing XANADU THE MUSICAL which is a satire of the 1980s film. The book to the musical has been written by Douglas Carter Beane with music by Jeff Lyne of

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Nineteen Eighty Four

The role of the literary reviewer is to provide both positive and negative written feedback on the book in question. It entails subjectivity but I believe that the critic’s main aim is to vividly and accurately delve into the mind’s

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playwright turns essayist : sarah ruhl

Leading American playwright Sarah Ruhl’s book, divided into four parts, sees her dealing with the life versus theatre conundrum whilst she successfully combines her two  roles of being a mother and active theatre practitioner.

Ruhl is a quick witted observer …

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dining alone

If you have an appetite and a zest for life then read on…

The promo blurb to DINING ALONE describe the collection thus, “Dining Alone was written by creative writing students at the University of Adelaide from 2007 to 2013; …

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dirty dancing @ the lyric

‘I have had the time of my life and I’ve never felt this way before’ sums up my reaction to DIRTY DANCING. This is the classic stage show based on the hit movie of the same name, written by Eleanor …

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