Judith is a Sydney theatre worker who was ‘born in a trunk’. With a lifelong passion for all performing arts, she has turned her hand to many jobs in film, TV and live theatre. Ranging from earning pocket money for trimming the back legs off tables, so they sat flat on raked stages to owning her own touring theatre company.
A lighting designer by trade, Judith experiences performances with a technical eye and an understanding of the jobbing actor and the theatrical bedrock which supports them.
There was a lot of love in the field for CGU Insurance at last night’s TROPFEST 2016. Originally a group of friends and family brought together by founder, John Polson at the Tropicana restaurant in Darlinghurst, TROPFEST has grown to …
THE PRIDE is playing at the Eternity as part of the Mardi Gras Festival. The word, pride, is a touchstone for the Gay and Lesbian community. Coming into general usage after the Stonewall Riots and with the first US National …
THE GIRL KING is playing as part of the Mardi Gras Film Festival and “by the rusty nails of Christ’s cross” it is an inspired choice by the curators, Queer Screen. There have been previous filmic incarnations of the story …
Keith, still young but obviously beaten, is a Digger just back from the horror of jungle warfare in Borneo. He stands stock still and still in his khakis, as he stares vacantly out of his upper window, his slouch hat …
Blood Moon Theatre was described at their season launch last night as “a gem in the heart of King’s Cross”. And so it is. As venues close and the Sydney Performing Arts scene narrows for independent theatre makers, such an …
So. It’s easy. Anyone can do it.
Give me a name … any name. Dean Haglund!
Odd name but there we go.
Now give me a place… any place. Old 505 Theatre, Newtown!
Oddly familiar but moving on.
Give me …
PATRICE BALBINA’S CHANCE ENCOUNTER WITH THE END OF THE WORLD is having a short run at the Australian Theatre for Young People (ATYP) before transferring to Vancouver, Canada for a full season. The show has an important pedigree as it …
Cryptically, Performance Art which touches me always seems just slightly out of my reach… minimally but distantly un-understandable, despite how I strive for elucidation. Ergo, artists who create work which elicits a response in me, often appear to have secret …
As I was chatting to New South Wales Governor Bourke about the 2 day bullock ride from Parramatta to Bella Vista Farm for the performance to which he was escorting me, I knew I was in for a treat. A …
We all know that comedy is about timing. And… that outdoor venues are about the weather. It’s been a soggy, enervating week in Sydney . What a delight then for the stars to align on a calm Friday night after …