Martin Esslin coined the term “the theatre of the absurd” to mark the plays of Ionesco, Samuel Beckett, Jean Genet and Harold Pinter, where they may have not necessarily seen themselves cojoined.
As the writers and indeed the players all …
I found this hard going. I am sure that it didn’t help that I had seen Neil Simon’s ‘The Odd Couple’ the night before. Samuel Beckett’s play just felt so bleak and heavy part of me just wanted to exit …
Last night saw 107 Projects and The Actor’s Centre Australia (ACA) launch an exciting innovation in funding for playwrights. The new model can be summed up by a comment by Melissa, a writer with whom I was chatting over …
The 2015 Handa Opera season, with an exciting, expressive and modern interpretation of Verdi’s AIDA further enriches the environment of al fresco entertainment in Sydney. The tale of war, religion, desire and revenge evolves on a grand scale with an …
Opera Australia begin their 2015 season yet again with this excellent revival of Gale Edwards’s version of LA BOHEME, originally seen in 2011 .
Romantic and lyrically, passionately performed by cast and orchestra it still feels as fresh as if …
