Something marvellous is happening in the Newcastle Theatre world.
This year 2 new theatre companies, launched primarily by younger practitioners, have grabbed hold of the classic realist works of late 19th/early 20th Century playwrights, Henrik Ibsen and Anton Chekov, stripping …
I have always admired the director, Barrie Kosky. My admiration started with his King Lear for Bell Shakespeare and grew after his production of Seneca’s Oedipus in 2000 and by the time he had created the epic based on the …
So, I looked up the etymology of the word “normal”. In classical Latin “made according to a carpenter’s square, from norma – rule, pattern”. “Conforming to common standards or established order.”
Meaning “heterosexual” by 1914.
Next was “prejudice”. …
I Hope It’s Not Raining in London by Nicholas Thoroughgood, Bearfoot Theatre.
First up, eighteen year old Nicholas Thoroughgood’s I HOPE IT’S NOT RAINING IN LONDON put me in mind of the plays from the Absurdist group of playwrights – …
Bearfoot Theatre is excited to present I HOPE IT’S NOT RAINING IN LONDON, an original play by Newcastle emerging artist Nicholas Thoroughgood.
With a focus on locally written scripts, Bearfoot Theatre is a youth managed organisation in Newcastle, NSW …