Richard Cotter

Ten Questions

ten questions with richard cotter

Richard Cotter is directing and starring with Tricia Youlden in A.R.Gurney’s classic 1988 play LOVE LETTERS  which opens at the Genesian Theatre, 420 Kent Street, city on Saturday 14th January 2024. This masthead asked him ten questions.  Unlike many directors,

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a chat with socratis : the hope song

 

Thespian Socratis Otto doubles as director later this month and he is very excited. He is directing and appearing in the play THE HOPE SONG which has been written by Melbourne playwright Janet Brown.

Socratis began, “The play has …

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thirty three @ the old fitz

 

oldfitz-1A good dose of theatre verite takes over the top tier of the Old Fitz pub as resident production company curate the first of a new series of performances, THIRTY THREE.

THIRTY THREE is not only the title of …

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journey’s end

British playwright R.C. Sherriff’s drama JOURNEY’S END presents a detailed and harrowing account of the hell that is war fought in the trenches.

A classic of its genre, Sherriff’s play was wrought out of his  experiences as an officer in …

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plaything

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How often do you see a funny existential play that examines the reason and nature of theatre, life, death, meaning and the sheer randomness of the universe?

A man, played impressively by Heath Ivey-Law, walks into a comfortable middle class …

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the good, the bad and the lawyer

Henry Crowley is a prominent Sydney CBD lawyer.  Pompous and pragmatic, he lives with his wife, Margaret, in the safe, conservative suburb of St. Ives.

Henry, unaware of his wife’s previous job with ASIO, is also unaware that it is …

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what’s in a name?

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What’s in a name? A rose by any other would smell as sweet. Call a spade a spade but you’ll still shovel shit if you pick a name that digs up contentious connotations.

In western culture, names such as Jesus, …

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