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Calling Adelaide’s Young and Emerging Arts Writers
I’ve been lucky enough to spend a lot of time travelling with my writing this past year, and somehow all of a sudden I have found my writing community existing in Melbourne and Sydney, while my… more →
No Plain Jane
I Weigh LA
wrote 2 weeks ago: Dedicated to LA’s newest symbol of decency and progress, Jen Sanders, without whose improv I m … more →
Andy Kaufman Hysteria
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wrote 1 month ago: I laughed once recently. Prior to that release, I thought of myself as a person who uses humor comfo … more →
Andrew Wesker and the Failed Visions of Centre Fortytwo
wrote 1 month ago: On March 13th UCC’s Dr Anne Etienne gave a presentation on her current research of Arnold Wesk … more →
What happens to a werewolf in space?
wrote 1 month ago: I’m going to spoil a few endings in this blog. Mass Effect 3. Blade Runner. Star Wars. This is … more →
On criticism: EVEN THE HULK CAN BE PRETENTIOUS
wrote 2 months ago: I don’t read a lot of film criticism. Robin Wood inspired me to become one of the first out ga … more →
James Joyce's Whiskey, The Dead and Nun's Island
wrote 3 months ago: Last Wednesday I sat in on a lecture given by Frank Shovlin from the University of Liverpool on the … more →
Awfully great big words
wrote 3 months ago: With the thesis getting nearer I’ve started thinking more on how to write it. Not even what to … more →
While I Wait at Chehaw Station
wrote 5 months ago: Hey, where is everyone? This is what it’s like sometimes, friends. Almost all the time. Above … more →
Calling Adelaide's Young and Emerging Arts Writers
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wrote 7 months ago: I’ve been lucky enough to spend a lot of time travelling with my writing this past year, and s … more →
Crack Theatre Festival (This Is Not Art)
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wrote 7 months ago: Three hours on a train up from Sydney are some really wonderful beaches. On the October long weekend … more →
Critical dialogue about critical voices.
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wrote 1 year ago: “Everyone’s A Critic” has been that ever non-specific and slightly annoying phrase … more →
The face for radio.
wrote 1 year ago: Back when I was young and naïve and thought I would be able to keep pace writing about the shows I w … more →
Addendum: A Chorus Line, the commercial musical, and the review
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wrote 1 year ago: My piece on A Chorus Line and the thoughts I had surrounding reviewing such an existing entity had s … more →
Reviews, who are they good for? (Including Review: A Chorus Line)
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wrote 1 year ago: On Friday December 31st, A Chorus Line had its first preview at the Adelaide Festival Centre. Befor … more →
When writing about film
wrote 1 year ago: Be honest, but don’t be cruel. Unless the film started it. Then it’s self-defence. Writing about wha … more →
Even A Critic Is A Person
wrote 1 year ago: Even a critic is a person. No: especially a critic is a person, and the voice of a person must be h … more →
Australian Theatre Forum: A terrifyingly amicable discussion between artists and critics
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wrote 1 year ago: Open Spaces thoughts: two. “Terrifyingly frank discussion between arts and critics”, is what w … more →
Thoughts: Myth; or, art, feminism, and the critical juncture.
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wrote 1 year ago: Subtitled “A study on the female species” (perplexingly omitting the word “of”) Erin Fowler’s Myth i … more →
Review: Worldhood (And: On the fallibility of being a critic)
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wrote 1 year ago: Worldhood. Photo Chris Herzfeld Camlight Productions 2011 This review was originally published at Au … more →
