If you're lucky enough to live in Canberra, there's a new play you need to catch. It's called, After Rebecca. Critics are describing the work - which tackles all the undercurrents and complexities...
Category: Theatre
Cracking ’em up: mature women in comedy
In 2018 when my son and I were trying to cram as many shows as we could into our ten days at the Edinburgh Comedy Festival, I had no idea that two years later I would be on the other side of the...
The ‘Dark Lady’ of Shakespeare’s sonnets?
Four hundred years ago Emilia Bassano raised her voice. The world didn’t listen. Who was Emilia? Was she the ‘Dark Lady’ of Shakespeare’s sonnets? What of her own poems? And why was her story erased...
Our children will ask, ‘What did you know’?
This editorial is inspired by a new play that's on in Melbourne called #NoExemptions, written by Angela Buckingham. In the not too distant future, global environmental collapse triggers wars, the...