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AussieTheatre.com has a range of regular weekly columns, from the serious to the fun, to keep you entertained and informed.
We've got hard-hitting opinion covered with Troy Dodds on Monday and Peter Cousens on Friday, while we follow the path of a WAAPA graduate thanks to Kate Walder each Tuesday. Wayne Tunks writes on Wednesdays, while we find out all the latest from London with West End Whispers on Thursdays. Our 20 Questions With... segment kicks off the weekend, and The People's Voice is presented each Sunday.
Click this page every day for access to the latest columns....
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What, Y, When
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Written by Sophie Bruhn
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Friday, 03 September 2010 08:57 |
THE HON
It sounds ridiculously obvious, but I am infinitely blessed to be born in Australia. This country has so much to offer in so many ways, and it can be all too easy to forget that my life would have turned out very differently purely because of the geography of birth.
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Peter Pan heading Down Under |
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Community Theatre with Grant Jones
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Written by Grant Jones
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Thursday, 02 September 2010 16:01 |
Hello readers and welcome once again to community theatre. Well The Full Monty is now over for me and now it’s time to look forward to new adventures in the form of audition for the Putnam County Spelling Bee where I will draw on inspiration from children in my class to help me bring out the inner child in me!
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Straight To The Point
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Written by Les Solomon
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Wednesday, 01 September 2010 00:20 |
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I have just had a terrific week. Getting on a plane and getting away is always invigorating whether it be overnight to Melbourne or further afield overseas etc. Going to Perth is not something I do very often, only because it is so far away and there has to be a pretty good reason for going there. It seems like half way to LA by the time you get off the plane, and then, usually within 48 hours you have to come back. I once did a turn around of about 16 hours to see a production of Hair — no more, too old!
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The iPad. Do you want one? Do you need one? What do you do with them anyway? |
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Matt's Murmurs
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Written by Matt Edwards
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Tuesday, 31 August 2010 23:05 |
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I have just returned to Melbourne after a five week tour to Manila with Cats, (which I am sure you will read about soon enough in an upcoming article) our hotel was about a 30 minute coach ride through the hectic streets of Manila.
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That's My View
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Written by Troy Dodds
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Monday, 30 August 2010 11:21 |
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Theatre is not a "must have" industry. Unlike the staples of life - such as food, water, electricity etc - it is an industry that relies on people getting off their backside and doing something. It relies on individuals who inspire, and hence have influence on the rest of us to either take part in, or watch the end result.
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What, Y, When
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Written by Sophie Bruhn
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Thursday, 26 August 2010 21:58 |
Without publications, theatre would not exist. It might sound shocking, but you generally need scripts to create theatre. Even if you don’t, you need cue sheets and programs and a plethora of other items printed on paper. Theatre is always going to be linked to publications, and that’s just how it is.
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Straight To The Point
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Written by Les Solomon
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Wednesday, 25 August 2010 21:32 |
Before starting the second column on this topic, I must add that the amount of commercial musical flops as opposed to the extraordinary success of so many commercial musicals is quite remarkable. So much care is taken with a big show before it comes to Australia to ensure timing and casting etc will all help to make it work. We see less and less commercial flops these days in Australia. I think it is important to make this point.
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Matt's Murmurs
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Written by Matt Edwards
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Monday, 23 August 2010 23:13 |
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As the dust starts to settle from the weekend's election and the details slowly become apparent it looks like we are going to have a hung parliament in this country for the first time in 70 years.
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Governing body should run independent theatre |
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That's My View
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Written by Troy Dodds
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Monday, 23 August 2010 10:44 |
You’ve got to love that the term ‘political turmoil’ in Australia simply means uncertainty over the Prime Minister and negotiations with independent and Green MPs, as opposed to fighting in the streets, roadside bombs and political assassinations.
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What, Y, When
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Written by Sophie Bruhn
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Thursday, 19 August 2010 20:20 |
I like travelling. I really do. To generation y, the world is a very, very small place indeed. Yes, jetlag sucks, but we are blessed in our ability to merely hop on a plane and be on a different continent merely 20 hours later.
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Community Theatre with Grant Jones
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Hello readers and welcome to the world of community theatre. Today I will talk about the whirlwind tour that we all take when performing in a community theatre show.
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Straight To The Point
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Written by Les Solomon
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Tuesday, 17 August 2010 23:39 |
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I think we learn a lot from examining history. It repeats itself you know!
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What, Y, When
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Written by Sophie Bruhn
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Thursday, 12 August 2010 20:45 |
At the tender age of 18, I like to think I know a lot about life. I probably don’t. One of the things I do know is that whenever you finally get something sorted, something will happen that will change your entire perspective on it.
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Straight To The Point
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Written by Les Solomon
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Tuesday, 10 August 2010 22:38 |
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I can remember as a callow youth in the early 60s being in a high school production of Oklahoma. Being very proud of the whole experience I was talking to my father after the show who complained “I had trouble hearing them, why weren't they miked?” I threw my very young hands up in horror exclaiming “Miked, legitimate music theatre actor are never miked”, this was, I might add about 1962. At that time it was still considered that to mike a musical was just ‘not done”. A good performer should be able to project to the back row of any size theatre with ease. I mean isn’t that what Ethel Merman always did? Who ever miked the Merm?
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iPhone apps for actors - part 2 |
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Matt's Murmurs
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Written by Matt Edwards
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Tuesday, 10 August 2010 15:57 |
Last week we discussed the iPhone, its prevalence amongst performers and specifically the apps that come preinstalled and how to use them to your advantage.
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Helpmanns struggle for recognition |
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That's My View
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Written by Troy Dodds
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Monday, 09 August 2010 13:41 |
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The 2010 Helpmann Awards will be held in a matter of weeks, but does anyone care? |
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Plenty of shows coming up |
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Community Theatre with Grant Jones
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Hello readers and welcome to another round of community theatre with Grant. We’re now coming into the season of musicals for the second half of the year.
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Matt's Murmurs
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Written by Matt Edwards
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Wednesday, 04 August 2010 03:17 |
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The iPhone now seems to be the phone of choice in our industry at the moment. I think currently in our cast of 26 people there are only 2 or 3 that do not have iPhones. |
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Straight To The Point
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Written by Les Solomon
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Tuesday, 03 August 2010 21:51 |
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Theatre in Australia has been dominated by two major events in the last week; the opening of Mary Poppins in Melbourne and the Helpmann Award nominations, more on the latter, later on.
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That's My View
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Written by Troy Dodds
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Sunday, 01 August 2010 21:07 |
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The arrival of the Australian production of Mary Poppins is terrific news for theatre in this country, with the buzz surrounding the show greater than so many in recent years. Indeed, it looks certain to be one of our great success stories.
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