For the first thirty seconds I thought we were in for something special in Queen Lear . Robyn Nevin in the titular role, regally costumed in...

Baal, pagan Lord of Heaven, god of rain and fertility. Baal, the first king of the Christian Hell, best known to us as Beelzebub. Milton'...

Dear Readers As some of you will already know, I've decided to close down Theatre Notes. It's a decision that's been staring m...

Because Richard Bean's play The Heretic is about climate change, it attracted the notice of hardline climate change denier Andrew Bolt ...

I know it's been quiet on the blog the past couple of days. However, it has not been quiet at home: I've been putting together an Op...

Every time David Williamson writes a new play, the Australian theatre world launches into one of its favourite games. It goes like this. The...

Update: Jana Perkovic weighs in at Guerilla Semiotics . Well worth the read. Update 2: The Guardian 's Noises Off rounds up the brouha...

I wish I could adequately explain the irrational joy that The Rabble's latest work, Special , invoked in me when I saw it last week. The...

I see that Dr Peter West, retired university lecturer and social commentator, is in today's Age fulminating on the bad manners of Young...

UPDATES: Some well-considered words from Ben Ellis over at Parachute of a Playwright and gobsmacked disbelief from our man in berlin Da...