French theatre practitioner Antonin Artaud (1896-1948) is today known as the major exponent of the Theatre of Cruelty, a largely movement-based experimental form aimed...
Genres and Styles
The Investigation: A Dramatic Reading of The Mueller Report
If you ever thought you’d like to read the official transcripts of the Mueller Report, but couldn’t get through all 448 pages with your...
Barry Humphries’ humour is now history – that’s the fate of topical, satirical comedy
Dame Edna Everage at Melbourne Town Hall in 2006 after being presented with the Key to the City. Simon Mossman/AAP Anne Pender, University of...
When The Cultural Cringe Abated: Australian Drama in the 1970s
Happy and Holy: Barry Otto as Tockey, Ruth Cracknell as Cecilia McManus, Graham Rowe as Denny, Ron Hadrick as O’Halloran in a 1982 production...
Problems With Contemporary Theatre
1. Artificial Dialogue Unfortunately, too often in contemporary theatre we hear character dialogue that is artificial, particularly if it is intended to be naturalistic....
Stimulus Images for Drama: Fantasy
If you’re exploring the fantasy genre in the drama classroom, here’s a suite of images that can be used as stimulus for brainstorming characters,...