While the line dividing stage props, costumes and sets can often be a murky one, the fourteen categories explained below clearly define the different types of props used in the modern theatre. Some are objects…
I popped over to the Pacific nation of Vanuatu last week for a spot of sun (my God it is freezing here in winter in Melbourne at about 13 C during the day). Happy to…
Twice in the space of a week I’ve run into people very familiar to everyone in the theatre world, particularly in Australia. Last weekend I was leaving a colleague’s birthday party at 1.15 in the…
August Osage County, a semi-autobiographical drama written by American playwright Tracy Letts and currently showing as part of the mainstream Melbourne Theatre Company season, is one hell of a play. Universally hailed as the best…