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We often think of caricature when we see a humorous cartoon in a newspaper, usually a politician being lampooned before their voters. This is normally my starting point with students in understanding caricature in a dramatic context. In Australia, the home of The Drama Teacher, a federal election campaign has just been announced. One of…
August Osage County (The Film)
Back in 2008, American playwright Tracy Letts scooped the prize pool. His new play August Osage County moved to Broadway in late 2007 from its original run at the Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago a few months earlier, only to be hailed by many as the best new American play in a generation. The Broadway production…
Drama Online Review
Drama Online is a subscription-based treasure trove of digital resources for drama and theatre teachers and students. Originating as a joint arrangement between Bloomsbury Publishing and Faber and Faber, Drama Online has now expanded to include additional publishers of theatre-related content, ranging from play texts and videos to audio plays and production images from across the world. Here’s…
Spider-Man Director To Move Aside
The New York Times reports Julie Taymor, director of Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, Broadway’s most expensive show yet-to-open-after-nearly four-months-of-previews-and-delayed-openings-not-to-mention-bad-press-reviews, will soon move aside. Acclaimed in the past for her direction of the Broadway smash hit The Lion King, Taymor’s exit from Spider-Man is indeed a fall from grace. Known her artistic mastery of theatre…
VCAA ACARA Consultation Forum For The Arts
On Wednesday, I attended the second of four consultation forums for arts teachers in Victoria to thrash out and discuss the current Draft Shape Paper for The Arts, recently published by the Australian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (ACARA). The afternoon was hosted by the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA) and special thanks go out…