AustLit

'IAN MICHAEL , 32, is an actor, writer and director. He flunked every acting school audition. What does it matter now?' 

The Kimberley town of Broome is getting behind a new Opera Australia production of its most cherished musical, writes Victoria Laurie

'Thirty years on from its first production, the iconic Broome musical remains a story of our time' 

'Two incisive new plays showing in Perth are a reassuring reminder that deep thinking is allowed on stage, if not in the glib slogans of an election campaign.'(Introduction)

'A curious time warp pervades The Torrents, a play by Oriel Gray set in the late 1890s, written in 1955 and yet receiving just its second professional staging in 2019.' (Introduction)

'The people and places he’s loved are central to the writings of Steve Hawke. His first novel grew out of the Kimberley where he lived and worked, and his new work draws on the suffering of his mother, Hazel, with Alzheimer’s By Victoria Laurie'(Introduction)

'Sukhjit Kaur Khalsa’s Fully Sikh is a vibrant, edgy celebration of family and culture in the Perth suburbs. Victoria Laurie meets the young theatremaker to see what makes her tick.'(Introduction)

Oriel Gray’s almost-forgotten play finally is getting the overdue respect it deserves By Victoria Laurie