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In praise of dog-eared pages: the joy, memories and gentle ghosts to be found in beloved books
Some find folding down the corners akin to literary vandalism. For Jane Howard, to revisit those paper scars is to be haunted by – and reminded of – a past self
Jane Howard
30, Jan, 2023 @2:00 PM
Backstage at Rella, a vibrant drag musical retelling of Cinderella
The team behind this new Adelaide show talk about beauty standards and introducing children to drag
Jane Howard
22, May, 2022 @5:30 PM
Susie Dee on a lifetime spent staging the revolution: ‘Theatre can shift consciousness’
The Australian director has presented her vital works around the globe for four decades, but she always comes back to Melbourne
Jane Howard
27, Apr, 2022 @5:30 PM
Zoë Coombs Marr resurrects Dave – to take on ‘cancel culture’ and Dave Chappelle
The Australian comedian’s hit character is a hacky and lecherous standup, at war with himself and his facial hair. He’s been in a coma since 2016. A lot has happened
Jane Howard
30, Mar, 2022 @4:30 PM
Adelaide during festival season feels like a world still struggling with its new reality | Jane Howard
From hygiene theatre to the dance of Covid safety, Adelaide festival’s most striking work of art is the one every audience member participates in
Jane Howard
03, Mar, 2021 @1:52 AM
'Something magical': mother-daughter artist duo on reviving the lost art of weaving
For Ngugi/Quandamooka women Sonja and Elisa Jane Carmichael, their works are a link to millennia-old traditions
Jane Howard
19, Oct, 2020 @2:44 AM
The play’s not the thing, the theatre is: returning to live performance is like returning to humanity | Jane Howard
South Australia’s State Theatre Company is the first of the mainstage players to return, and even a socially distanced auditorium can’t dampen that glorious joy
Jane Howard
09, Sep, 2020 @1:34 AM
The Good Fight: absurd, funny and urgent drama sharply of the Trump era
Darker and more political than the show that spawned it, The Good Fight ricochets between courtroom melodrama and serious polemic
Jane Howard
01, Jun, 2020 @2:06 AM
We're Gonna Die: Young Jean Lee reminds us of all the tragedies we've survived before
One of the world’s most exciting playwrights distils our great fear of tragedy into the minutiae of everyday resilience
Jane Howard
30, Mar, 2020 @4:30 PM
Monsters in the gallery: Adelaide biennial invites the chaos of the unknown
From Megan Cope to Stelarc, the artists at this year’s biennial confront the disturbing unknown head-on
Jane Howard
03, Mar, 2020 @12:00 AM
'You leave changed': critics pick the best of Australian theatre in 2019
From a reimagined Wake in Fright to Hannah Gadsby’s post-retirement juggernaut, some electrifying shows hit Australian stages this year
Larissa Behrendt, Cassie Tongue, Alison Croggon, Clarissa Sebag-Montefiore, Steve Dow, Jane Howard, Debbie Zhou, Van Badham, Brigid Delaney, and Kate Hennessy
23, Dec, 2019 @1:47 AM
Fire-ravaged La Mama theatre ready to rebuild after raising $3.1m
After a catastrophic fire gutted the building, the theatre community banded together to resurrect one of its most prized spaces
Jane Howard
20, Nov, 2019 @5:00 PM
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