Introducing: A Reimagined Midsummer Night's Dream: A Neurodiverse Re-telling
Written by Better Strangers Team in Performances and Productions | 03.02.2023
Performances and Productions
Performances and Productions
A Midsummer Night's Dream - Come You Spirits
Written by Claire Hansen & Lauren Weber in Performances and Productions | 16.01.2023
Australia boasts a range of outdoor Shakespeare theatre (for more, see Rosemary Gaby’s excellent book), but there is something a little different about Come You Spirits’ outdoor production of A Midsummer Night’s D
Review – Othello, Jimi Bani and Jason Klarwein, Queensland Theatre 12 November 2021
Written by Stephanie Schierhuber in Performances and Productions | 17.12.2021
What does Othello have to say to a modern audience?
"The Wars of the Roses" trilogy begins in far north Queensland
Written by Claire Hansen in Performances and Productions | 12.03.2020
The history of the Wars of the Roses is being played out on a north Queensland stage throughout 2020. The first production takes place in the midst of Townsville’s tropical summer - thick, wet air, lazy thunder, cloying heat.
“Set you down this”: A modern Othello and the narrative of racism
Written by Casey Salt (James Cook University) in Performances and Productions | 10.12.2019
TheatreiNQ’s production of Othello (September 2019) reinterprets certain aspects of its eponymous character’s identity to forge a tragedy as topical now as when it was first performed.
Far north turns wild west for TheatreiNQ’s Comedy of Errors
Written by Claire Hansen in Performances and Productions | 20.09.2018
Every year Townsville-based theatre company TheatreiNQ stage ‘Shakespeare under the stars’ in Townsville’s glorious Queen’s Park; a short walk from the beachside promenade, the Strand, and in the shadow of Townsville landmark, Castle Hill.
Antony and Cleopatra (Bell Shakespeare) - a review
Written by Claire Hansen in Performances and Productions | 13.03.2018
The oversized gold earrings, the rings on most of her fingers, and the slightly wild, playful hair are the only visual connections to our stereotypical idea of Cleopatra. No black wig in sight, no heavy kohl eyeliner, no weighty gold headpiece.
Much Ado and As You Like It at Melbourne’s Pop-up Globe
Written by Claire Hansen in Performances and Productions | 12.11.2017
The Pop-up Globe has popped up in Melbourne with two theatre companies showing a tragedy and comedy apiece.
Penny Gay reviews The Merchant of Venice (Bell Shakespeare)
Written by Shakespeare Reloaded in Performances and Productions | 02.11.2017
Bell Shakespeare's production of The Merchant of Venice has been touring Australia since July, and will finish up its season in Sydney.
Pop-Up Globe comes to Melbourne
Written by Claire Hansen in Performances and Productions | 13.07.2017
The Pop-up Globe will be popping up in Melbourne this year from September - November. Previously the theatre performed to audiences in Auckland, New Zealand.
The theatre is a replica of the second Globe, which was built and opened in 1614 after the previous Globe burnt down.