Category: Joanna Erskine

In Shakespeare’s ROMEO AND JULIET, Romeo, a son of the Montague’s has been wandering in the woods alone, “[w]ith tears, augmenting the fresh morning’s dew/ Adding to clouds more clouds with his deep sighs.” All, he thinks, for his love of Rosaline. Later, that evening he breaks into a party held at her cousin’s Juliet’s home to be close to his Rosaline – both women, daughters of the enemy family of Verona, the Capulets. On seeing Juliet, Romeo, instantly, falls in love with her and the prescient admonition – chiding – that Romeo’s priestly mentor, Friar Laurence has given him…

Photo by Mansoor Noor Joanna Erskine, Eloise Snape and Samantha Young (co-Producers) present AIR, by Joanna Erskine, at The Old 505 Theatre, Eliza St. Newtown. 13 June – 30 June. AIR, is a new Australian play, by Joanna Erskine. In a Community Radio station (2RIP – Ms Erskine’s comic sensibility is signalled there!) Annabel hosts a program that reads the listed Obituary’s of the Day to assist those who are reading impaired – this is a reality to be heard at 8.45am on 2RPH – 1224Am or 100.5FM, that Ms Erskine noted and took as her starting point for this wonderful…

  CROW CROW PRODUCTIONS and ELIZA OCANA in Association with TAMARAMA ROCK SURFERS presents the Premiere production of K.I.J.E. by Joanna Erskine. This new Australian work, a short one act play by Joanna Erskine, takes its inspiration, from the novella of Yuri Tynyanov, about the invented Lieutenant KIJE, made famous by the Prokofiev chamber music suite (another Russian influence to the Sydney theatre menu, this year!). In a contemporary setting Konrad (Fayassal Bazzi), Irving (Tj Power), Jono (Gabriel Fancourt) and Ed (Wade Briggs) four young ‘soldiers’ as a result of boredom create graffiti on a wall: “K.I. j.E.”, which under…

From the moderator: “There has been a recent explosion in the blogosphere in response to Company B’s 2010 season launch and the lack of women represented as writers and directors… Joanna Erskine – Dear Company B… Sydney Arts Journo – Where are the women? 7-on Playwrights – What is going on here? Laura Scrivano – Female Writers and Directors As a response, here is an excerpt from Kevin’s review of UNDER ICE which was posted a week before the event…”Just a note. This is the second work by Kellie Mackereth I have seen this year. Both have been highly satisfying.…