Category: Redline

  Apocalypse Theatre Company and Redline present, METAMORPHOSES, by Mary Zimmerman, at the Old Fitz Theatre, Cathedral St, Woolloomooloo. 8th February – 10 March. (Photograph, by Robert Catto) In 2006 when Barrie Kosky presented THE LOST ECHO,  a play by Tom Wright, using Ovid’s METAMORPHOSES and Euripides’ THE BACCHAE, I gave myself the task of reading the texts. I do not find reading poetry easy – embarrassing confession! I was fortunate to obtain a copy, a relatively new translation, by the American poet, Charles Martin (2005), and after surrendering to the rhythm of the verse in translation, found myself immersed…

O Photo by Rupert Reid Outhouse Theatre Co, in association with Redline, presents, THE ALIENS, by Annie Baker, at the Old Fitz Theatre, Woolloomooloo, 25 August – 19 September, 2015. Annie Baker’s 2010 play, THE ALIENS, is set in a fictional place called Shirley, in the state of Vermont. Two older men (early 30’s) in the backyard of a coffee shop befriend a young worker of the shop, and share their ambitions and observations of life. It is part of a collection of plays, four in total, set in Shirley, Vermont, the others being: CIRCLE MIRROR TRANSFORMATION (2009) – produced by…