Category: Tom Hogan

Photo by Rupert Reid Photography Millstone Productions presents MOTH, by Declan Greene, in the ATYP Theatre, Wharf 4, Hickson Rd., Walsh Bay. 6 September – 16 September. MOTH is a one act play by Australian writer, Declan Greene. It is a very early example of his work and the ‘promise’ that this text predicts has been continually advanced upon with project following project: e.g. LITTLE MERCY; EIGHT GIGABYTES OF HARDCORE PORNOGRAPHY and more recently, THE HOMOSEXUALS OR ‘FAGGOTS’. Two young teenagers, Claryssa (Ruby O’Kelly) – a self-declared emo, Wiccan art-freak, and Sebastian (Jeremi Campese) – an underdeveloped, sickly 15 year old…

Photo by Tracey Schramm ATYP (Australian Theatre for Young People) present, INTERSECTION – a collection of short scenes/monologue by 10 young writers in the ATYP Theatre, Wharf 4. Walsh Bay. 1st February – 18th February. INTERSECTION is a program from 10 playwrights: Peter Beaglehole, Angela Collins, Thomas De Angelis, Izzy McDonald, Charles O’Grady, Suzannah Kennett Lister, Zoe Ridgeway, Jordan Shea, Lewis Treston and Honor Webster-Mannison. 19 actors under the Direction of Katrina Douglas tackle seven duologues, one trio and two monologues. The material is mostly dealing with the journey of adolescence in this decade of the twenty-first century. Ms Douglas…

  A LATE NIGHT SHOW: Red Line productions present DEBRIS by Dennis Kelly at the Old Fitz Theatre, Cathedral St, Wooloomooloo, 24th – 28th November. DEBRIS (2003) is a short one act play, by Dennis Kelly (his first), concerning two young semi-abandoned children living in the debris of society, both with fantastic imaginations, that sustains them, perhaps, to be able to survive. The actors Felix Jozeps (Michael) and Megan McGlinchey (Michelle) play the work elicited from them under the assured guidance of Director, Sean Hawkins, with fierce alacrity and clarity in their storytelling. And, boy, they tell some stories. And…

  Australian Theatre for Young People (ATYP) in partnership with Pilot Theatre, from York Theatre Royal, present, WAR CRIMES, by Angela Betzien, at the ATYP Theatre, at the Wharf, Hickson Rd, 15 July – 1 August. Angela Betzien’s play, WAR CRIMES, won the 2012 Kit Denton Fellowship and the Queensland Literary Award for Playwriting. It’s staging in Sydney by the Australian Theatre for Young people (ATYP) down at the Hickson Rd Wharf, is in partnership with Pilot Theatre from York Theatre Royal made possible through the support of the European Union Cultural Fund as part of a project connecting 6…

Photos by Zorica Purlija Peter Fray presents, BLUE ITALIAN and NIL BY SEA, by Katie Pollock, at the Leichhardt Town Hall, Sydney. April 29 – May 17, 2015. BLUE ITALIAN and NIL BY SEA are two new short plays by Katie Pollock. The evening is short, less than an hour, total. One enters the space by a side door from a bleak, small, fluorescent-lit foyer of the Leichhardt Town Hall and walk through some local council (LMC) yellow and black road block tools on the floor flat, with the blinking battery lights indicating caution. The light is dim and the…

  Darlinghurst Theatre Company presents a Milk Crate Theatre Production, the World Premiere of THIS HOUSE IS MINE, by Maree Freeman at the Eternity Playhouse. THIS HOUSE IS MINE, by Maree Freeman, is new Australian work. Ms Freeman is CEO/Artistic Director of Milk Crate Theatre, Playwright and producer of THIS HOUSE IS MINE. From her notes in the program: Milk Crate Theatre works by, with and for our community of artists who have experienced homelessness and social marginalisation. … it is vitally important to acknowledge the community context from which this work springs. The process of creating THIS HOUSE IS…