Being There: After-Proceedings of the 2006 Conference of the Australasian Association for Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies: Recent submissions
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Renaissance in the Regions: The HotHouse Theatre Artistic Directorate
Published 2008-06-17In its nine year life to date HotHouse Theatre has become one of the leading regional theatres in Australia with a varied program of work, consistently high audience numbers, well-developed management practices, and a ...Open AccessConference paper -
'More Than Common Tall': Measuring up to the 'Real' Rosalind in Australia
Published 2008-06-17There is no record of performance history for 'As You Like It' prior to the eighteenth century. Nevertheless, critical reviews of contemporary productions trade persistently in the notion of a 'real' Rosalind by whose ...Open AccessConference paper -
Up and Down Diotima's Staircase: Space and Metaphysics in Symbolist and Expressionist Theatre
Published 2008-06-17The Staircase is particularly resonant as a meeting place of metaphysics and theatrical practice. In this paper I use the framework provided by ‘Diotima’s staircase’ – a concept from Plato’s Symposium – to examine the ...Open AccessConference paper -
During and Enduring: Forced Entertainment's 'Bloody Mess' and the Manipulation of Time in Performance
Published 2008-06-17Time is the medium that brings act, actor and audience together in the fleeting moment of performance, and the timebound interaction of bodies here, now, together is believed by Blau, Phelan and others to be a basic ...Open AccessConference paper -
La Boite Theatre 1925-2003: Before, During and After its Transformational Journey from Amateur to Professional Status
Published 2008-06-17La Boite Theatre, the oldest theatre company in Brisbane and the second oldest in Australia, has not only survived for over eighty years in an unbroken line of theatrical activity but has successfully negotiated the difficult ...Open AccessConference paper