Murray Bramwell
DRAMA DEPARTMENT
SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES
FLINDERS UNIVERSITY
Summary of Publications
Publications 2009
“Weathering the Past and Reconciling the Future” Introduction to When the Rain Stops Falling by Andrew Bovell, Currency Plays, Currency Press, Sydney, 2009, pp.xii –xvii.
“Planet Soundings” (Preview of Womadelaide 2009) The Adelaide Review, No.348, February 2009, p.28.
“Uncurated and Unexpurgated” (2009 Fringe preview) The Adelaide Review, No 349, March 2009, p.25.
“In thrall to the master” (Maestro by Peter Goldsworthy) The Australian, March 5, 2009, p.10.
“Box office feeds on familiarity” (Fringe 2009) The Australian, March 20, 2009. p.10.
“Prizes and short shrifts” (Book reviews of Janet Frame, Witi Ihimaera, NZ short stories) New Zealand Books, Volume 19, Number 3, Issue 87, Spring 2009, pp. 6-7.
“Impeccable cast, staging and music hit all the right notes” (Metro Street) The Australian, April 9, 2009, p.10.
“Another mad and balmy March” (Fringe review) The Adelaide Review, No.350, March 2009, p.26.
“Dark Nights and Clear Dawns” (Three Dog Night and Metro Street) The Adelaide Review, No. 351, May 2009, p.25.
“Brothers and other strangers” (True West) The Australian, May 4, 2009, p.30.
“Phases and Stages” (25 Years of Theatre in Adelaide) The Adelaide Review, No.352, June, 2009, p.28.
“Stars shine at festival opening” (Bernadette Peters) The Australian, June 8, 2009, p.30.
“Songs blur the private with public” (Hayden Tee, Ursula Yovich) The Australian, June 22, 2009, p.30.
“Modern take on a timeless tale sure to bring the house down”(Wizard of Oz) The Australian, July 2, 2009, p.10.
“The iceman cometh memorably into focus” (Mnemonic) The Australian, July 6, 2009, p.30.
“Cabaret Nights” (Adelaide Cabaret Festival) The Adelaide Review, No.353, July 2009, p.28.
“Well enough to work magic” (The Hypochondriac) The Australian, August 10, 2009, p.30.
“Parallel Worlds’ (Wizard of Oz/Mnemonic) The Adelaide Review, No. 354, August, 2009, p.27.
“Tragicomic love tangle” (The Things We Do For Love) The Australian, October 8, 2009, p.15.
“Coffee with the King” (Interview with John Gaden) The Adelaide Review, No.357, November, 2009, p.24.
“Characters rise above a costume drama of no fixed dress” (King Lear) The Australian, November 9, 2009, p.17.
“Murder in one act makes headlines” (The Pyjama Girl) The Australian, December 14, 2009, p.17. (22 items)
Publications 2008
“On Target and On Song”, (Assassins) The Sondheim Review, Vol XIV, No.4, Summer, 2008, p.41.
“Boy Story” (Cheeseboy) The Adelaide Review, No.334, Feb 1, 2008, p.18.
“Captivating celebration of the unexpected” (Fringe) The Australian, February 28, 2008, p.10.
“On for one and all” (Fringe) The Adelaide Review, No 336, Feb 29, 2008 ,p.18.
“Audiences warm to tales of social caution” (When The Rain Stops Falling/Moving Target) The Australian, March 3, 2008, p.18.
“Narratives fail to nail their man” (Angel and Red Priest/Lovers and Haters) The Australian, March 10, 2008, p.16.
“Woolly deconstruction of a cotton picking classic” (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof) The Australian, March 13, 2008, p.10.
“Excellent Theatre Prevails” (Festival Theatre) The Adelaide Review, No.337, March 14, 2008, p.18.
“Shouldn’t give up his night job” (Rove McManus) The Australian, March 17, 2008. p.16.
“Light beats the heat as pre-eminent festival stands tall again” (Adelaide Festival overview) The Australian , March 17, 2008, p.16.
“New Light from the Festival ‘ The Adelaide Review, No 338, April 2008, pp.22-23.
“Rite of Reply” (Female of the Species) The Adelaide Review, No.339, May, 2008, p.23.
“Tradition mixed with innovation” (ASSITEJ Festival) The Adelaide Review , No. 340, June, 2008, p.28.
“Cabhooray” (Cabaret Festival) The Adelaide Review, No.341, July, 2008, p.31.
“A host of characters, not too cruel to be caricatures” (Lenny Henry) The Australian, July 4, 2008, p.10.
“Creepy farce hits soft targets” (Blue/Orange) The Australian, Thursday July 10, 2008, p.10
“Motherlode of cruelty and love” (Beetle Graduation) The Australian, July 22, 2008, p.14.
“Blues, Beetles and Drunkards” (Theatre) The Adelaide Review, No 342, August, 2008, p.25.
“Anne of the 17 inventive ways” (Attempts on Her Life) The Australian, August 8, 2008, p.12.
“Unchained Heart” (Chika) The Adelaide Review, No 343, September, 2008, p.26.
“Tall Stories and Go-Betweens” (Robert Forster) The Adelaide Review, No 343 September, 2008, p.27
“Archer’s architecture strains under narrative weight” (Architektin) The Australian, September 4, 2008, p.12.
“PM backs festive Pacific solution “ (OzAsia Festival) The Australian, Sepotember 26, 2008, p.12.
“Attempts on Her life “ (Architektin) The Adelaide Review No 344 , October, 2008, p.27.
“Things that go bump in the mind” (Ghosts) The Australian, October 17, 2008, p.10.
“Scripting the Season” (State Theatre preview) The Adelaide Review, No.345, November, 2008, p.27.
“Ghosts” (Ghosts) The Adelaide Review, No 345, November, 2008, p.30.
“Savouring the location” (Peter Goldsworthy’s Everything I Knew) The Adelaide Review, No. 346, December, 2008, p.26.
“Mystery at the edge” (Disappearance) The Australian, November 14, 2008, p.12.
“Friends and Other Strangers” (Playing Friends/Trendy But Casual) New Zealand Books, Vol 18, No.1, Issue 81 Autumn 2008, p19.
“The Mystery Writer” (Ngaio Marsh: Her Life in Crime) New Zealand Books, Vol 18, No.4, Issue 84, Summer 2008, p. 21.
Book Introduction;
“Beautiful Words, Harsh Realities and Somewhere Over the Rainbow” Introduction to Beautiful Words by Sean Riley, (play text) Currency Press, Sydney 2008, pp.vii –xi.
Publications 2007
“A Welcome Return” (Patch Theatre) The Adelaide Review, No.308, January 19, 2007, p.11.
“Fabulous Stolen moments” (The Pretenders) The Adelaide Review, No. 309, February 2, 2007, p.14.
“Rock, Sprites and Tenors” (Roger Waters /Eric Clapton, A Midsummer Night’s Dream) The Adelaide Review No.310, February 16, 2007, p.14
“Family secrets unfold as dream” (This Uncharted hour) The Australian, February 15, 2007, p.36.
“Sounds of the World” (Womadelaide CD preview) The Adelaide Review, No.311, March 2, 2007, p.12.
“Difficult memories” (this Uncharted Hour) The Adelaide Review No.311, March 2, 2007, p.15.
“Womad ages gracefully” (Womadelaide) The Adelaide Review, No. 312, March 16, 2007, p.20
“Fringe Review” (Adelaide Fringe Festival) The Adelaide Review, No. 312, March 16, 2007, p.21.
“Fringe Notes” (Adelaide Fringe Festival) The Adelaide Review, No. ) 313, March 30, 2007, p.18
“Dancing to a the rhythm of a global heartbeat” (Womadelaide) The Australian, March 13, 2007, p.12.
“Numbers down but stellar performances “ (Adelaide Fringe 2007) The Australian, March 16, 2007, p.14.
“Thriving outside Festival’s shadow” (Adelaide Fringe 2007) The Australian, March 30, 2007, p.16.
“Dazzling sketches don’t measure up to tragedy” (Hamlet) The Australian, April 5, 2007, p.36.
“Boy Wonder” (Hamlet) The Adelaide Review, No. 314, April 13, 2007, p.15.
“Covered in Glory” (CD reviews) The Adelaide Review, No. 315, April 27, 2007, p.17.
“Come Out” (Come Out Festival) The Adelaide Review, No. 317, May 25, 2007, p.19
“Something to Celebrate” (The Birthday Party) The Adelaide Review No. 317, May 25, 2007, p.19.
“Curly deliveries sure to trap” (Adelaide Cabaret Festival) The Australian, June 19, 2007, p.12.
“Examining the Cabaret” (Adelaide Cabaret Festival) The Adelaide Review No.319, June 22, 2007, p.19.
“Fifty Years Young “ (Back with a Vengeance – Barry Humphries)The Adelaide Review, No. 320, July 6, 2007, p.19.
“STC : 35 Years on still Marking Time” (Triple Threat) The Adelaide Review, No 321, July 20, 2007, p.20.
“Cook’s three course a tad underdone” (Triple Threat) The Australian, July 13, 2007, p.12.
“A House of Harmony” (Crowded House CD), The Adelaide Review, No 322, August 3, 2007, p.22.
“Single-minded” (The Cure) The Adelaide Review, No 323, August 17, 2007, p.28.
“Stolen Apples” (Paul Kelly CD) The Adelaide Review, No 323, August 17, 2007, p.30.
“Alias Bob” (Bob Dylan) The Adelaide Review, No 324, August 31, 2007, p. 28.
“In a jumble, the workplace bungles” (Lion Pig Lion) The Australian, August 17, 2007, p.14.
“Love is an addiction” (Love) The Australian, August 24, 2007, p.14.
“Uncertainty, Suspicion and True belief” (Doubt) The Adelaide Review, No. 325, September 14, 2007, p.27.
“Sundirtwater” (Waifs CD) The Adelaide Review, No. 325, September 14, 2007, p.28.
“Cooking up Season Four” (interview with Adam Cook) The Adelaide Review, No. 326, September 28, 2007, p.24.
“Meditations on identity that bridge the cultural gap” (Yang/ Marege) The Australian, October 1, 2007, p.8.
“Family First” (The Homecoming) The Adelaide Review, No. 327, October 12, 2007, p.28.
“A Festival of light and Enlightenment” (Interview with Brett Sheehy) The Adelaide Review, No. 328, October 26, 2007, p.22-23.
“Droll wit finds full plume” (Lyrebird) The Australian, October 19, 2007, p.12.
“Siswe Banzi finds a new identity” (preview) The Adelaide Review, No. 329, November 9, 2007, p.26.
“Sky Writing” (Dogfall) The Adelaide Review, No. 329, November 9, 2007, p.27.
“Brittle narcissicism delivers little” (The Real Thing) The Australian, November 22, 2007., p.17.
“Reinventing Sizwe” (Sizwe Banzi is Dead) The Adelaide Review, No. 330, November 23, 2007, p.28.
“Heart of Glass” (The Real Thing) The Adelaide Review, No. 331, December 7, 2007, p.27.
“Another Wonderful Year” (Theatre wrap) The Adelaide Review, No. 332, December 21, 2007, p.24-5. (41 items)
Chapter in Book
“The Butcher at the Gates of Dawn: Choice Words for Choice Occasions” in
Manhire, Bill and Peter Whiteford (eds.) Still Shines When You Think of It,
a Festschrift for Vincent O’Sullivan, Victoria University Press, Wellington, New Zealand, 2007, pp.96 – 101.
Publications 2006
“Sampling the World” (Womadelaide CD Preview) The Adelaide Review, No. 284, 27 January, 2006, p.20.
“Science, ethics and religion prove a winning mix” (Honk if you are Jesus) The Australian, 2 March, 2006, p.12.
“Detention and disbelief” (Fringe reviews) The Australian, 2 March, 2006. p.12.
“Finding the Near Perfect” (Fringe reviews) The Adelaide Review, No. 287, 10 March, 2006. p.16.
“Double Dealing” (Honk if you are Jesus) The Adelaide Review, No.287, 10 March, 2006. p.16.
“Desperate housewife transcends the ages”(Nora –A Doll’s House) The Australian, 13 March, 2006, p.16.
“A steel butterfly still emerging” (Here Lies Love) The Australian, 13 March, 2006, p.16.
“Festive city in full flight” (Adelaide Festival overview) The Australian, 20 March, 2006. p.19.
“Scottish Play Burns Intelligence” (Festival theatre) The Adelaide Review, No.288, 24 March, 2006, p.14.
“The Fringe” (Fringe events) The Adelaide Review, No.288, 24 March, 2006, p.14.
“Days and Nights in the Forest” (Womadelaide) The Adelaide Review, No. 288, 24 March, 2006. p.13.
“Four Play” (Adult Entertainment –Bakehouse play) The Adelaide Review, No. 291, 5 May, 2006. p.12.
‘Eclectic group breaks down the barriers’ (Beautiful Words) The Australian, 12 May, 2006. p.16.
(782 items) 12 .5.2006.
“From Blonde to Beautiful” (The Blonde, The Beautiful etc, The Night Before Christmas, Beautiful Words) The Adelaide Review, No 292, 19 May, 2006 p.13.
“Rising to robust demands” (Mr Bailey’s Minder) The Adelaide Review, No 293, 2 June, 2006. p.13.
“Hill’s Beckett balancing act” (interview Michael Hill) The Adelaide Review, No 295, 30 June, 2006, p.13.
“From Tina C to Special K” (Fringe shows) The Adelaide Review, No 295, 30 June, 2006, p.16.
“Forty Years of Feisty Flinders” (Flinders University festival) The Adelaide Review, No. 296. 14 July, 2006. p.13.
“Plenty left to tell us” (Hotel Sorrento, Two Weeks with Queen, Unspoken) The Adelaide Review, No.296, 14 July, 2006, p.16.
“Comic road to laurels” (Godot) The Adelaide Review, No. 297, 28 July, 2006, p.15.
“Gow goes Away” (Michael Gow interview) The Adelaide Review, No.300, 8 September, 2006, p.12.
“Musolino, Lott with the lot” (Bash) The Adelaide Review, No.300, 8 September, 2006, p.13.
“Darker makes it better” (Away) The Adelaide Review, No. 301, 22 September, 2006, p.14.
“Bubble Jets of Yearning” (Poetry review) New Zealand Books, Wellington, NZ, October, 2006, p.9.
“House built for three” (Just Like That) The Adelaide Review, No 302, 6 October, 2006, p.14.
“Two” (Two) The Adelaide Review, No.303, 20 October, 2006, p.15.
“Drama of sadness and merry whistling” (Uncle Vanya) The Australian, 19 October, 2006, p.42.
“Mania from Uncle” (Uncle Vanya) The Adelaide Review, No.304, 3 November, 2006, p.14-5.
“Distracted by life” (Norway.Today) The Adelaide Review, No.305, 17 November, 2006, p.12.
“Hobbled by stale theatrics” (Private Lives) The Adelaide Review, No.306, 3 December, 2006, p.15.
“A Singular, gifted performer” (Teddy Thompson) The Adelaide Review, No.307, 15 December, 2006, p.15.
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Publications 2005
“New World Order” (Womadelaide CD Reviews) The Adelaide Review, No. 262, 18 February, 2005, pp. 23-5.
“Keeping it all in the family” (Rufus Wainwright and the McGarrigles) The Adelaide Review, No. 262, 18 February, 2005. p.26.
“Kicking Heads” (David Byrne) The Adelaide Review, No 262, 4 March, 2005, p.24.
“Lively Production Overlooks Dark Satire” (Government Inspector) The Australian, 3 March, 2005, p.16.
“Too Much Benny Hill for the Bard” (Steven Berkoff) The Adelaide Review, No.262, 4 March, 2005, p.25.
“Power in a Sheep Pen” (Patch, Windmill) The Australian, 11 March, 2005, p.14.
“Finetuning the Festivities” (Womadelaide 2005) The Adelaide Review, No.264, 18 March, 2005, pp.23-4.
“A Case of Mistaken Identity” (Government Inspector) The Adelaide Review, No.264, 18 March, 2005. p.25.
“Running, Jumping, Not Standing Still” (Come Out Festival) The Adelaide Review, No. 265, 1 April, 2005, p.19.
“The Power of Two Funny Men’ (Micallef and Nicholas) The Adelaide Review, No. 265, 1 April, 2005, p.20.
“Beat the Bourgeoisie” (Drums in the Night) The Australian, 8 April, 2005, p.14.
“The Man on the Moon” (REM) The Adelaide Review, No. 266, 15 April, 2005,
p.21.
“Brink Brings Brecht to Life” (Drums in he Night) The Adelaide Review, No. 266, 15 April, 2005, p.23.
“Age Shall not Weary Them” (Weary) The Adelaide Review, No. 267, 29 April 2005, p. 23.
“Hill’s Good Direction Guides a Fine Train of Thought” (The Unexpected Man) The Adelaide Review, No 267, 29 April, 2005, p.24.
“Stepping Up at the Bakehouse” (One Small Step) The Adelaide Review, No 268, 13 May, 2005, p.25.
“A Blast from Rock’s Most Creative Decade” (Cream at the Royal Albert Hall, London) The Adelaide Review, No. 269, 27 May, 2005, p.13.
“Cabaret Funnies- Fond and Furious” (Bob Downe, Max Gillies etc) The Adelaide Review, No.272, 8 July, 2005, p.23.
“Top Drawer Program” (Cabaret Festival) The Australian, 13 June, 2005, p.16.
“Victim of Digressions” (Frozen) The Adelaide Review, No. 273, 22 July, 2005, p.21.
“Cold Comfort after Difficult Journey” (Frozen) The Australian, 8 July, 2005, p.17.
“Kelly Makes the Gov his Country” (Paul Kelly and the Stormwater Boys) The Adelaide Review, No 274, 5 August, 2005, p.17.
“For the Record” (Interview with Paul Kelly) The Adelaide Review, No. 274, 5 August, 2005, p.18.
“Dark Heart of Goatness” (The Goat) The Australian, 12 August, 2005, p.17.
“Brave and Provocative” (The Goat) The Adelaide Review, No.275, 19 August, 2005, p.15.
“Sacrifice Simply Told’ (Significant Others) The Australian, 26 August, 2005, p.17.
“Another Significant New Australian Play” (Significant Others) The Adelaide Review, No 276, 2 September, 2005, p.17.
“Two More Great Nights at the Gov” (Jimmy Webb and Martha Wainwright) The Adelaide Review, No 277, 16 September, 2005, p.20.
“Cullen Fails to Cull” (The Daylight Atheist) The Adelaide Review, No. 278, 30 September, 2005, p.18.
“Director’s Top Debut” (Translations) The Adelaide Review, No 279, 14 October, 2005. p.21.
“Narratives Entwined” (Checklist for an Armed Robber) The Australian, 21 October, 2005, p.16.
“Champagne O’Connor” (Bombshells, A Thing Called Snake) The Adelaide Review, No. 280, 28 October, 2005, p.14.
“Romping through a Fine Farce” (Noises Off) The Australian, 3 November, 2005, p.14.
“Seven Doors of Slamming Fun” (Noises Off) The Adelaide Review, No. 281, 11 November, 2005. p.19.
“Getting Brett’s Best” (Interview Brett Sheehy) The Adelaide Review, No. 282, 9 December, 2005, pp.18-19.
(36 items)
Publications 2004
“Global appeal” (Womadelaide preview) The Adelaide Review, No.244. January 2004, pp.19-21.
“Stating the Obvious” (State Theatre preview) The Adelaide Review, No.244, January, 2004, p.23.
“Fringe Favourites” (preview) The Adelaide Review, No 245, February, 2004, p.20.
“Comedy Preview” The Adelaide Review, No.245, February, 2004. p.21.
“Gotta Get Out of Displace” (Fringe theatre) The Australian, 24 February, 2004, p.12.
“Looking for Life’s Treasure” (Moonfleet) The Adelaide Review, No 245, February, 2004. p. 24.
“Rewards for the Optimists” (Turin Brakes) The Adelaide Review, No 245, February, 2004. p.24.
“Strength in Depth” (Fringe reviews) The Adelaide Review, No. 246. March, 2004. P.21.
“Gathering of the Tribes” (Big Day Out) The Adelaide Review. No.246. March, 2004. p.39.
“Moving, but no forward address” (Night Letters) The Australian, 4 March, 2004, p.14
“Simple strength betters virtuosity” (Festival theatre) The Australian, 9 March, 2004, p.14.
“Gems at risk of being swamped” (Fringe theatre) The Australian, 11 March, 2004, p.16.
“Standing tall in different worlds” (Gulpilil) The Australian, 15 March, 2004, p.8.
“Hearts and box-office won, minds yet to follow” (Adelaide Festival overview) The Australian, 16 March, 2004, p.14.
“Festival’s Defining Moment” (Adelaide Festival) The Adelaide Review. No. 247, April, 2004. Pp.18 -19.
“Affirmation for Tradition” (Womadelaide) The Adelaide Review, No. 247, April, 2004. Pp.20 -21.
“Fringe Benefits” The Adelaide Review, No. 247, April, 2004, p.22.
“Tests of Character” (Talking Heads) The Adelaide Review, No.248, May, 2004. P.25.
“Running on Plenty” (Jackson Browne) The Adelaide Review, No 248, May, 2004, p.28.
“Exaggeration Diminishes Dramatic Impact” (A Number) The Adelaide Review, No. 249, June, 2004, p.24.
“Clones expose a moral dilemma,” (A Number) The Australian, 14 May, 2004, p.15.
“Kelly Rides with New Gang” (Paul Kelly) The Adelaide Review, No.249, June, 2004. P.26.
“Long cool drink from Brel’s well,“ (Cabaret Festival) The Australian, 15 June, 2004, p.14.
“Naked observation to end festival on a high” (Cabaret Festival) The Australian, 25 June, 2004, p.15.
“Purveyors of Delectable Derision” (Cabaret) The Adelaide Review, No 250, July, 2004, p. 30.
“Opposites Attract” (The Dissociatives) The Adelaide Review, No. 250, July, 2004, p.34.
“You Can Still get Anything You Want” (Arlo Guthrie) The Adelaide Review, No. 250, July, 2004, p.34.
“Death of a father exposes the illusions of his sons” (The Duck Shooter) The Australian, 15 July, 2004, p.14.
“Sons of the Father” (The Duck Shooter) The Adelaide Review, No.251, August, 2004, p.25.
“Big Theatre for Little Ones”(Windmill) The Adelaide Review, No 251, August, 2004, p.25.
“Voices in an Awkward Pitch” (Festival of One) The Adelaide Review, No. 251, August, 2004, p.26.
“Salesman demands we pay …attention”, (Death of a Salesman) The Australian, 2 August, 2004, p.7.
“Growing pains in a garden of delights”(Afternoon of the Elves) The Australian, 27 August, 2004, p.15.
“The Cost of Living” (Death of a Salesman) The Adelaide Review, No. 252, September, 2004, p.25.
“Brains on the Outside” (Philippe Genty) The Adelaide Review, No.252, September, 2004, p.28.
“From bard to worse” (Goodnight Desdemona) The Australian, 23 September, 2004, p.16.
“Adapting the Right Ingredients” (Patch/Windmill) The Adelaide Review, No. 253, 28 September, 2004. P. 25.
“Offering Singular Perspectives” (Festival of One) The Adelaide Review, No. 253, 28 September, 2004, p.25.
“Dazed and Bemused” (Muse) The Adelaide Review, No. 253, 28 September, 2004, p.25.
“Urbane Comedy One Minute” (Goodnight Desdemona) The Adelaide Review, No.254, 15 October, 2004, p.23.
“Offering Double the Amount of Fun” (Comedy of Errors) The Adelaide Review, No 254, 15 October, 2004, p.23.
“A Revival by any other Name” (Bonnie Prince Billy) The Adelaide Review, No. 254, 15 October, 2004, p.25.
“Pleasure in company of women” (Boston Marriage) The Australian, 21 October, 2004, p.12.
“Journey to the End of the Earth” (Last Cab to Darwin) The Adelaide Review, No. 255, 29 October, 2004, p.22.
“Stylish Fun at Expense” (Boston Marriage) The Adelaide Review, No. 255, 29 October, 2004, p.22.
“Monarch unmasked through diaries” (Evening with Queen Victoria) The Australian, 5 November, 2004, p.17.
“Shift of wind needed before Pinafore sails” (HMS Pinafore) The Australian, 8 November, 2004, p.7.
“Watch Me, Watch Me, Vanish” (4:48 Psychosis) The Adelaide Review, No. 256, 12 November, 2004, p. 21.
“New Director, New Direction” (Adam Cook) The Adelaide Review, No.256, 12 November, 2004, p.22.
“Stark beauty lost in chorus line” (Euripides’ Trojan Women) The Australian, 18 November, 2004, p.12.
“Suffering from Collateral Damage” (Euripides’ Trojan Women) The Adelaide Review, No.257, 26 November, 2004, p.23.
“Brothers in Arms” (Finn Brothers and Missy Higgins) The Adelaide Review, No. 258, 10 December, 2004, p.20.
(52 items)
Publications 2003
“Partnerships in Shanghai” Theatre Arts, Shanghai Theatre Academy Journal,
1/ 2003 np.
Report on proceedings of “Art, Technology and the New Performer: the use of digital technology in live performance” Symposium at Shanghai Theatre Academy, in conjunction with Flinders University Drama Centre. Part of Celebrate Australia program, Shanghai International Festival, November 2002
“Other People’s Festivals” (Melbourne, Edinburgh and Shanghai) The Adelaide Review, No. 232. January, 2003. Pp.22- 3.
“The World to Come” (Womad preview) The Adelaide Review, No. 233. February, 2003. P. 21.
“Masked Mayhem on the Menu” (Ristorante Immortale) The Australian, 24 February, 2003. P.6.
“Last Rights” (The Last Acre) The Adelaide Review, No 234. March, 2003.
Pp. 22- 3.
“A Last Hurrah” (Nixon’s Nixon) The Adelaide Review, No. 234. March, 2003. P.23.
“Fire and Hard Rain” (James Taylor and Bob Dylan) The Adelaide Review, No. 234. March, 2003. Pp. 23-4.
‘Modern Message in Miller Classic” (The Crucible) The Australian, 18 March, 2003. P.12.
“World Peace” (Womadelaide 2003) The Adelaide Review, No. 235. April, 2003. P. 19.
“More Weight” (The Crucible) The Adelaide Review, No. 235. April, 2003. Pp. 19-20.
“New Works for New Audiences” (Come Out) The Adelaide Review, No. 235. April, 2003. P. 27.
“Blind Faith Up Close and Personal” (Blind Boys of Alabama) The Adelaide Review, No. 236. May, 2003. P.22.
“Stylistic Stew Serves up Hilarious Camp” (Irma Vep) The Australian, 16 May, 2003. P.16.
“Audio with Pictures” (DVD review) The Adelaide Review, No 237. June, 2003. P.23.
“Over-ripe Ragout” (Theatre- Irma Vep, Cosi, Parallax Island) The Adelaide Review, No.237. June, 2003. P.20.
“The Funny Business of Sex in the City” (Cabaret Festival) The Australian, 16 June, 2003. P.7.
“Repressed Memory” (Barry Humphries) The Adelaide Review, No. 238, July, 2003. P. 20.
“Go-Betweens Get back Their Mojo” (Go-Betweens) The Adelaide Review, No. 238. July, 2003. P. 22.
“Survivor – or Big Brother ?” (Robinson Crusoe) The Adelaide Review, No.239. August, 2003. P. 20.
“Mind Games” (Myth, Propaganda and Disaster) The Adelaide Review, No.239. August, 2003. P.21.
‘Delightful: a Pair of Cats on the High Seas” (The Stowaway and the Captain’s Cat) The Australian, 25 August, 2003. P.18.
“See How it Runs” (Book review) Bibliofile, Vol.11, No.1, August , 2003. pp.33-4.
“The Sum of Curious Claims” (Proof) The Adelaide Review, No 240. September, 2003. P.19.
“Parallel Worlds” (Blondie) The Adelaide Review, No.240. September, 2003. P.23.
“Who’s Afraid of Edward Albee’s Foresight ? “ (Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf) The Australian, 4 September, 2003. P.13.
“A World Without Warmth” (The Snow Queen) The Australian, 29 September, 2003. P.9.
“Over the Border” (Melbourne Festival preview) The Adelaide Review, No. 241. October, 2003. P.6.
“War Games” (Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf) The Adelaide Review, No. 241, October, 2003. P.23.
“The Tyranny of Distance” (In the Time of Distance) The Adelaide Review, No. 241. OCtober, 2003. P.23.
“Jumping Joe Looks Sharp” (Joe Jackson) The Adelaide Review, No. 241. October, 2003. P.27.
“Dark Study of Fraught family Leavened with Light Touches” (Drowning in My Ocean of You) The Australian, 3 October, 2003. P.14.
“Page Opens New Chapter” (Adelaide Festival) The Adelaide Review, No.242, November, 2003. Pp. 6-7.
“Adrift in a Sea of Love and Loss” (Drowning in My Ocean of You) The Adelaide Review, No.242. November, 2003. P.22.
“Marceau Still on Top as Mime Goes By” (Marcel Marceau) The Australian, 3 November, 2003. P.26.
“Farce So Light it Could Fly Away” (Scapin) The Australian, 4 November, 2003. P.12.
“Clowning Around” (Scapin) The Adelaide Review, No. 243. December, 2003. P.25.
“Innocence and Squalor” (The Pitchfork Disney ) The Adelaide Review, No. 243. December, 2003. P.25.
“Distant Light Shines Brightly” (Alex Lloyd) The Adelaide Review, No.243. December, 2003. P.26.
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Publications 2002
“New Works for New Audiences” (CD Reviews) The Adelaide Review, No. 220, January, 2002. pp.23-4.
“Summer Seven” (preview) The Adelaide Review, No 220, January, 2002.
pp. 23-4.
“Festival Update” (preview) The Adelaide Review, No. 221, February, 2002. p 25.
Fringe Notes (preview) The Adelaide Review, No. 221, February, 2002. p.26.
“Three Arts Projects” (Fringe) The Adelaide Review, No. 222, March, 2002. p. 22.
“ Fringe Events”, The Adelaide Review, No. 222, March, 2002, pp. 22-3.
“Devilish Toll of Nuclear Testing” (The Career Highlights of Mamu) The Australian, Monday, 4 March, 2002. p15.
“Cinematic Focus Richly Rewarded” (Shedding Light and Casting Shadows – film) The Australian, Friday 8 March, 2002. p 17
“Subverted Melodrama” (My Life, My Love) The Australian, Friday 8 March, 2002. p.17.
“Festival Fractured by Chaos” (Comment) The Australian, Friday 15 March, 2002. p.16.
“No Taboo Unturned” (Karen Finley) The Australian, Monday 18 March, 2002. p.15.
“The Festival that Was” (Adelaide Festival) The Adelaide Review, No. 223, April, 2002. P.13.
“A Fringe Wrap” (Adelaide Fringe) The Adelaide Review, No.223, April, 2002.
pp. 13-4.
“As many Lives as a Cat and The Pram Factory” (book reviews) Australian Drama Studies. No.40, April, 2002. Pp. 146- 51.
“A Little Night Music” (Faithless and Dirty Three) The Adelaide Review, No. 224, May, 2002. p.21.
“Great and Small” (The Great Man) The Adelaide Review, No.225, June, 2002.
p.19.
“Rocky Horror and a Pack of Droll Models” (Adelaide Cabaret Festival) The Australian, Monday 10 June, 2002. p 15.
“Another Country” (Despoiled Shore) The Adelaide Review , No. 226, July, 2002. P.22.
“Drawn From out Twilight” (Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge) The Australian, Monday 8 July, 2002. P.13.
“Hi Jinx” (Windmill Theatre) The Adelaide Review, No. 227, August, 2002.
pp.23-4.
“Home Truths” (Melbourne Festival preview) The Adelaide Review, No 228, September, p. ?
“Enquiring Minds” (Vitalstatistix and Sydney Theatre Company) The Adelaide Review, No.229, October, 2002. pp 22-3.
“Charming Picture Books Spring to Life” (Twinkle Twinkle Little Fish) The Australian, Friday 4 October, 2002. P.15.
“Star of the Big Picture Show” (Scenes From an Execution) The Australian, Monday 7 October, 2002. P.7.
“State Occasions” (STC season) The Adelaide Review. No 230, November, 2002. Pp 21-2.
“End of Seasoning” (Salt) The Adelaide Review. No. 231, December, 2002.
pp. 26 -7.
Publications 2001
“Womadelaide Previewed”, The Adelaide Review, No. 209, February, 2001. pp.33-4.
“Big World” (Womadelaide), The Adelaide Review, No. 210, March, 2001.
pp.34-5.
“Combat Zone” (Third World Blues), The Adelaide Review, No. 210, March, 2001. P.36.
“Heart in the Highlands” (Bob Dylan), The Adelaide Review, No. 211, April, 2001. P.33.
“Come Out Theatre”, The Adelaide Review, No.211, April, 2001. p.36.
“A House Among the Stars”, The Australian, Friday 4 May, 2001. p.10.
“Return Journey” (Emmylou Harris), The Adelaide Review, No. 212, May, 2001. P.36.
“Cabaret in May” (Cabaret Festival), The Adelaide Review, No. 213, June, 2001. P.40.
“Killer Joe”, The Australian, Friday 15 June, 2001. P.10.
“Liquidating Assets” (Killer Joe), The Adelaide Review, No.214, July, 2001. P.26.
“Tivoli Nights” (Australian Ballet), The Adelaide Review, No.214, July, 2001. pp.26-7.
“Back to Beguinnings” (Roger McGuinn), The Adelaide Review, No. 214, July, 2001, pp.29-30.
“Wit”, The Australian, Monday 23 July, 2001. P.15.
“Triptych” (Art), The Adelaide Review, No. 215, August, 2001. pp.27-8.
“Holy Day”, The Australian, Friday 24 August, 2001. P.10.
“Jennifer in Security”, The Australian, Monday 27 August, 2001. p.15.
“Contested Ground” (Holy Day), The Adelaide Review, No.216, September, 2001. Pp. 29-30.
“Moving Pictures” (ADT), The Adelaide Review, No.216, September, 2001.
pp.30-1.
“Causes and Karma” (Life After George), The Adelaide Review, No.217, October, 2001. P.29
“Parallel World” (Glenn Tilbrook), The Adelaide Review, No.217, October, 2001. p. 28.
“Single Bill” (Billy Bragg and Dave Graney), The Adelaide Review, No.218, November, 2001. pp.31-2.
“Conflicting Accounts” (The Private Visons of Gottfried Kellner), The Adelaide Review, No. 218, November, 2001. P 32.
“Montana of the Mind” (Review) The Australian, Friday 30 November, 2001. P.18.
“Adelaide Festival Crisis” (Article) The Adelaide Review , No. 219, December, 2001. pp 3-5.
“Buried Lives” (A Lie of the Mind), The Adelaide Review, No.219, December, 2001. Pp.32-3.
Publications 2000
“Fringe 2000”, Adelaide Review, No.197, February, 2000. p.29.
“Mizumachi”, The Australian, 6 March, 2000. p.22.
“Adelaide Fringe”, The Australian, Arts on Friday, 10 March, 2000. p.12.
“Big hArt Works and Theft of Sita”, The Australian, Arts on Friday, 17 March, 2000. p.12.
“Keep Up Your Standards”, The Australian, Arts on Friday, 24 March, 2000. p.15.
“Fringe All Around”, Adelaide Review , No.198. March, 2000. pp. 40-41.
“Festival Theatre”, Adelaide Review, No.199. April, 2000. pp.23-24.
“Festival Music”, Adelaide Review, No.199, April, 2000. p.34.
“Confronting Confusions” (Desdemona) The Arts Magazine, Singapore, May/June 2000. pp.67-8.
“Eternal Triangles” (Blithe Spirit) Adelaide Review, No.200, May, 2000.
pp.29-30.
“Away From Home” (Stolen) Adelaide Review, No.200, May, 2000. p.30.
“Cold Comfort Farm” (The Beauty Queen of Leenane), Adelaide Review, No.201, June, 2000. p.33.
“Secrets and Truths” (How I Learned to Drive and Secret Bridesmaids’ Business) Adelaide Review, No.203, August, 2000. p.26.
“Recent and Revisited” (CD reviews) Adelaide Review, No.203, August, 2000. pp.26-27.
“Equus”, The Australian, Arts on Friday, 11 August, 2000. p.12.
“Horse Latitudes” (Equus), Adelaide Review, No.204, September, 2000. p.34.
“Power Games” (Blue Remembered Hills), Adelaide Review, No.204, September, 2000. p.34.
“Picture Book Quality” (Pom Pom), Adelaide Review, No.204, September, 2000. p35.
“Deja Vu” (Play With Repeats), Adelaide Review, No.204, September, 2000. p.35.
“Running on Empty” (Sweet Road), Adelaide Review, No 205, October, 2000. p.35.
“Factitious Fictions” (Collected Stories), Adelaide Review, No. 206, November, 2000. p.41.
“A Play in Inverted Commas” (Taming of the Shrew), Adelaide Review, No.207, December, 2000. p.38.
“Revelation” (Bare), Adelaide Review, No.207, December, 2000. p.39.
Conferences Attended – 2000
Australian Political Studies Association Conference, 3-6 October, 2000
Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. Paper entitled:
“First Things First: Satiric Responses to John Howard’s Preamble.”
Publications 1999
“Showtime” (The Dave Graney Show), Adelaide Review, No.184, January, 1999. p.31.
“V-Mail” (Vita and Virginia), Adelaide Review, No.185, February, 1999. p.28.
“Womadelaide Festival” (CD reviews) Adelaide Review, No.185, February, 1999. p.29.
“Summer Reign” (Paul Kelly with Bic Runga), Adelaide Review, No.185, February, 1999. p.30.
“The Hard Way Forward” (Adelaide theatre overview) RealTime 29, February-March, 1999. p.33.
“World View” (Womadelaide), Adelaide Review, No.186, March, 1999. pp.37-8.
“Comedy and Come Out” (Preview), Adelaide Review, No.186, March, 1999. p.39.
“English…and Irish” (Waterson:Carthy/Altan), Adelaide Review, No.187, April, 1999. p.36.
“Come Out Theatre” Adelaide Review, No.187, April, 1999. p.36.
“Funny Festival” (The Big Laugh), Adelaide Review, No.187, April, 1999. pp.36-7.
“Heads bang on a heavy night out” (Deep Purple) The Australian, 21 April, 1999. p.14.
“The Eyes of Patrick White” (Barry Humphries), Adelaide Review, No.188, May, 1999. p.34.
“City of Dreadful Night” (Roberto Zucco), Adelaide Review, No.188, May, 1999.
pp.34-5.
“Blues and Bayou” (Keb Mo and Dr John/ Tony Joe White), Adelaide Review, No.188, May, 1999. pp.35-6.
“Dark Truths” (Carrying Light), Adelaide Review, No.189, June, 1999. p.36.
“New Sounds and Old” (CD Review), Adelaide Review, No.189, June, 1999. pp.39-40.
“Pulp Theatre” (Criminal Genius/Mojo), Adelaide Review, No.190, July, 1999. p.32.
“Heartbreak Hotels” (The Judas Kiss), Adelaide Review, No.190, July, 1999. pp.32-3.
“Flight From Reality” (The Wild Duck), Adelaide Review, No.191, August, 1999. p.29.
“Big Time” (Cirque du Soleil), Adelaide Review, No.191, August, 1999. pp.29-30.
“Over the Rainbow” (Cloudstreet), Adelaide Review, No.192, September, 1999. p.30.
“Mean Streets” (Who’s Afraid of the Working Class ?), Adelaide Review, No.192, September, 1999.p.30.
“Private Lives” (Closer), Adelaide Review, No.192, September, 1999.pp.30-32.
“Scratching the Surface” (The Rose Tattoo), Adelaide Review, No. 193, October, 1999. pp.29-30.
“Director’s Swan Song Hits the Right Note” The Australian, Arts on Friday, 29 October, 1999. p.21.
“Festival 2000”, Adelaide Review, No.194, November, 1999. pp.36-7.
“Cakes and Ale, Wind and Rain” (Twelfth Night), Adelaide Review, No 194, November, 1999. p.37.
“New, Recent and Angelic Returns” (CD Reviews), Adelaide Review, No.194, November, 1999. p.35.
“Double Bill” (Paul Kelly and Uncle Bill), Adelaide Review, No.195. December, 1999. p.36.
“Pasta Lives” (Emma Celebrazione !) Adelaide Review, No.195, December, 1999. p.36.
Publications 1998
“Mutual Admiration” (Teenage Fanclub) Adelaide Review, No. 172, January, 1998. p.30.
“House Moves” (Features of Blown Youth) Adelaide Review, No.172, January, 1998. pp.30-31.
“Festival Highs” (Preview) Adelaide Review, No.173, February, 1998. p36.
“Fringe all Around” (Preview) Adelaide Review, No.173, February, 1998. p.37.
“Southern Womad” (Preview) Adelaide Review, No.173, February, 1998.
pp.37-38.
“Lost Blues” (Will Oldham) Adelaide Review, No.173, February, 1998.
pp. 38-39.
“Design Fault” (The Architect’s Walk) Adelaide Review, No.174, March, 1998. p.37.
“Reverberations” (The Seven Streams of the River Ota) Adelaide Review, No.174, March, 1998. p.38.
“The Verbs of the Lord” (Va Yomer Va Yelech) Adelaide Review, No.174, March, 1998. pp.38-39.
“Fringe Notes” (Adelaide Fringe) Adelaide Review, No.174, March, 1998. p39.
“Festival Notes” (Adelaide Festival) Adelaide Review, No.175, April, 1998. pp.27-28.
“Fringe Reflections” (Adelaide Fringe) Adelaide Review, No.175, April, 1998. p.28.
“Social Engineering” (The Department) Adelaide Review, No.175, April, 1998. p.29.
“Under a Southern Sky” (Womad) Adelaide Review, No.175, April, 1998. pp.32-33.
“Kenny Rogers and Reba McEntire” Arts on Friday, The Australian, 17 April, 1998. p.16.
“Arlo Carte” (Arlo Guthrie) Adelaide Review, No.176, May, 1998. p.28.
“Winter Mushrooms” (CD Reviews) Adelaide Review, No.177, June, 1998. p.35.
“Soap Opera” (Master Class) Adelaide Review, No.177, June, 1998, p.36.
“Death Duties” (The Undertaking) Adelaide Review, No.177, June, 1998, p.39.
“Family Ties” (East of Eden) Adelaide Review, No.178, July. 1998. p.30.
“Journeys” (Up the Road) Adelaide Review, No.178, July, 1998. pp. 30-31.
“Battle Lines” (Oleanna) Adelaide Review, No.178, July, 1998. p.31.
“Funtime” (Neil Finn) Adelaide Review, No.179, August, 1998. pp.29-30.
“Scotched”, (Macbeth) Adelaide Review, No.179, August, 1998. p.33.
“Vox Angelica, Vox Humana” Adelaide Review, No.179, August, 1998. p.36.
“Time Lord”, (Bob Dylan) Adelaide Review, No. 180, September, 1998. pp. 40-1.
“Petersburg Quartet”, (The Idiot) Adelaide Review, No.180, September, 1998.p.41.
“Bark to the Future” (Sylvia) Adelaide Review, No.180, September, 1998. pp.41-42.
“Positives and Negatives” (Morde) Adelaide Review, No.180, September, 1998. p.42.
“Crimes and Misdemeanours” (Love and Human Remains / Speaking in Tongues) Adelaide Review. No.181, October, 1998. pp. 30-31.
“Mental Notes” (Mental as Anything) Adelaide Review, No.181, October, 1998. p.33.
“Electrical Storm” (Ed Kuepper) Adelaide Review, No. 182, November, 1998. p.36.
“Wild Thymes in Warwickshire” (The Herbal Bed), Adelaide Review, No.182, November, 1998. p.37.
“Coming to Grips with Heavyweight Barker” (The Europeans) The Australian, Arts on Friday 13 November, 1998. p.16.
“Simple Gifts” (CD Reviews), Adelaide Review, No.183, December, 1998. pp.34-35.
Publications 1997
“Festival Season” (CD reviews) Adelaide Review, No.160, January, 1997.pp.28-9.
“World Theatre Back in Orbit” (theatre preview) Adelaide Review, No.160, January, 1997.p.29.
“Twin Peaks” (The Venetian Twins) Adelaide Review, No.160, January, 1997. pp.29-30.
“Travelling Light” (Corrugation Road) Adelaide Review, No. 161, February, 1997.
pp.29-30.
“First Person Singular” (Laurie Anderson) Adelaide Review, No.161, February, 1997. p.30.
“Truebadour” (Andy Irvine) Adelaide Review, No.161, February, 1997. p.32.
“The Sounds of Womadelaide) (Womad preview) Adelaide Review, No.161, February, 1997. pp.31-32.
“Welcome to the Pleasure Dome” (Womad feature) Weekend Australian, February 22-23, 1997.p.10.
“Divided Purpose” (Cyrano) Adelaide Review, No.162, March, 1997.p.24.
“Nocturnes” (Tales From the Arabian Nights) Adelaide Review, No.162, March, 1997.pp.24-5.
“Australian Playhouse 1997 Season” (preview) Adelaide Review, No.162, March, 1997. p.25.
“Parklife” (Womadelaide) Adelaide Review, No.163, April, 1997. pp.31-2.
“Tivoli Nights” (Stan Ridgway and Dirty Three) Adelaide Review, No.163, April, 1997. p.32.
“Sleepy” (RSC A Midsummer Night’a Dream) Adelaide Review, No.163, April, 1997.pp.32-3.
“Wiessenborn Yesterday” (Ben Harper) Adelaide Review, No.164, May, 1997.p.30.
“Looking About” (Take Over ’97) Adelaide Review, No. 164, May, 1997.p.31.
“Hands Across the Tasman” (interview with Colin McColl) The Australian, Friday 16, 1997. Arts Page, p.14.
“Future Tense” (review) The Australian, Arts on Friday, 30 May, 1997.p.14.
” Don’s Party” (review) The Australian, Arts on Friday, 6 June, 1997.p.12.
“Lamentaions” (The Seven Stages of Grieving) Adelaide Review, No.165, June, 1997.p.23.
“Cool” (Future Tense) Adelaide Review, No.165, June, 1997.pp.23-4.
“Newfangled” (Guinness Celebration of Irish Music) Adelaide Review, No.165, June, 1997. p.26.
“The Secret Death of Salvador Dali” (review) The Australian, Arts on Friday. 13 June, 1997.p.14.
“A Third Force” (Simone Clifford Dance Co.) RealTime, 19. June-July, 1997. p.28.
“Welcome a Bright World” (Magpie 2) RealTime, 19. June-July, 1997. p.32.
“Double Disillusion” (Don’s Party) Adelaide Review, No.166, July, 1997.p.30.
“Blood Simple” (Wolf Lullaby) Adelaide Review, No.166, July, 1997. pp.30-31.
“Angels and Devil Drivers” (Mutton Birds and Dave Graney) Adelaide Review, No.166, July, 1997. pp.32-33.
“Words and Music”(Paul Kelly) Adelaide Review, No.167, August, 1997.pp.32-3.
“The Usual Suspects” (Rules of Thumb) Adelaide Review, No.167, August, 1997. p.33.
“Transparency” (The North) Adelaide Review, No.167, August, 1997. pp.33-4.
“Birdy” (Gulls) Adelaide Review, No.168, September, 1997. p.28.
“Sea Change” (The Mourning After) Adelaide Review, No.168, September, 1997.p.28.
“Simple Gifts” (Leonardo’s Bride) Adelaide Review, No.168, September, 1997. p.32.
“Joyful Noise” (Holmes Brothers) Adelaide Review, No 169, October, 1997. p.33.
“Dead Reckonings” (After the Ball) Adelaide Review, No.169, October, 1997. p.35.
“Long John Baldry” The Australian, Arts on Friday, 7 November, 1997. p.19.
“Festival Unfurled” (Festival Preview) Adelaide Review, No. 170, November, 1997. p.31.
“Tough Love” (A Hard God) Adelaide Review, No.170, November, 1997. pp.31-2.
“Forced Landings” (The Tempest) Adelaide Review, No.170, November, 1997.p.32.
“Mo Better Blues” (Keb Mo/Johnnie Johnson) Adelaide Review, No.170, November, 1997.p.36.
“String of Pearls” (Deborah Conway) Adelaide Review, No.171, December,1997, pp.32-3.
“Theatre 1998 Season” (Preview) Adelaide Review, No.171, December, 1997. pp.33-4.
“Fiscal Violence” (Shopping and Fucking) Adelaide Review, No.171, December, 1997.pp.34-5.
“A Cup of Tea with Joan Littlewood” in Performing Women/Performing Feminisms: Interviews with International Women Playwrights. Edited by Joanne Tompkins and Julie Holledge. Australian Drama Studies Association Academic Publication 2, 1997 pp.103-109.
Publications 1996
“Mary Mac” (Storming Heaven) Adelaide Review, No.147, January, 1996.p.22.
“Fringe Goes East” (Adelaide Fringe) Adelaide Review, No.148, February, 1996.p.22-3.
“Mapping the Voice” (Adelaide Festival) Adelaide Review, No.148, February, 1996.pp.32-3.
“Joan Armatrading” The Australian, Arts on Friday, 2 February, 1996,p.8.
“Flights of Fancy” (Philippe Genty) The Weekend Australian, Arts Section,
3-4 February, 1996. p.10.
“Reading and Writers’ Week” (Adelaide Writers’Week) Adelaide Review, No.149, Festival Issue,1996. p.15.
“Finding Your Festival” (Adelaide Festival) Adelaide Review, No.149, Festival Issue,1996.p.22.
“Fringe Funnies” (Fringe Comedy) Adelaide Review, No.149, Festival Issue, 1996.p.22.
“Strolling” (Big Day Out) Adelaide Review, No.149, Festival Issue, 1996. pp.32-3.
“Fringe Notes” (Adelaide Fringe) Adelaide Review, No.150, March, 1996. pp.26-7.
“Artful Dodges” (Malcolm McLaren) Adelaide Review, No.150, March, 1996, p.27.
“Break-out” (Maly Theatre of St Petersburg) Adelaide Review, No.150, March, 1996, p.28.
“Festive” (Adelaide Festival) Adelaide Review, No.150, March, 1996,p.28.
“Fringe Ripe with a Bounty of Delight”, The Australian, Arts on Friday, 1 March, 1996, p.15.
“Classic Revivals and New Work that’s In-Your Face ” The Australian, Arts on Friday, 8 March, 1996. p.9.
“Remmy Ongala and Paul Kelly” The Australian, Arts on Friday, 15 March, 1996. p.10.
“Adelaide Fringe Theatre” ABC Radio National. The Box Seat, broadcast 13 March, 1996 at 21.30. (30 minutes duration)
“The Maly Theatre of St Petersburg”, Official Program notes, Adelaide Festival, March, 1996.
“Betontanc”, Official Program notes, Adelaide Festival, March, 1996.
“The Blue Hour -IRAA Theatre” Official Program notes, Adelaide Festival, March, 1996.
“Inje-Hildegard” Official Program notes, Adelaide Festival, March, 1996.
“Our Revels Now Ended” (Adelaide Festival) Adelaide Review, No.151.April, 1996. pp. 25-6.
“Vintage Red Holds Back the Years” (Simply Red) The Australian, Arts page, 16 April, 1996. p.15.
“Unplugged” (Fairport Convention) Adelaide Review, No.152, May, 1996.p.22.
“Marshall Arts” (Link Wray) Adelaide Review, No.152, May, 1996. p.22-3.
“Sweetheart of the Radio” (Emmylou Harris) Adelaide Review, No.153, June, 1996. pp.24-5.
“Point Scoring” (The Club) Adelaide Review, No.153, June, 1996. p. 24
“The Club- A Brief Production History” Program Notes, State Theatre reprint of The Club, Currency Press, Sydney, 1996.
“Life Studies” (Loudon Wainwright III) Adelaide Review, No.154, July, 1996, p. 28.
“Long Day’s Journey into White” (A Night on Bald Mountain) Adelaide Review, No.154, July, 1996. pp.29-30.
“Infarction” (The Shifting Heart) Adelaide Review, No 155, August, 1996.p.31
“Abdication” (The Queen and I) Adelaide Review, No.155, August, 1996. pp.31-2.
“Writing and Re-Righting” (Dead White Males) Adelaide Review, No.156, September, 1996. p.30.
“Pressing Issues” (The Torrents) Adelaide Review, No.156, September, 1996. pp.30-1.
“Boots and All” (Tap Dogs) Adelaide Review, No.156, September, 1996.p.31.
“Down at the End of Lonely Street” (Terminus) Adelaide Review, No.157, October, 1996.p.34.
“Guys and Dolls” (Summer of the Seventeenth Doll) Adelaide Review, No.157, October, 1996.pp.34-5.
“Highlight” (Skylight) Adelaide Review, No.157, October, 1996.p.35.
“Past Lives” (Good Works) Adelaide Review, No.157, October, 1996.p36.
“Smoking Guns” (The Sex Pistols) Adelaide Review, No.158, November, 1996.p.38.
“Entanglements” (Knots and DARKpaths) Adelaide Review, No.158, November,1996.p.38.
“Broken German” (Marianne Faithfull) Adelaide Review, No.158, November, 1996.p.39.
“Cold Comfort” (The Fire on the Snow) Adelaide Review, No.159, December, 1996.pp.33-4.
“Chekhov, Too” (Barker’s Vanya) Adelaide Review, No.159, December, 1996.p.34.
Publications 1995
“Wise Blood” (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds) Adelaide Review, No.135, January, 1995, pp.31-2.
“Come Out Comes Up Again” (Come Out Festival) Adelaide Review, No.136, March, 1995, pp.28-9.
“Murder by Design” (Medea) Adelaide Review, No.136, March, 1995, pp.29-30.
“Womentous” (Womadelaide) Adelaide Review, No.136, March ,1995, pp.30-32.
“Euripides Jewel just a Rhinestone” (Medea) Theatre Australasia, March, 1995.p.12.
“Powerful Double Act” (Miss Julie) Financial Review, 28 April, 1995, p.14.
“Twin Festival Time in Adelaide” Theatre Australasia, April, 1995. pp. 1-2.
“Men’s Business” (Desert) Adelaide Review, No.137, April, 1995, p.31.
“Theatre of the Air” (ABC Radio Drama) Adelaide Review, No.137, April, 1995.
pp.31-2.
“Irish Cream” (Guinness Irish Festival) Adelaide Review, No.137, April, 1995.
p.32.
“A Life of Bryan” (Bryan Ferry) Adelaide Review, No. 137, April, 1995.
pp.32-3.
“Young People’s Theatre” (Come Out) Adelaide Review, No.138, May, 1995.
pp.31-2.
“Allo,allo,allo” (An Inspector Calls) Adelaide Review, No.138, May, 1995.p.32.
“Endgame” (Miss Julie) Adelaide Review, No.138, May, 1995.pp.32-3.
“Mo’ Better Blues” (John Hammond) Adelaide Review, No.138, May,1995.p33.
“Rhapsody in Blue Notes” (Larry Adler) The Australian, 18 May, 1995.p.13.
“Boy Wonder” (That Eye the Sky) Adelaide Review, No.140, June,1995.p.37.
“Three Birds Alighting” Financial Review, 9 June, 1995, p.13.
“Up Chic Critique” (Three Birds Alighting on a Field) Adelaide Review, July,
No.141.p.30.
“Well Told” (Bell Shakespeare-Pericles/Twelfth Night) Adelaide Review, August, No.142. p.28.
“Mad Dog Survivor” (Joe Cocker) The Australian, 13 September, 1995. p.14.
“Very Like a Whale” (Moby Dick) Adelaide Review, September, No.143, pp.28-9.
“Songs for Older People” (Graham Parker) Adelaide Review, No.143, September, 1995.
p.28.
“Regarding Henri” (Matisse Exhibition) Adelaide Review, No.143, September, 1995. pp.28-9.
“Suspended Re-animation” (The Floating World) Adelaide Review, No 144, October, 1995. pp..33-4.
“Sightings” (Local theatre) Adelaide Review, No.144, October, 1995. p.34.
“Alexander’s Ragtime Band” (Balanescu Quartet) Adelaide Review, No.145, November, 1995. pp.29-30.
“Finding the Pulse” (Blackeyed Susans) Adelaide Review, No.145, November, 1995.
p30.
“State Goes National” State Theatre) Adelaide Review, No.145, November, 1995. pp.30-1.
“And There’s More” (Adelaide Festival) Adelaide Review, No.146, December, 1995.p.20.
“Drang und Storm” (Hamlet and The Tempest) Adelaide Review, No.146, December, 1995. p.34.
Tomorrow the World (World Theatre Program) Adelaide Review, No. 146, December, 1995. pp.34-5.
“Ray Davies” The Australian, Arts on Friday. 1 December, 1995. p.12.
“Looking for Runes: A View of the Writings of James K.Baxter” in The Poet’s Voice No.2.1. New Series June 1995. Dept of English and American Studies, University of Salzburg, Austria. pp.106-113.
Publications 1994
“High Hopes”, (LSD and The American Dream ), Island No. 58, Autumn 1994, pp. 46-49.
“Visiting Vincent”, (Van Gogh Exhibition), Adelaide Review No. 122, January 1994, p. 27.
“Words and Unheard Melodies”, (Paul Kelly), Adelaide Review No. 123, February 1994,
p. 35.
“A Parade of Hits”, (Pearl ), Adelaide Review No. 123, February 1994, pp. 35-6.
“An Eyeful of Bum”, (Penny Arcade), Adelaide Review No. 125, March 1994, p. 24.
“White Masque”, (A Cheery Soul ), Adelaide Review No. 125, March 1994, p. 24.
“Like Cherries for Peaches, (Tomoe, Shizune and Hakutobo), Adelaide Review No. 125, March 1994, p. 27.
“Perfect Crime”, (Carl Hiaasen), Adelaide Review No. 126, April 1994, p. 26.
“Zero to Naught”, (My Mathematics ), Adelaide Review No. 126, April 1994, pp. 27-28.
“Full to the Brim”, (Guinness Celebration of Irish Music), Adelaide Review No. 126, April 1994, p. 32.
“Faux Pas”, (Accidental Death of an Anarchist ), Adelaide Review No. 127, May 1994, p. 30.
“Man Bites Dog”, (Steven Berkoff), Adelaide Review No. 128, June 1994, p. 30.
“Feathers”, (Crow ), Adelaide Review No. 128, June 1994, p. 31.
“Alive and Brilliant”, (Deborah Conway), Adelaide Review No. 128, June 1994, p. 32.
“Viewless Wings”, (The Swan ), Adelaide Review No. 129, July 1994, p. 27.
“Digital Sound”, (Leo Kottke), Adelaide Review No. 129, July 1994, p. 28.
“Office Notes”, (Allan Holdsworth), Adelaide Review No. 129, July 1994, p. 28.
“One Night Stand with Clive James”, (Clive James), The Australian, 3 June 1994, p. 12.
“The Swan”, The Australian, 17 June 1994, p. 16.
“Familiar Lessons”, (Morning Sacrifice) Adelaide Review, No.130, August, 1994.p.31
“Nonna Remembers” (A Little Like Drowning) Adelaide Review, No.131, September, 1994. p.34.
“Fine Graney”, (Dave Graney and the Coral Snakes) Adelaide Review, No.132, October, 1994. p.32.
“The War Within” (Because You Are Mine) Adelaide Review, No.132, October, 1994.p.33.
“Frida Kitsch” (Viva La Vida) Adelaide Review, No.132, October, 1994. p.33.
“Wings of Desire” (Angels in America) Adelaide Review, No.133, November, 1994. pp.35-6.
“Cafe Laughter” (Picasso at the Lapin Agile) Adelaide Review, No.134, December, 1994. p.38.
“Room for Improvement” (The Emerald Room) Adelaide Review, No. 134, December, 1994. pp.38-39.
“Vile Bodies” (Rock’n’Circus) Adelaide Review, No.134, December, 1994. p.39.
“Joy ! and Womad Good Tidings” (preview) Adelaide Review, No.134, December, 1994. p.39.
Publications 1993
“Lily”, (Wendy Matthews), Adelaide Review, No. 110, January 1993, p. 31
“Womadelaide Returns”, Adelaide Review, No. 110, January 1993, p. 15
“Stumbling”, (Taking Steps), Adelaide Review, No. 111, February 1993, p. 38
“Womadelaide Update”, Adelaide Review, No. 111, February 1993, p. 38-9
“Blue Man Plays the Whites”, (John Hammond), Adelaide Review, No. 111, February 1993, p. 39
“Nothing to be Said”, (Letters of Philip Larkin), Adelaide Review, No. 112, March 1993, p. 34, 36
“Womungous”, (Womadelaide), Adelaide Review, No. 112, March 1993, p. 43-44
“Hidden Possibilities”, (Stiffs), Adelaide Review, No. 112, March 1993, p. 44
“A New Name”, (ADT), Adelaide Review, No. 113, April 1993, p. 35
“Come Out is Icumen In”, Adelaide Review, No. 113, April 1993, p. 38
“Summer Pudding”, (Summer Festival), Adelaide Review, No. 113, April 1993, p. 38
“Murph and the Magictones”, (Blues Bros.), Adelaide Review, No. 114, May 1993, p. 36
“Uncle Tom’s Cabaret”, (Ain’t Misbehavin’), Adelaide Review, No. 114, May 1993, p. 36
“Marvellous”, (Jim Rose Circus Sideshow), Adelaide Review, No. 115, June 1993, p. 40
“The Memory of Other Minds”, (David Malouf), Editions, June 1993, p. 21-2
“Class Action”, (School for Scandal), Adelaide Review, No. 116, July 1993, p. 31
“Star Crushed”, (Romeo and Juliet), Adelaide Review, No. 116, July 1993, p. 31
“Crime and Punishment”, (Death and the Maiden), Adelaide Review, No. 116, July 1993,
p. 32
“Night Terrors”, (All Souls), Adelaide Review, No. 116, July 1993, p. 32
“Fiesta-ville”, Adelaide Review, No. 116, July 1993, p. 33-4
“Noises Off”, (Cosi) Adelaide Review, No. 117, August 1993, p. 37
“Alimentary”, (Amazing Holmes), Adelaide Review, No. 117, August 1993, p. 38
“More Fiesta”, Adelaide Review, No. 117, August 1993, p. 39
“Hot Tap”, (Hot Shoe Shuffle), Adelaide Review, No. 118, September 1993, p. 41
“Time Please”, (Barmaids), Adelaide Review, No. 118, September 1993, p. 42
“Touching on the Truth”, (Brilliant Lies), Adelaide Review, No. 118, September 1993, p. 3
“Lost Lives”, (And I’ll give you all the Diamonds in my Teeth), Adelaide Review, No. 118, September 1993, p. 43
“Vox Populi”, (Hello Down There), Adelaide Review, No. 119, October 1993, p. 23
“Local Works”, (The Administrator, Sweetown), Adelaide Review, No. 119, October 1993, p. 45
“Dirty Diggers”, (Sex Diary of an Infidel), Adelaide Review, No. 119, October 1993, p. 45
“More Sons and a Little More Loving”, (D.H. Lawrence), Editions, November 1993, p. 11
“Brought to Book”, Lowdown, Vol. 15, No. 6, December 1993, p. 64
“Unredeemed”, (Fallen Angels), Adelaide Review, December 1993, p. 41
“Udder Milk Leak”, (Under Milkwood), Adelaide Review, December 1993, p. 42.
Publications 1992
“Exhumations” (Dead Elvis), Adelaide Review, No. 99, Festival 1992, p. 34
“Sadness & Merry Whistling”, (Uncle Vanya), Adelaide Review, No. 100, March 1992, p. 32
“Smalls”, (Various), Adelaide Review, No. 100, March 1992, p. 33
“Fringe Notes”, Adelaide Review, No. 100, March 1992, p. 34
“Song & Danse (Angelique Kidjo), Adelaide Review, No. 102, May 1992, p. 40
“Thespian Wrestling” (Theatre Sports), Adelaide Review, No. 102, May 1992, p. 41
“One of a Kind”, (Paul Kelly), Adelaide Review, No. 103, June 1992, p. 34
“Power and Puppets”, (Petrouchka), Adelaide Review, No. 103, June 1992, p. 35
“Reversals of Fortune”, (Money & Friends), Adelaide Review, No. 103, June 1992, p. 35-6
“Confidences”, (Walking on Sticks), Adelaide Review, No. 104, July 1992, p. 38
“Shivers Regal”, (Rustaveli), Adelaide Review, No. 104, July 1992, p. 39
“Soul Survivor”, (Wilson Pickett), Adelaide Review, No. 104, July 1992, p. 40
“Heart Two Heart”, (Midsummer Night’s Dream), Adelaide Review, No. 105, August 1992, p. 38-9
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“Left Over Lives”, (Diving for Pearls), Adelaide Review, No. 108, November 1992, p. 40
“Deadly Questions”, (Never The Sinner), Adelaide Review, No. 108, November 1992, p. 40
“Collected Recollections”, (Barry Humphries More Please), Adelaide Review, No. 108, November 1992, p. 33-4
“State’s New Season”, Adelaide Review, No. 109, December 1992, p. 42-43
“Leunimous”, (Leunig), Adelaide Review, No. 109, December 1992, p. 50
Publications 1991
“Jo Jo Gets Back” (Black Sorrows), Adelaide Review, No. 84, January 1991, p.26
“Oz the Sequel” (Circus Oz), Adelaide Review, No. 85, January 1991, No. 84, p.27
“Sorry Tale” (Boswell for the Defence), Adelaide Review, February 1991, p.20
“Sandy Through the Hour Glass” (The Life and Death of Sandy Stone), Adelaide Review, No. 86, March 1991, p.34
“Power Play” (Julius Caesar), Adelaide Review, No. 86, March 1991, p.34
“Double Bill” (Coriolanus and A Winter’s Tale), Adelaide Review, No. 87, April 1991, p. 33
“Rites and Wrongs” (Spring Awakening), Adelaide Review, No. 88, May 1991, pp. 28-9
“A Happy Glow” (Florence Who?), Adelaide Review, No. 88, May 1991, p.28
“Comfortable Words” (A Common Prayer), Adelaide Review, No. 89, June 1991, p.23
“Radiant” (Happy Days), Adelaide Review, No. 89, June 1991, p.27. Reprinted Sydney Review, August 1991
“The Four Hoarse Men of the Apocalypse” (The Highwaymen), Adelaide Review, No. 89,June, 1991, p.29
“Time Warp” (The Removalists), Adelaide Review, No. 90, July ,1991, p.32. Reprinted Sydney Review, September, 1991
“Kelly Country” (Paul Kelly and Archie Roach), Adelaide Review, No. 90, July 1991, p.33
“Encrustation” (King Golgrutha), Adelaide Review, No. 91, August 1991, pp. 35-6
“A Sport’s Round Up” (Oval Dreams), Adelaide Review, No. 92, September 1991, pp. 33-4. Reprinted Sydney Review, September.
“Hot Air” (Steaming), Adelaide Review, No. 92, September 1991, p.37
“Phantom Ibsen” (Ghosts), Adelaide Review, No. 92, September 1991, p.37
“The Rough with the Smooth” (Joe Jackson and Elvis Costello), Adelaide Review, No. 93, October 1991, p.39
“Resuscitated” (Jonah), Adelaide Review, No. 93, October 1991, p.40
“Tu Tu Much” (Tu Tu Wha), Adelaide Review, No. 93, October 1991, p.41
“Beyond the Labyrinth”, Lowdown, Vol. 13, No. 4., October 1991, p.62
“Edible Theatre” (The Cooked and the Raw), Adelaide Review, No. 94, November 1991, p.35
“Sewing Discontent” (Offshore), Adelaide Review, No. 94, November 1991, p.36
“Farce Forward” (A Flea in her Ear), Adelaide Review, No. 94, November 1991, p.36.
“Righting History” (Sweetown), Adelaide Review, No. 95/6, December 1991, p.38
“Lieder of the Pack” (Cabaret), Adelaide Review, No. 95/6, December 1991, p.39
“Snap”, Lowdown, Vol. 13, No. 6., December 1991, p.59
“Funny Money” (A Royal Commission into the Australian Economy), Adelaide Review, No. 95/6, December 1991, p.38
Publications 1990
“Marriage Lines”, (Review of The Rover), The Sydney Review, January 1990, pp. 22-30.
“Out of Orbit”, (Review of Ring Around the Moon), Adelaide Review, No. 71, January 1990, p. 32.
“Looking back Retrospectively”, (Review of Barry Humphries), Adelaide Review, No. 72, February 1990, p. 29.
“A Voyage Around Our Fathers”, (Review of The Great World), Adelaide Review, No. 73, Festival, 1990, p. 24.
“Talk about Laugh”, (Review of Billy Connolly), Adelaide Review, No. 73, Festival, 1990, p. 32.
“Distant Strummer”, (Review of Tracy Chapman), Adelaide Review, No. 73, Festival, 1990, p. 33.
“Off the rails”, (Review of The Kosh), Adelaide Review, No. 74, March 1990, p. 31.
“Off the wall”, (Review of Archaos), Adelaide Review, No. 74, March 1990, p. 32
“Kahlo is thematic centrepiece’, (Festival Preview), Financial Review, March 23 1990
“Festival”, (Overview of Adelaide Festival), Adelaide Review, No. 75, April 1990, p. 30
“Fringe”, (Overview of Festival Fringe), Adelaide Review, No. 75, April 1990, p. 21
“Alice and Midsummer Night’s Dream”, (Review), Lowdown, April 1990, p. 37
“Glimmer Twins”, (Review of Comedy of Errors), Adelaide Review, No. 76, May 1990, p.20
“Fangs but no Fangs”, (Review of Adders), Adelaide Review, No. 76, May 1990, p.21-2
“Time Bandits”, (Review of Harry Dean Stanton), Adelaide Review, No. 76, May 1990, p.20-1
“Curtains”, (Review of Wogs out of Work), Adelaide Review, No. 77, June 1990, p. 22
“A Kick out of Cole Porter”, (Preview of Anything Goes), The Advertiser, June 2 1990, p. 12
“All the World’s their Stage”, (Interview with Footsbarn), The Advertiser, June 9 1990, p. 12
“Salad Days”, (Review of Clive James), Adelaide Review, No. 78, July 1990, p. 29. Reprinted in The Sydney Review, September p. 24-5
“Electric Panto”, (Review of Footsbarn), Adelaide Review, No. 78, July 1990, p. 34
“Quickly Noted”, (Review of Quickies), Adelaide Review, No. 78, July 1990, p. 35-6
“High Fidelity”, (Review of Marianne Faithfull), Adelaide Review, No. 78, July 1990,
p. 37
“Captivating”, (Review of Our Country’s Good), Adelaide Review, No. 79, August 1990, p. 23
“Salesman delivers goods”, (Review), The Advertiser, August 11 1990, p. 17
“Wit plus charm — that’s Ustinov”, (Review), The Australian, August 15 1990, p.10
“Black pastoral”, (Review of Restoration), Adelaide Review, No. 80, September 1990, p. 27
“One of a kind”, (Review of Peter Ustinov), Adelaide Review, No. 80, September 1990, p. 27-8. Reprinted in The Sydney Review, October 1990, p. 20
“Unhappy Wanderings”, (Review of Capricornia), Adelaide Review, No. 81, October 1990, p. 36
“Sweet Revenge”, (Review of No Sugar), Adelaide Review, No. 82, November 1990,
p. 26
“Shaggy stories”, (Review of The Decameron), Adelaide Review, No. 83, December 1990, p. 29
“Getting the Big Picture on the Small Screen”, (Review of The Prophets and Loss), Adelaide Review, No. 83, December 1990, p. 34
“The Confidential Clarke”, (Review of Great Interviews of the Twentieth Century), Adelaide Review, No. 83, December 1990, p. 34
“Myth Match”, (Review of Eric Clapton), Adelaide Review, No. 83, December 1990, p. 47
“Mango Season”, (Review), Lowdown, December 1990, p. 45
“Maps of Migration: David Malouf’s Fly Away Peter”, (In G. Tulloch and A. Greet (eds), Making Connections — Introducing texts for senior English Studies), CRNLE/SAETA Publication 1990, pp. 66-72
“New Season for Braithwaite”, Symphony Australia, ABC Publications, 1990, pp.35-6
Publications 1989
“Reich and Roll”, (Review of Schnell Fenster) Adelaide Review, No. 59, January 1989, p. 20
“Cabhooray”, (Cabaret review) Adelaide Review, No. 59, January 1989, p. 26
“Fully Employed” (Review of UB 40), Adelaide Review, No. 60, February 1989, p. 26.
“Community Announcement”, (Review of Wogs Out of Work), Adelaide Review, No. 60, February 1989, p. 27
“Not Half Funny”, (Review of Doug Anthony Allstars et al) Adelaide Review, No. 60, Feburary 1989, p. 27
“Knuckledusters”, Sydney Review, No. 9, February 1989, p. 21
“Age Old Questions”, (Review of Month of Sundays) Adelaide Review, No. 61, March 1989, p. 25
“Memorable” (Review of Ricordi), Adelaide Review, No. 62, April 1989, p. 23
“Underdone” (Review of Sod ‘Em and Tomorrow), Adelaide Review, No. 62,
April 1989, p.24.
“Red and Blue” (Review of Billy Bragg and John Hammond), Adelaide Review, No. 62, April 1989, p. 25.
“Catch a Falling Spy”, (Review on Come Out), Adelaide Review, No. 63, May 1989, pp. 24-5
“Weather Report, (Review of The Tempest), Adelaide Review, No. 64, June 1989, p. 22
“Fiscal Violence” (Review of Speed-the-Plow), Adelaide Review, No. 64 June 1989, pp. 22-3
“Risible” (Review of The Complete Dagg), Adelaide Review, No. 64, June, 1989, p. 28
“Whose Beach is it Anyway?” Lowdown, Vol. 11, No. 3, June 1989, p. 84.
“Pound Devalued” (Review of A Serious Character – The Life of Ezra Pound), Adelaide Review, No. 65, July 1989, pp. 32-3
“Marriage Lines” (Review of The Rover) Adelaide Review, No. 65, July 1989, p. 34
“Staging a Revolution – Lyndal Jones’ Elusive Dream”, New Theatre Australia, July/August, 1989, p. 35-6.
“Professional Foul”, (Review of Top Silk) Adelaide Review, No. 66, August 1989, p. 38.
“Cold Comfort Farm”, (Review of Lost Weekend),Adelaide Review, No. 67, September 1989, pp. 32-3.
“Bonhomie Helping La Boheme”, The Advertiser, Saturday, October 7, 1989, p. 15
“No Class Please, We’re British”, (Review of Shirley Valentine), Adelaide Review, No. 68, October 1989, pp. 26-7.
“Wodehouse Playhouse”, (Review of Hedda Gabler), Adelaide Review, No. 69, November 1989, pp. 28-9.
“Magpie’s Adventures in Wonderland”, The Advertiser, Saturday, November 18, 1989, p. 12
“Realms of Gold”, (Review of The Complete Book of Australian Verse), Adelaide Review, No. 70, December 1989, p. 26.
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ARTICLES IN PERIODICALS
1985-1988
“Kids Come Out”, The National Times, 31 May 1985, p.33.
“Adelaide Festival”, Performing Arts No. 4, February/March 1986, p.12.
“Fringe Things”, Adelaide Review No. 25, April 1986, p. 9.
“Richard III (The Third)”, Adelaide Review No. 26, May 1986, p. 5.
“Le Carre’s Spies – Past, Present and Perfect”, Adelaide Review No. 28, July 1986, pp. 8-9.
“Much Ado About Much Ado”, The Advertiser, 28 February 1987, Arts p.1.
“Frankie Looks Beyond Hollywood”, The Advertiser, 28 March 1987, Arts p.2.
“Breaking Down the Walls of Classic Mime”, The Advertiser, 11 April 1987, Arts p.1.
“Assitej Comes Out to Play”, CentreStage, April 1987, pp. 8-9.
“Come Out is On Again”, Adelaide Review No. 37, April 1987, p. 13.
“Coming to Terms with Come Out”, CentreStage, May 1987, pp. 115-16.
“The Other Son”, The Advertiser, 9 May 1987, Arts p.1.
“Red Shed: Fledgeling and Changeling”, The Advertiser, 23 May 1987, Arts p.1.
“Looking Back At Come Out”, Adelaide Review No. 39, June 1987, p.11.
“It’s Ready Set, Go”, The Advertiser, 13 June 1987, Arts p.2.
“A Winter’s Tale”, The Advertiser, 11 July 1987, p. 37.
“Terracini’s Adventurous Path”, The Advertiser, 5 September 1987, Arts p.5.
“Hitting Home on Harassment”, The Advertiser, 26 September 1987, Arts p.6.
“The State of Play”, CentreStage, October 1987, pp. 4-5.
“Rowan Faces a New Direction”, The Advertiser, 17 October 1987, Arts p.5.
“Les Liaisons Dangereuses”, The Advertiser, 24 October 1987, Arts p.5.
“A Bit of the Light Fantastic”, The Advertiser, 14 November 1987, Arts p.5.
“Kosher Comedy”, The Advertiser, 5 December 1987, Arts p.7.
“Circus Juggles Politics and Laughs”, The Advertiser, March 6 1988 p. 6
“Made to Measure for Stage and Screen”, The Advertiser, March 19, 1988, p. 5
“Picasso Play Tailor-Made for Handspan Puppets”, The Advertiser, March 19, 1988, p. 5
“Combing the Fringe” , Adelaide Review, No. 50, April, 1988, p. 30
“Finding Direction in the Underworld”, The Advertiser, June 4, 1988, p. 5
“Setting out the Stages” (interview with Mary Moore), Adelaide Review, No. 53, July, 1988, pp. 10-11
“The Lights go on over Europe”, The Advertiser, July 23, 1988, p. 5
“Seagull Australis”, The Advertiser , September 17 1988, p. 5
“Eminence Greasy”, (Interview with Doug Thomas), Adelaide Review, No. 56, October, 1988, p. 16
“The New Dreaming” (interview with Michael Fitzgerald), Lowdown, Vol. 10 No. 5 Oct./Nov. 1988 pp. 22-23
“Interpreting Dreams”, The Advertiser, November 19, 1988, p. 5
(34 items)
Articles in Periodicals
(1989-1995)
“Another Festive Season”, Adelaide Review, No. 59, 1989, p. 59
“Strindberg’s Flickering Tale” (Preview of A Dream Play), Sydney Review, No. 8, January 1989, pp. 21-2
“Second generation of ‘Wogs'”, The Advertiser, Saturday, February 4, 1989, p. 9
“Staging the Dreams”, Adelaide Review, No. 63, May 1989, p. 24
“Adelaide Festival Drops a Veil”, Financial Review, Friday, May 5th 1989, p. 8
“Adelaide Gets Greatest Show”, Financial Review, Friday, May 26th 1989, p. 6
“Drum Role, 24 Hours, June 1989, pp. 16-17
“Interpreting the New Dreaming” Lowdown, Vol. 11, No. 3, June 1989, pp. 10-14
“State Opera Punting on Old Warhorses”, The Advertiser, Saturday, June 17, 1989, p. 12
“Blending the Truth”, 24 Hours, July 1989, pp. 12-13
” Nothing Foolish About this Couple”, The Advertiser, Saturday, July 22, 1989, p. 14
“Adelaide Opera Comes Alive”, Financial Review, Friday, August 18, 1989, p. 8
“The Adelaide Symphony”, ABC Symphony Australia 1989, ABC Publications,
pp. 4-5
“Virtuoso”, Harper’s Bazaar Australia, Summer, 1989, pp. 34-38
“Reviewing the Reviewers; Some Reflections on the Place of Criticism in the Theatre”, Island, No. 41, Summer 1989.
“Poet in a Second Grade Heaven”, CRNLE Reviews Journal, No. 1, 1989, pp. 101-5
“Mr Gaden has left the Building”, Adelaide Review, No. 71, January 1990, p. 31
“Allo Allo, how things change”, (Interview with Gavin Richards), The Advertiser, April 14 1990, p. 13
“Twin identity crisis”, (Preview of The Comedy of Errors), The Advertiser, April 21 1990, p. 10
“Filming an Angel at my Table” (Interview with Jane Campion), The Advertiser, September 7 1990, p. 14
“Journeying to Capricornia”, (Interview with Kingston Anderson), The Advertiser, September 8 1990, p.12
“Frames”, (Preview of Film Festival), Adelaide Review, No. 80, September 1990, p. 28
“Preparing for the Mango Season”, (Interview with Michael Doneman), The Advertiser, October 13 1990, p. 14
“Telling Tales”, (Interview with Simon Phillips), The Advertiser, November 3 1990, p. 12
“Red Shed put on the Green”, (Preview of The Carthaginians), The Advertiser, November 17 1990, p. 14
“Mole and Badger return for summer”, (Preview of Wind in the Willows), The Advertiser, December 29 1990, p. 13
“New Season for Braithwaite”, Symphony Australia, ABC Publications, 1990, pp.35-6
“Edward Bond and Restoration” (programme notes for State Theatre Company), 1991
“Happy Days is Here Again” (Interview with Ruth Cracknell), The Advertiser, 18 May 1991, p.10
“Welcoming the Bright and Dark World” (Interview with Stephen Sewell), The Advertiser, 20 July 1991, p.7
“Designs are his Scene” (Interview with Shaun Gurton), The Advertiser, 16 November 1991, p.11
“Divining a Future” (Come Out Festival), Lowdown, Vol. 13, No. 3, 1991, pp. 7-11
“Brookman’s Festival”, Adelaide Review, No. 97, January 1992, p. 28-9
“Combing the Fringe”, Adelaide Review, No. 98, February 1992, p. 19
“The Arts” in The Bannon Decade (edited by Andrew Parkin and Alan Patience), Allen and Unwin, 1992
“Paul Kelly’s Poetry”, Island, No. 56, Spring 1993, pp. 50-54
“Criticising Criticism”, Lowdown, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1993, pp. 30-34
“Toward Old-Fashioned Spruiking”, Theatre Australasia, No. 1, January 1994, p.17.
“Raising the Roof”, Adelaide Review No. 123, February 1994, p. 21.
“On the Margins”, Adelaide Review No. 124, Festival Issue, 1994, p. 44.
“More Fringe”, Adelaide Review No. 125, March 1994, pp. 25-26.
“Not as Provincial as We’re Thought to Be”, Adelaide Review No. 126, April 1994, p. 10.
“Idiosyncratic Festival”, Theatre Australasia No. 4, April 1994, p. 1.
“Sudesh Mishra: Close Scrutiny of Fiji’s Cultural Diversity”, Theatre Australasia No. 4, April 1994, p. 2.
“Fringe Offers”, Theatre Australasia No. 4, April 1994, p. 11.
“New Magpie Chief With Funny Ideas”, Theatre Australasia No. 5, May 1994, p. 5.
“Gathering of Women Playwrights”, Adelaide Review, No. 128, June 1994, pp. 31-32.
(47 items)
BOOKS
(i) Wanted for Questioning: Interviews with Australian Comic Artists, (edited with David Matthews), Allen and Unwin, Melbourne 1992
(ii) “The Arts” in The Bannon Decade (edited by Andrew Parkin and Alan Patience), Allen and Unwin, 1992.
REVIEWS (1985-1988)
“Two”, (Two), The National Times, 3 May 1985, p. 35.
“Youth Year Offering”, (Beautland) The National Times, 10 May 1985, p. 38.
“Young Playwrights”, (Young Playwrights Season)The National Times, 17 May 1985, p. 32.
“Exile and Cunning”, (Beyond the Dragon’s Mouth ), Adelaide Review No. 15, May 1985, p.16.
“Lore of the Big Top”, (The Harlequin Shuffle) The National Times, 7 June 1985, p. 35.
“Looks Like a Winner”, (Big and Little ) The National Times, 28 June 1985, p. 34.
“Tapping Top Talent”, (Stepping Out )The National Times, 5 July 1985, p. 33.
“It Wasn’t Only a Weak End”, (Weekenders )The National Times, 19 July 1985, p. 30.
“Of Fire and Satire”, (Muse of Fire), The National Times, 9 August 1985, p. 36.
“Journey to the Future”, (Too Young for Ghosts), The National Times, 23 August 1985, p. 32.
“Jumble of Disparate Elements”, (On the Razzle ), The National Times, 20 September 1985, p. 35.
“Comic Mystery”, (Down an Alley Filled with Cats), The National Times, 27 September 1985, p. 35.
“Treading in Wet Cement”, (The Life and Times of George Tudor), The National Times, 22 November 1985, p. 35.
“Peter Pan Fails to Fly High”, (Peter Pan ), The National Times, 13 December 1985, p. 34.
“Dramatic Beauty Unrealised”, (Beauty and the Beast), The National Times, 14 February 1986, p. 37.
“Wagner’s Depths Explored”, (The Flying Dutchman ), The National Times, 13 June 1986, p. 31.
“A Ho Hum Zone”, (A New Erogenous Zone), The National Times, 11 July 1986, p. 38.
“Iron Failings”, (Essington Lewis ), Adelaide Review No. 29, August 1986, p. 20.
“Irish Eyes Have It”, (News from Ireland ), Adelaide Review, No. 30, September 1986, p. 16.
“Sorry Truth”, (Pravda ), Adelaide Review No. 30, September 1986, p.20.
“Kurt and Bert”, (Kurt Weill Revue ), Adelaide Review No. 30, September 1986, p. 21.
“Street From the Heart”, (A Streetcar Named Desire ), Adelaide Review No. 31, October 1986, p. 30.
“Sharp and Shiny”, (Joe Jackson), Adelaide Review No. 33, December 1986, pp. 32-33.
“Playing About”, CentreStage, January 1987, pp. 12-13.
“Prize Pumpkins”, (An Inflection of Silence ), Adelaide Review No. 34, January 1987, p. 21.
“De Trop”, (STC Follies ), Adelaide Review No. 34, January 1987, p. 16.
“Summer Farce”, (Wild Honey ), Adelaide Review No. 34, January 1987, p.16.
“Foote and Mouth”, (A Smile, A Song and a Lump of Wood ), Adelaide Review No. 34, January 1987, p. 17.
“Scintillating Star Persons”, (Great Stage Stars ), Adelaide Review No. 34, January, 1987,
p. 23.
“No Holds Bard”, (Much Ado About Nothing ), Adelaide Review No. 36, March 1987, p. 20.
“Swanky”, (The Eurythmics), Adelaide Review No. 36, March 1987, p. 20.
“Ole”, (The Castanet Club), Adelaide Review No. 36, March 1987, p. 21.
“Some Adjustment Necessary”, (Seasonally Adjusted), The Advertiser, 6 April 1987, p. 10.
“Waterlogged Production”, (Flood Play ), The Advertiser, 15 April 1987, p. 39.
“The Faithful Flocked”, (The Shadows ), The Advertiser, 16 April 1987, p. 22.
“Naturalism vs Spiritualism”, (City Limits), The Advertiser, 16 April 1987, p. 22.
“Tribute to Handmaidens”, (Stop in the Name of Love ), The Advertiser, 2 May 1987, p. 46.
“First Person Singular”, (I Hate Mime ), Adelaide Review No. 38, May 1987, p. 21.
“Ham Funeral”, (Shepherd on the Rocks), Adelaide Review No. 39, June 1987, p. 12.
“Patrick and the White Sepulchres”, CentreStage, June 1987, pp. 18-19.
“Getting Close to Royalty”, (The Pretenders ), Adelaide Review No. 39, June 1987, p. 13.
“Semi-Preciousness”, (Emerald City ), Adelaide Review No. 40, July 1987, p. 21.
“Delightful Stew of Soul”, (Soul Man ), The Advertiser, 18 July 1987, p. 21.
“Telling Works”, CentreStage, August 1987, pp. 16-17.
“Mixed Relics”, (New Review Anthology), Adelaide Review No. 41, August 1987, p. 17.
“Friendly Reminder”, (Friendly Street Reader No. 11 ), Adelaide Review No. 41, August, 1987, p.20.
“Quickening”, (A Winter’s Tale ), Adelaide Review No. 41, August 1987, pp. 23-24.
“Pale Intimations”, (Blood Relations ), Adelaide Review No. 42, September 1987, p. 31.
“Blood Sports”, CentreStage, September 1987, pp. 18-19.
“Adelaide”, CentreStage, October 1987, pp. 14-15.
“Verbals”, (Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf ), Adelaide Review No. 43, October 1987, p. 30.
“Short Orders”, (Shorts ), Adelaide Review No. 43, October 1987, pp. 30-31.
“Beaujolais”, (Simply Red), Adelaide Review No. 43, October 1987, p. 34.
“State Secrets and Good Works”, CentreStage, November 1987, pp. 14-15.
“Theatrical Delight”, (Away ), The Advertiser, 1 December 1987, p. 16.
“Adelaide Christmas”, CentreStage, December 1987, pp. 14-15.
“Celt Following”, (The Chieftains ), Adelaide Review No. 45, December 1987, p. 32.
“Dreamtime”, (Review of Michael Gow’s Away), Adelaide Review, No. 46, January, 1988, pp. 21-2
“This Year’s Model”, (Review of Elvis Costello), Adelaide Review, No. 46, January, 1988, pp. 22-3
“Brook Review”, (Review of works by and on Peter Brook), Adelaide Review, No. 47, February, 1988, pp. 25-6
“Nein”, (Review of Nine), Adelaide Review, No. 47, February, 1988, p. 30
“Barungin”, (Review), Australian Theatre Record, Vol. 2, No. 3, March, 1988, pp. 33-4
“Ship of Fools”, (Review), Australian Theatre Record, Vol. 2, No. 3, March, 1988, pp. 37-8
“Day for Night”, (Review of The Mahabharata), Adelaide Review, No. 48, March, 1988, (Festival Edition), pp. 30-1
“Shallow”, (Review of 1841), Adelaide Review, No. 49, March, 1988, p. 30
“Flighty”, (Review of A Flock of Flamin’ Galahs), Adelaide Review, No. 49, March, 1988, p. 31
“Maximus”, (Review of Circus Oz), Adelaide Review, No. 49, March, 1988, p. 31
“Seaworthy”, (Review of Under Southern Eyes), Adelaide Review, No. 50, April, 1988, p. 32
“Beauty and the Beast”, (Review), Lowdown, Vol. 10, No. 2, April/May, 1988, p. 80
“The Dragon’s Trilogy”, (Review), Lowdown, Vol. 10, No. 2, April/May, 1988, p. 78
“Tricky”, (Review of Dizzy Spells), Adelaide Review, No. 51, May, 1988, p.32
“Kitchen Synch”, (Review of Absurd Person Singular), Adelaide Review, No. 52, June, 1988, p. 19
“Miles Ahead”, (Review of Miles Davis), Adelaide Review, No. 52, June, 1988, p. 24
“Relative Success”, (Review of Clannad), Adelaide Review, No. 52, June, 1988, pp. 24-5
“Hating Alison Ashley”, (Review), Lowdown, Vol. 10, No. 3, June/July, 1988, p. 64
“Fooling with Lear”, (Review of King Lear), Australian Listener, July 30, 1988, p. 45
“Bronx Cheer”, (Review of Bonfire of the Vanities), Adelaide Review, No. 53, July, 1988, p. 27
“Choppy”, (Review of Rough Crossing), Adelaide Review, No. 53, July, 1988, p. 26
“Unaccommodated”, (Review of King Lear), Adelaide Review, No. 54, August, 1988, p. 26
“On Top of the World”, (Review of Europe), Adelaide Review, No. 54, August, 1988, p. 30
“Inverse Universe” (Review of The Playmaker by Thomas Keneally), New Zealand Listener, August 13, 1988, p. 53
“Innovative, Absorbing Interpretation”, (Review of Ostraka), The Advertiser, September 1, 1988, p. 38
“Motley”, (Review of The Popular Mechanics), Adelaide Review, No. 55, September, 1988, p. 25
“Cafe Noir”, (Review of Skoolplay), Adelaide Review, No. 55, September, 1988, p. 25
“Meatworks Tale”, (Review of Mixed Kill), The Advertiser, October 7, 1988, p. 10
“Metamorphosis”, (Review of Madam Butterfly, Victorian Opera), Adelaide Review, No. 55, September, 1988, p. 26
“Stages”, (Review of The Seagull), Adelaide Review, No. 56, October, 1988, p. 26
“Fragile Eggshell Mind”, (Review of Paul Livingston), Adelaide Review, No. 56, October, 1988, pp. 26-7
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“Southern Droll”, (Review of The Glass Menagerie), Australian Listener, November 12, 1988, p. 44
“Crowning Achievement”, (Review of War of the Roses), Adelaide Review, No. 57, November, 1988, pp. 24-5
“Medium Cool”, (Review of Mick Jagger), Adelaide Review, No. 57, November, 1988, pp. 26
“Harsh but Reasonable”, (Review of Mars by Peter Porter), Adelaide Review, No. 58, December, 1988, p. 23. Also Sydney Review, No. 7, December, 1988, pp. 24-5
“New Theatre Australis”, (Review Article), New Theatre Australia, No. 5, 1988, pp. 27-8
“Rough Crossing”, (Review), New Theatre Australia,No. 6, 1988, p. 24
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