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A group of actors in pink or white overalls are on an outdoor stage with a 1960s style caravan parked behind them Dreamland casts a new spell
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Dreamland casts a new spell

27 January 2022

The return of Shakespeare to Kings Park offers a chance to be swept up in a vortex of comic bliss, writes Jan Hallam

Reading time • 6 minutesTheatre
Humphrey Bower as Prospero. Photo Daniel J Grant Prospero kneels at the front of the sand covered stage, his staff raised and his head upturned. In the background we can see other characters from the play. Terrific team tackles The Tempest
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Terrific team tackles The Tempest

25 November 2021

David Zampatti is no fan of The Tempest. Is Black Swan’s “by popular demand” production going to change his mind?

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2021.08.15 - Image of Gala Shevtsov - Photo by Hannah Evelyn A head and shoulders shot of a woman with her back to the camera looks to her left, proffering a string of pearls. Her shoulders are bare but for two thin black straps and she wears a tiara. A feminist take on Shakespeare
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A feminist take on Shakespeare

17 August 2021

Local theatre collective Blank Space Productions is giving Shakespeare a feminist makeover at the Blue Room Theatre this month. Nina Levy caught up with Blank Space’s founder and creative director, Bridget Le May, to find out more.

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All hail the new order
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All hail the new order

12 February 2020

Jan Hallam says Hecate, Yirra Yaakin’s Noongar interpretation of Macbeth, is a breathtaking achievement.

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