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Interview: Playwright Rachael Coopes
October 31, 2018
“When I arrived in Bathurst, I had no idea what the story would be,” Coopes says. “But from my very first trip I felt that Bathurst was like some kind of ghost town." Elissa Blake from Audrey Journal chats to playwright, actor and single mum Racha...
INTERVIEW: THE MORAL DILEMMA
September 28, 2018
What would you do to make sure your children don’t suffer? How far would you go for your family? How far would you go to ensure your child doesn’t feel like they are on its own? Steve Rodgers, playwright and actor, chats to Elissa Blake from Audre...
Interview: Jeffrey ‘Yello’ Simon from B2M in the Tiwi Islands
August 23, 2018
Meet Jeffrey 'Yello' Simon, one of the boys from the band B2M, an RnB group from the Tiwi Islands - off the coast of Darwin in the Northern Territory. Deborah Brown from Audrey Journal writes.
Three Women Playwrights: Part 3 The National Treasure
July 23, 2018
“There is nothing more exciting and dynamic than the theatre”. Guest writer Elissa Blake from Audrey Journal met three women playwrights at different points in their careers who will have their plays presented at Riverside during winter. This is ...
Who Was Lola Montez?
May 15, 2018
On Saturday 2 June, Riverside Theatres hosts the 60th Anniversary concert performance of a long forgotten but, in its day, extremely successful musical titled Lola Montez. But who was the mysterious Lola Montez and why was this very popular musica...
Poetry, Palestine and Parramatta
March 9, 2018
Written and performed by Amer Hlehel, an actor and director based in Haifa, Palestine, guest blogger Elissa Blake, writes about Taha a new play that tells the story of how a young villager and his family are swept up in calamitous events, and of h...
Flight Paths
February 15, 2018
Meet the playwright, Julian Larnach, and the Director, Anthea Williams, of the world premiere production from Riverside's National Theatre of Parramatta, Flight Paths.
REVIEW: Hello, Goodbye & Happy Birthday
July 24, 2017
Arts Hub theatre critic Nicholas Hansen reviews the original season of Hello, Goodbye & Happy Birthday which plays at Riverside Theatres July 27 - 29, 2017 as part of a national tour.
The Creative Process of an Australian Classic
June 6, 2017
Remaining a vital masterwork 20 years after it was penned by Wesley Enoch and Deborah Mailman, is a new adaption of The 7 Stages of Grieving. Wesley Enoch reflects on the evolution of his play.