“The end is coming, and there’s nothing we can do.”
Cipta Theatre’s inaugural play, The Last Supper by Elizabeth Browne, closely traces the labyrinthine relationships between the introspective and misunderstood main character Judy, her husband and her parents. Continue reading The End Of The World As They Know It
REVIEW BY GRYFF CONNAH EDITED BY OLIVIA DI GRAZIA There is always performance in the act of confession. It is an outpouring, a thing to be heard by another. Perhaps it is offered the hopes of receiving forgiveness, or better yet, absolution. It is deeply personal, and yet it has bubbled, boiled, and roiled to the point where it must jump from the confines of … Continue reading Three Excellent Confessions And One Excellent Showcase
REVIEW BY POPPY ELFICK EDITED BY OLIVIA DI GRAZIA CIPTA’s Exit the Boy plays in the realm between humour and horror to shine the lantern-light on religious trauma in a captivating tale of spirits and sleeping bags. At Father Kirk’s sleep-away bible camp, two boys find themselves confronted by an unknown force they believe to be a demon while sleeping, for 4 nights in a … Continue reading Grab Your Torches and Enter the World of Exit the Boy
INTERVIEW BY EMMA PARFITT On this cold, drizzly day I met with Bronte Lemaire of Four Letter Word Theatre, Blue Jordan of CIPTA and Avi Walsh-Davis of Eleven Eleven Theatre. These student writers and directors have written the mainstage shows that these student theatre groups are bringing to the stage over the coming weeks. I brought them all together for a round-table chat about their … Continue reading Dialog Spotlight: Semester One’s Student Playwrights Chat All Things Theatre-Making
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