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SPOTLIGHT ON: Four Letter Word’s Bingo

INTERVIEW BY AUDREY MUELLER EDITED BY CHARLOTTE FRASER Audrey Mueller, a sub editor and writer for the dialog, recently sat down with Stella Bea Byrne, Hannah Crompton, Ava Ruljancich and Zoe Barnett to discuss the production of Four Letter Word’s original musical Bingo. Bingo is an original musical production by emerging writer Stella Bea Byrne, centring around balancing religious and family values while navigating adolescence. … Continue reading SPOTLIGHT ON: Four Letter Word’s Bingo

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SPOTLIGHT ON RedActs’ Dogfight

INTERVIEW BY CHARLOTTE FRASER In the lead up to RedActs’ production of Dogfight, I had the opportunity to sit down with the director, Eadie Milne, to discuss what it has been like bringing this show to life. Eadie spoke about the impact that having an all female and non-binary production team has had on a show with very complex themes of misogyny, the process behind … Continue reading SPOTLIGHT ON RedActs’ Dogfight

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SPOTLIGHT ON MUSC’s Macbeth

Read time: 12-19 minutes INTERVIEW BY CHARLOTTE FRASER The Dialog head editor, Charlotte Fraser, recently sat down with Alana Collins, Giulia Magagna and Flynn Lhuede to discuss Melbourne University Shakespeare Company’s upcoming production of Macbeth. This production takes one of Shakespeare’s most famous plays and re-stages it in 1920s New York, bringing the socially relevant messages around greed, power and corruption present in the original … Continue reading SPOTLIGHT ON MUSC’s Macbeth

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Dialog Spotlight: Semester One’s Student Playwrights Chat All Things Theatre-Making

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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A Candid Look at ‘Cancelled’ Culture

MILO PENNEFATHER AND JULIAN MACHIN ON THEIR PROBLEMATIC NEW PRODUCTION Cancelled, Four Letter Word Theatre’s brazen new production, pulls none of its punches. The musical stars one Max Richmond, an arrogant lead singer whose disastrously insensitive remarks have spelled the collapse of his musical career. With the help of THEM, a down-and-out pop icon, Max hatches a plan to get back on top and win … Continue reading A Candid Look at ‘Cancelled’ Culture

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Dialog Spotlight: Short Straw Theatre Company – “The Effect”

Interview by: Oscar Lidgerwood Two weeks away from opening their debut production of “The Effect”, Short Straw committee members, Charlotte Rogers, Hazel Pigrum, and Freddie Carew-Reid meet with the Dialog to discuss the importance of student theatre, and open up about their experience starting their own company. Charlotte: We all met through Lord of the Flies with Four Letter Word last semester and decided to … Continue reading Dialog Spotlight: Short Straw Theatre Company – “The Effect”

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