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

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

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

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