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Texts in the City: Twelve Angry Men Event · Tue, 07 May 2013

Studying a book or film can be a short-cut to consigning it to boredom. But our Texts in the City series – a gift to students, their teachers and lifelong learners – brings the VCE English and…

 

12 Angry People Event · Fri, 14 Dec 2012

Adam Zwar directs a reading of the classic American film, presented in a distinctly Australian accent.Twelve actors will inhabit the roles of twelve unnamed jurors (a cross-section of society…

 

The Wheeler Centre's End of Year Double Bill Event · Fri, 14 Dec 2012

The courtroom: the ultimate arena for dramatising issues of justice and morality, and a stage where the most admirable and most despicable elements of human nature are performed in equal measure…

 

Interview with Adam Zwar: On 12 Angry... Dailies · Tue, 04 Dec 2012

Adam Zwar, creator of Wilfred and Lowdown, will direct a dramatic live reading of the classic film 12 Angry Men for the Wheeler Centre this month. We spoke to Adam in advance of the event about the…

 

Foxtel/AWF Screenwriter's Address: Andrew Bovell Video · Wed, 24 Oct 2012

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This video contains some strong language.The annual Foxtel Screenwriter’s Address, presented by the Australian Writers’ Foundation, recognises the ways in which writers shape our society and…

 

Working with Words: Hannie Rayson Dailies · Thu, 04 Oct 2012

Hannie Rayson is a playwright and screenwriter best known for Hotel Sorrento, which was also produced as a feature film. She made history when her play Life After George was the first play to be…

 

Texts in the City: Two Brothers Video · Tue, 29 May 2012

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In this instalment of Texts in the City, we look at Hannie Rayson’s Two Brothers. Host Ruby Murray and guest speaker Stephen Armstrong examine the text’s themes of political and social justice…

 

Dava Sobel Video · Thu, 17 May 2012

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Dava Sobel is the author of Longitude, Galileo’s Daughter, The Planets, and A More Perfect Heaven: How Copernicus Revolutionized the Cosmos. In this appearance, she speaks with ABC Radio National’s R…

 

Texts in the City: A Streetcar Named Desire Video · Tue, 08 May 2012

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In this session of Texts in the City, Andrew McDonald is joined by Josh Nelson to discuss Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire. (For dedicated students, Tony Wilson and Hannie Rayson…

 

Australian Literature 101: Ray Lawler: Summer of the Seventeenth Doll Video · Thu, 05 Apr 2012

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In this major new weekly series hosted by Ramona Koval, running in parallel with the university calendar, contemporary writers speak on seminal Australian texts, giving context, sharing their…

 

AWG 50th Anniversary: David Williamson State of the Industry Address Event · Wed, 28 Mar 2012

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of The Australian Writers’ Guild, a major State of the Industry Address will be presented by David Williamson AO, president of the AWG and Australia’s most…

 

Slow Awakening with Tracey Rigney: International Women's Day PEN Event Event · Sun, 18 Mar 2012

This year, PEN Melbourne’s annual International Women’s Day event features a conversation with the playwright Tracey Rigney, a Wotjobaluk and Ngarrindjeri woman from Victoria and South Australia…

 

Slow Awakening with Tracey Rigney: International Women's Day PEN Event Video · Sun, 18 Mar 2012

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This year, PEN Melbourne’s annual International Women’s Day event features a conversation with the playwright Tracey Rigney, a Wotjobaluk and Ngarrindjeri woman from Victoria and South Australia…

 

National Play Festival: Departure Lounge: Radio Writing Now Event · Sat, 25 Feb 2012

What are the challenges and new possibilities of writing for radio in the digital age? Online listening means that local networks are now portals to the world. Is this a boom or a bust for the local …

 

National Play Festival: Departure Lounge: Making Scotland Proud Event · Mon, 20 Feb 2012

The National Theatre of Scotland (NTS) has taken responsibility for what a Scottish national theatre might be through innovative programming and having no building. They tour extensively across…

 

National Play Festival: Departure Lounge: Australians on the International Stage Event · Fri, 17 Feb 2012

What makes a work travel? What role can cultural agencies play in ‘internationalising’ a writer and their work? How can companies work internationally? And how can writers get heard overseas?Another …

 

National Play Festival: Departure Lounge: Our Place in the World Event · Thu, 16 Feb 2012

Writers and theatre-makers may take a unique approach to the world evoked in their works but all can’t help but let the world around them seep into the pores, the cracks, the architecture, the…

 

Ship Happens Dailies · Tue, 17 Jan 2012

When Captain Cat beseeched his deceased lover Rosie Probert to “let me shipwreck in your thighs” in Dylan Thomas' Under Milk Wood, we truly doubt he meant anything resembling the fate of the Costa…

 

Call-Out for Radio Plays Dailies · Wed, 13 Jul 2011

The radio play may have fallen on hard times, but interest in the form hasn’t disappeared altogether. Perhaps that’s because some writers are excited by the potential of a drama delivered entirely…

 

Theatrical Tendencies Video · Thu, 07 Jul 2011

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Between the academy and the marketplace, how well do we look after our playwrights, and what is the health of our theatre community? Raimondo Cortese, Hannie Rayson, Lally Katz and Jenny Kemp…

 

Texts in the City: A Streetcar Named Desire Video · Tue, 17 May 2011

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In this instalment of Texts in the City, Hannie Rayson and Tony Wilson turn their eye to A Streetcar Named Desire — the classic play by Tennessee Williams.Want more? See our 2012 Texts in the City…

 

Texts in the City: Richard III Video · Tue, 03 May 2011

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William Shakespeare’s classic play Richard III features in this session of Texts in the City, hosted by Tony Wilson in conversation with Judith Rodriguez and Michael Williams.They discuss the text’s …

 

Drama Queens Event · Thu, 24 Mar 2011

Why do we see so few plays by Australian women?Something, somewhere, in Australian theatre is not working. Are female playwrights not out there, or are they being denied opportunities? And if there i…

 

Drama Queens Video · Thu, 24 Mar 2011

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Why do we see so few plays by Australian women?Playwrights Patricia Cornelius and Van Badham, Artistic Directors Marion Potts and Ralph Myers and moderator Chris Mead discuss contemporary Australian …

 

Romanian Revolution Dailies · Mon, 21 Dec 2009

Twenty years to the day since Nicolae Ceauşescu's communist regime was overthrown in Romania, a revolutionary figure of another type is celebrating an anniversary.It is 100 years since the birth of p…

 

The story of Hamlet is one where the ... Dailies · Tue, 15 Dec 2009

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