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19 ENTRIES Alison Croggon is a Melbourne poet, novelist, librettist and critic. She is The Saturday Paper’s arts editor.



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Cover of ‘Wish I Was Here’

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M. John Harrison’s ‘Wish I Was Here’

The uncategorisable English author delivers an ‘anti-memoir’ meditating on the profound relationships between memory, imagination and fiction

Illustration by Jeff Fisher

Culture

Ant music

Underestimating the economic value of arts labour reminds of the Aesop fable ‘The Ant and the Grasshopper’

The Back to Back Theatre ensemble: Mark Deans, Scott Price, Sarah Mainwaring, Breanna Deleo and Simon Laherty.

Culture

Strength to strength

Back to Back Theatre’s ensemble, work and philosophy have drawn international acclaim, and now theatre’s most prestigious prize

Illustration

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The desertification of Australian culture

How the diminishing government support for the arts is taking its toll

Image from ‘Watt’

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‘Watt’ at the Melbourne International Arts Festival

Beckett’s knotty novel is masterfully interpreted for stage by Barry McGovern

Image of Daniel Monks as Joseph Merrick

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Looking for Joseph Merrick

Malthouse Theatre’s ‘The Real and Imagined History of the Elephant Man’ runs the risk of erasing its protagonist

Image of The Rabble’s ‘Special’

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A crucible of memory

La Mama, one of Australia’s most influential theatre companies, turns 50

In revolt

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In revolt

Malthouse Theatre’s ‘Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again.’ is an exciting but nihilistic condemnation of how contemporary feminism has been derailed

The highs and lows of Shakespeare

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The highs and lows of Shakespeare

‘Macbeth’ at Melbourne Theatre Company attempts to draw on the tension between high and low art

A play on words

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A play on words

Fraught Outfit’s ‘Book of Exodus: Part I’ explores the written word in a realm beyond language

Young adults

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Young adults

‘The Gulf’ explores the family dynamics of abuse and its effects on children

Deconstructive criticism

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Deconstructive criticism

‘Wild Bore’ at the Malthouse Theatre is an irreverent criticism of criticism itself

Shadowplay

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Shadowplay

Malthouse Theatre and Sydney Theatre Company’s co-production of ‘Away’ explores the shadows of Gow’s sunny and much-loved text

Theatre for grown-ups

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Theatre for grown-ups

‘Joan’, created by Kate Davis and Emma Valente, is sensory, shapeshifting theatre at its very best

Image of Pichet Klunchun’s Dancing with Death

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A necessary shift

The Asia TOPA festival is unique for its focus on contemporary Asian culture

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