Frank McKone - Theatre Reviews and Drama Education

Theatre criticism and commentary by Frank McKone, Canberra, Australia. Reviews from 1996 to 2009 were originally edited and published by The Canberra Times. Reviews since 2010 are also published on Canberra Critics' Circle at www.ccc-canberracriticscircle.blogspot.com AusStage database record at https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/1541

Saturday, 24 February 2001

2001: Steaming by Nell Dunn

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Steaming by Nell Dunn.  Canberra Rep directed by Liz Bradley at Theatre 3, February 23 - March 17, 8pm.     Steaming is a celebration of wom...
Monday, 19 February 2001

2001: Shaking Up Shakespeare Festival at Thredbo. Feature article.

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   Shaking Up Shakespeare Festival at Thredbo , February 16-18.  Coordinated by Robyn Klobusiak, Thredbo Tourism.  Information and reservati...

2001: Shaking Up Shakespeare Festival at Thredbo: Education Day. Feature article.

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Shaking Up Shakespeare Festival at Thredbo: Education Day on the Village Green.  Friday February 16 10am - 3pm.     As a social day for stu...
Thursday, 15 February 2001

2001: Jigsaw and Free Rain 2001 Season launches. Feature article.

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Two very different Canberra theatre companies launched their 2001 seasons on Valentine's Day: Jigsaw and Free Rain .  Yet there are str...
Wednesday, 7 February 2001

2001: The Ball's Up by Marya Glyn-Daniel

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 The Ball's Up by Marya Glyn-Daniel.  The Players Company directed by Jasan Savage.  UCU Theatre, The Hub, University of Canberra Feb 7...
Friday, 24 November 2000

2000: Deviations by Allen O'Leary

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 Deviations by Allen O'Leary.  Directed by Iain Sinclair.  Elbow Theatre Company at Currong Theatre November 23 - 25, 8pm.  Transferrin...
Thursday, 23 November 2000

2000: Australian National Playwrights' Conference. Feature article.

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 The Australian National Playwrights' Conference will live once again in its natural home at ANU's Burgmann College in 2001, despit...
Monday, 13 November 2000

2000: Shakespeare Globe Centre Australia - National Student Festival. Short feature article.

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 Shakespeare Globe Centre Australia's annual national Student Festival will culminate this year at Theatre 3 in Canberra with 2 public p...
Sunday, 12 November 2000

2000: Australian National Playwrights' Centre - Young Playwrights' Studio. Short feature article.

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"They're out there now, making up an end", Jigsaw director Greg Lissaman told me 2 minutes before the show-and-tell for the Yo...
Saturday, 21 October 2000

2000: Canberra Repertory Theatre - preview of 2001 Program. Promo article.

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Which Old Time Musical reaches its "Olympiad" in 2001?  The answer is, of course, Canberra Rep's well regarded romp which rai...
Friday, 20 October 2000

2000: Return to the Forbidden Planet by Bob Carlton

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 Return to the Forbidden Planet by Bob Carlton.  Phoenix Players directed by Janine O'Dwyer.  Musical director, Steve Herczeg.  Belconn...
Thursday, 19 October 2000

2000: Gnat's Nightmare by George Huitker

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Gnat's Nightmare written and directed by George Huitker.  Free Rain Theatre Company at Courtyard Studio, Canberra Theatre Centre, 8pm. ...
Monday, 25 September 2000

2000: Ship of Fools by Andrew Bovell

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 Ship of Fools by Andrew Bovell.  Directed by David Atfield for Season at The Street, September 20-30 8pm. Professional. Book at The Street...
Thursday, 17 August 2000

2000: The Beauty Queen of Leenane by Martin McDonagh

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  The Beauty Queen of Leenane by Martin McDonagh.  Sydney Theatre Company at The Playhouse, August 16 - 24.     This play, McDonagh's f...
Tuesday, 25 July 2000

2000: Elbow Room by Elbow Theatre

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  Elbow Room - wild variety and kooky stuff.  Elbow Theatre at The Currong Theatre, Gorman House July 25-29.  Bookings 6249 7377. Professio...
Thursday, 27 April 2000

2000: Winnie the Pooh by A.A.Milne

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 Winnie the Pooh by A.A.Milne, a Garry Ginivan Attraction at Canberra Theatre April 27-28.    For me, this Pooh was a slick lick at the mon...
Monday, 17 April 2000

2000: Within the Walls Exhibition - The Garden by Estelle Muspratt. Short feature article.

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 King's Hall in Old Parliament House has echoed to many a political intrigue in the past, but rarely to such an affecting moment as when...
Sunday, 2 April 2000

2000: Troy's House by Tommy Murphy. Preview feature article.

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Queanbeyan playwright Tommy Murphy gave himself seven years to become a "theatre professional" when he spoke philosophically to Th...
Wednesday, 22 March 2000

2000: Face to Face by David Williamson

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Face to Face by David Williamson.  Ensemble Theatre directed by Sandra Bates at The Playhouse, March 21-23 8pm, March 24-25 6pm and 9pm.  P...
Thursday, 16 March 2000

2000: Canberra Dreaming

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  Canberra Dreaming .  Images by Tim Brook, original music by Arne Hanna, choreography by Nicole Nerveu.  Canberra National Multicultural Fe...
Friday, 10 March 2000

2000: Pink Triangles by David Atfield

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 Pink Triangles written and directed by David Atfield.  BITS Theatre Company at The Street Theatre Studio, March 9 - 18, 8pm.     Three year...
Tuesday, 7 March 2000

2000: The Director and the Doll by Jane Bradhurst

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The Director and the Doll by Jane Bradhurst.  Gallery Players directed by Cathie Clelland at the Canberra Museum and Gallery March 7,8,9 ...
Thursday, 20 January 2000

2000: Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare

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Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare.  The Looking Glass directed by Cathie Clelland  for National Shakespeare Festival, Gorman Ho...

2000: A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare

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A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare.  The Looking Glass directed by Catherine Jean-Krista.  National Shakespeare Festival ...
Monday, 17 January 2000

2000: The Man Whose Mother was a Pirate adapted from the book by Margaret Mahy

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The Man Whose Mother was a Pirate adapted from the book by Margaret Mahy.  Jigsaw Theatre Company at Tuggeranong Community Arts Centre.  Ad...
Sunday, 21 November 1999

1999: International PEN commemoration for Larisa Yudina and Galina Starovoitova. News feature article.

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Darkening skies and cold were perhaps reminiscent last Sunday morning of a Russia where "the Tsar exiled both Pushkin and Dostoyevsky, ...
Wednesday, 10 November 1999

1999: Of Sex and Violets & The Death of Culture by Joe Woodward

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 Of Sex and Violets & The Death of Culture , written and directed by Joe Woodward.  Shadow House Pits at the Courtyard Studio, Canberra ...
Wednesday, 3 November 1999

1999: Women on a Shoestring: Camilla Blunden, Julie Ross and Chrissie Shaw. Feature article.

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    "The play is set at the crossroads in the middle of nowhere.  There will be a fifteen minute interval."     At the Crossroads ...

1999: Last Tango in Little Grimley by David Tristram

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Last Tango in Little Grimley by David Tristram.  the players company directed by Liz Bradley. UCU Theatre, The Hub, University of Canberra,...
Tuesday, 26 October 1999

1999: Spurboard, by Nick Enright. Preview brief news article

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Australian Theatre for Young People (ATYP) opens a season of a new play, Spurboard , by Nick Enright next week in Sydney.  Well known for B...
Wednesday, 20 October 1999

1999: Tommy Murphy - Troy's House. Report.

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I can only say "I told you so" about Queanbeyan's Tom Murphy .  Young Shakespearean of 1997, in many eyes a potential actor, M...

1999: Tell her that I love her... Somebody's Daughter Theatre Company

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Tell her that I love her...   Somebody's Daughter Theatre Company directed by Maud Clark.  Tuggeranong Arts Centre: Performances and Wor...
Friday, 15 October 1999

1999: Pipeline - Works in Progress. Presented by The Jigsaw Company

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Pipeline - Works in Progress : The Nameless Dead by Judith Crispin Cresswell; The Count by Emma Newman, Dora Kordakis, David Michel and Ma...
Saturday, 9 October 1999

1999: Summer of the Aliens by Louis Nowra

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 Summer of the Aliens by Louis Nowra.  Rep Fringe directed by Nina Stevenson at Theatre 3, Wed - Sat October 8 - 23, 1999 (matinee October ...
Friday, 8 October 1999

1999: Miss Julie by August Strindberg

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 Miss Julie by August Strindberg.  Translation by Michael Meyer, directed by Eulea Kiraly in a double bill (with Elektra a.d. by Christos Ts...
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