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, 21 January 2012

2012: Buried City by Raimondo Cortese

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Buried City by Raimondo Cortese.  Alicia Talbot, concept and director.  Urban Theatre Projects at Belvoir Street Theatre Upstairs for Syd...

2012: I’m Your Man created and directed by Roslyn Oades

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I’m Your Man created and directed by Roslyn Oades.  Presented by Belvoir and Sydney Festival at Belvoir St Theatre Downstairs, January 21...
Thursday, 19 January 2012

2012: Blood Brothers – The Musical by Willy Russell

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Blood Brothers – The Musical Book, Music and Lyrics by Willy Russell.  Queanbeyan Performing Arts Centre production directed by Stephen...
Thursday, 12 January 2012

2012: I Am Eora by Wesley Enoch with co-writer Anita Heiss

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I Am Eora written and directed by Wesley Enoch with co-writer Anita Heiss, presented by the Balnaves Foundation for the Sydney Festival a...
Wednesday, 11 January 2012

2012: Never Did Me Any Harm by Force Majeure

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Never Did Me Any Harm dance theatre devised by Force Majeure, directed by Kate Champion. Sydney Festival and Sydney Theatre Company, ...
Tuesday, 10 January 2012

2012: Babel(words) Dance theatre (Antwerp)

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Babel(words) Dance theatre by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Damien Jalet and Antony Gormley.  Eastman vzw (Antwerp) and Theatre Royal de la Monna...
Wednesday, 4 January 2012

2012: INDIG-CURIOUS Who can play Aboriginal Roles? by Jane Harrison. Platform Papers No 30.

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Jane Harrison Photo by permission of Currency House INDIG-CURIOUS Who can play Aboriginal Roles? by Jane Harrison.  Currency House...
Thursday, 8 December 2011

2011: Mikelangelo and the Black Sea Gentlemen

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Mikelangelo and the Black Sea Gentlemen Michael Simic and Band at The Street Theatre, Canberra, December 8 and 9, 8pm; Sunday Decembe...
Friday, 2 December 2011

2011: Waxing Lyrical by John Shortis and Peter J Casey

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Waxing Lyrical written by John Shortis (with segments by Peter J Casey). Directed by Carissa Campbell. Performed by John Shortis, Moy...
Saturday, 29 October 2011

2011: In Praise of Nepotism - Philip Parsons 2011 Memorial Lecture by Katharine Brisbane. Feature article.

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In Praise of Nepotism, ‘the unfair preferment of nephews’ or To Every Age its Art, to Art its Freedom. Philip Parsons 2011 Memorial ...

2011: The Fall of the City by Archibald MacLeish

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The Fall of the City by Archibald MacLeish, directed by Andrew Holmes. ANU School of Cultural Inquiry, College of the Arts and Social Sc...
Tuesday, 25 October 2011

2011: Four Flat Whites in Italy by Roger Hall

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Four Flat Whites in Italy by Roger Hall. Sydney’s Ensemble Theatre at The Street, Canberra. October 25-29, 2011. Reviewed by Frank McKo...
Tuesday, 18 October 2011

2011: Debt Defying Acts – The Wharf Revue

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Debt Defying Acts – The Wharf Revue by Jonathan Biggins, Drew Forsythe and Phillip Scott, with Amanda Bishop. Sydney Theatre Company at ...
Wednesday, 12 October 2011

2011: Bloodland by Kathy Balngayngu, Stephen Page (director) and Wayne Blair

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Bloodland by Kathy Balngayngu, Stephen Page (director) and Wayne Blair. Sydney Theatre Company at Wharf 1, October 7 – November 13, 2011...
Thursday, 6 October 2011

2011: Little Day Out by Justine Clarke

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Little Day Out . Justine Clarke and her three-piece band at Canberra Theatre, October 6, 2011. Reviewed by Frank McKone As a theatre e...
Wednesday, 5 October 2011

2011: Love Song by John Kolvenbach (after Canberra Theatre Centre’s program for 2012)

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Love Song by John Kolvenbach. Centrepiece Theatre directed by Jordan Best at The Q, Queanbyean Performing Arts Centre, October 5-9 and 1...
Saturday, 1 October 2011

2011: MP by Alana Valentine

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MP by Alana Valentine. Commissioned by The Street Theatre, directed by Caroline Stacey, designed by Imogen Keen. At The Street October ...
Friday, 30 September 2011

2011: Avenue Q the Musical

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Avenue Q the Musical Music & Lyrics by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx. Supa Productions directed by Garrick Smith. Music directed by Ro...
Thursday, 15 September 2011

2011:Get Back: The Lennon & McCartney Songbook

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Get Back: The Lennon & McCartney Songbook . Produced and performed by: Melissa Langton, Libby O'Donovan and Mark Jones at The Q, Qu...
Monday, 5 September 2011

2011: The Threepenny Opera by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill

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The Threepenny Opera by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill, adapted by Raimondo Cortese. Malthouse Theatre and Victorian Opera, directed by M...
Thursday, 25 August 2011

2011: Panic by Archibald MacLeish

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Panic by Archibald MacLeish, directed by Andrew Holmes, School of Cultural Inquiry, College of the Arts and Social Sciences, at ANU Arts ...
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