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Plus, the inclusion of a lot of plot points verbatim from the original text muddy what this world is and where it goes. It’s a visionary show with an excellent team but I’m not really sure why this vision, you know? Anywho, go see it—it’s fun and there’s a LOT to chew on.

But on the whole the concept of adapting Miss Julie into a greek kitchen didn’t land for me; it felt forced and didn’t connect me to the original text or the present day in a substantially unique way.

Plus, there’s a chorus of like… 8(?) performers who accentuate the work with movement and voice in some really subtle and beautiful ways; LOVED those moments tbh (need more poetic movement on stage PLEASE)

My bestie Georgie Wolfe ate with the lighting design—told her last night that maybe it’s the best LX I’ve ever seen her do (but I am biased so) and Angelina Daniel’s versatile evocation of a professional kitchen was really effective and gorgeous to see.

although I specifically want to call out Fiorentino’s Italian pronunciation: totally took me out of the play every time he spoke in Italian (maybe this won’t piss you off as much if you don’t speak the language so).

There were some really high highs though! Izabella Yena is (as always) a powerhouse performer, while Annalise Gelagotis and Adam-Jon Fiorentino were pretty charismatic as the lovers of the play

interesting? Sure. Did it add much to the story? idk, I mean obviously there’s some interesting links to our hospo sector’s massive exploitation issues but in staying close to the original plot this production kinda misses tackling the sector head on.

Saw Miss Julie last night at fortyfivedownstairs and I’m a little gagged. It’s a fairly strict adaptation of Strindberg’s Miss Julie (which I’ve never seen nor read) set in the melb hospo sector.

help i can’t reed

✊ young men ✊

Interesting! I’m still sitting with the work—not sure how I feel.

I think the metaphor of the rumbling to me felt a bit fraught: I’m thinking about how it might’ve been influenced by Navajo mythology around skinwalkers which feels uncomfortable in a play by a settler playwright.

I’m planning on seeing it again with my housemate so will give you some more nuanced thoughts after then; but a very strong recommendation from me in the meantime.

Saw mother play at Melbourne Theatre Company last night and oh goodness!!! What a beautiful little show. I went in without having read anything about the show (literally didn’t even read the copy I had no clue what it was about) and was delighted on so many fronts.

Huh. I assumed it was always like this based on how I tend to always see close friends first.

Chookas

Inspirational words about fighting fascism from ANDOR. Now with alt text.

Wait citation?

My headcanon is that since Parliament House is at the end of Bourke St they over corrected to saying Collins St to avoid possible confusion? Unsure.

I’ve always found the signage at Parliament station directing you to either end of the station concourse sooo weird because the entrances to the ‘Collins St’ side of the station are closer on the whole to Bourke st.

How the Media Helped Israel Bomb Iran, the ABC’s Future, and the State of Australian TV Podcast Episode · Lamestream · 18/06/2025 · 1h 8m

It’s been very underreported but the ABC has just gutted its arts and culture team. It will go down from 12 national arts, culture and entertainment reporters to 3. One of those will focused on writing PR for TV shows. It’s vandalism.

We covered it on our podcast: podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/l...

Jinkx Monsoon to play Mary Todd Lincoln in ‘Oh, Mary!’ beginning August 4.

Jochym said she had “witnessed several ways in which we collectively have been abdicating responsibility for this remarkable industry”. “We do it by burying our heads in the sand for fear of upsetting someone above; creating environments where people bury their heads in the sand; minimising our worst; ignoring the real and daily anxiety our teams feel about the precarity and seasonality; failing to properly value the labour, skill and sacrifice required to deliver festivals and events; under resourcing, underpaying, essentially dehydrating this industry and expecting over-delivery; acting like crabs in a bucket; holding onto decades-old grudges or institutional mistrust. “Pretending like there’s no existential threat to this sector when I’ve cried too many times with people who feel like they’re drowning. Businesses on knife’s edge, contracts drying up and people walking away from careers they love because they can no longer afford to stay.

Wowee, the outgoing director of Festivals Adelaide has some pretty strong words about the sector. www.indailysa.com.au/news/busines...

it's so so so fucked

Jealous

I mean you did recommend I skip the original star wars trilogy and only watch the new one which is exactly the opposite of what most have recommended (but also i was so over it by the time i finished the og trilogy so i’ll never know if you made the right call)

ok what if i made a play which was kill climate deniers combined with a theatre awards night and we hold the state arts minister hostage demanding money for the arts ??? is this something ???

Where would you recommend?

I’ve watched no Star Strek before but have been told to start from the beginning of Strange New Worlds so that’s my current plan 👀

I look forward to chatting to you about them all in a couple months once I’ve started Star Trek

@danweb.bsky.social how are we feeling?