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Robyn Nevin was horrible – and horribly funny – as Miss Docker in A Cheery Soul. Robyn Nevin and Gillian Jones in A Cheery Soul, 2000, co-produced by STC and Belvoir St Theatre. Photo: Heidrun Löhr ©

The great Australian plays: A Cheery Soul gave us a supreme theatrical monster

Julian Meyrick, Flinders University

An early review of Patrick White’s A Cheery Soul said it ‘upset everybody who saw it’. But this extraordinary play, once a victim of 60s cultural cringe, marked a turning point in Australian theatre.
Sydney Opera House during this year’s Vivid Festival: now, more than ever, we need artists to tell us the truth. Tibor Kovacs/Flickr

Friday essay: the arts and our still-born national identity

Stephen Sewell, National Institute of Dramatic Art

There was once a sense of excitement about creating a genuinely Australian culture and making our own way in the world. What’s happened to that optimism?
Theatre critics are a vital point of mediation between the stage and the audience – and they must do their job with care and discernment. Tom E. Lewis onstage at the Malthouse in 2014. AAP Image/Jeff Busby

Theatre reviewing is a responsible job – and it requires care

Julian Meyrick, Flinders University

Theatre reviewing should be a public judgement pronounced with discernment. So what are we to make of those who do it badly?

Thèmes connexes

  1. Art canon
  2. Australia Council
  3. Belvoir Theatre
  4. Malthouse
  5. Play
  6. Playwriting
  7. Stage
  8. Theatre
  9. The great Australian plays

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