Theatre + Film

TRUE WEST – Forty Five Downstairs, Melbourne

On paper, True West is a play written in 1980 by American playwright, actor, screenwriter and director, Sam Shepard, centred around sibling rivalry and a dysfunctional family. In the flesh however, it translates into a menacing, apprehensive, complex and riveting piece of theatrical prowess, pulling forth a visceral response from audiences as guttural as the […]

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Theatre + Film

Langford Wilson’s BURN THIS – Melbourne

It has been a long-awaited welcome back to theatre, but nothing compared to the arduous decade-long perseverance of actor, writer, producer and illustrator, Mark Diaco, to bring the iconic Burn This play to Melbourne. The rights to the 1986 play, set in New York City amidst the Aids epidemic, are notoriously difficult to obtain. It […]

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