Julian Curtis and Ashlee Lollback as Cole and Sky. Imagery supplied by Playlab Theatre. Review of preview performance, 31 July 2024 A contemporary Australian Gothic play by Maxine Mellor, Horizon sees young couple Sky and Cole hitting the highway. Sky is on vacation from her high-stress legal job; Cole is returning to his family home... Continue Reading →
What’s On: Horizon (Playlab Theatre)
Horizon Underground Theatre, Brisbane Powerhouse, New Farm 31 July - 10 August 2024 With the horizon ahead of them, Cole and Sky drive into the guts of the country in search of freedom. Cole’s dad is sick, Sky is bored of the corporate ladder, and so they’re excited to hit the road and leave their... Continue Reading →
Review: The Norman Mailer Anecdote (Big Scary Animal)
Christopher Sommers as Marshall and Zoë Houghton as Helen, photographed by Stephen Henry Searing domestic drama The Norman Mailer Anecdote has made its world premiere at Queensland Theatre’s Diane Cilento Studio. The playwrighting debut of award-winning local screenwriter Anthony Mullins, The Norman Mailer Anecdote follows one high-achieving Brisbane family over a night of drinking and... Continue Reading →
Interview with Julian Curtis, Big Scary Animal
The Norman Mailer Anecdote will make its world premiere at the Bille Brown Theatre in May 2024, the playwrighting debut of award-winning Australian screenwriter Anthony Mullins. I sat down with the show’s director, Julian Curtis, to discuss the play’s pertinent themes, his directorial debut for the stage, and being the first show presented in Queensland... Continue Reading →
What’s On: The Norman Mailer Anecdote (Big Scary Animal)
The Norman Mailer Anecdote 3 - 18 May 2024 Diane Cilento Studio, Queensland Theatre, South Brisbane Queensland Theatre’s inaugural DOOR 3 program kicks off with a blistering legal drama that exposes the Australian public's insatiable appetite for high-profile assault cases. Helen is poised to finally make equity partner at her law firm — that is, until her... Continue Reading →