Amanda Ellison

What Aussie Audiences Want

Over the past couple of years, audience behaviour in Australia has undergone a seismic shift. Post-pandemic, ticket sales have become…

2 years ago

The Scold’s Bridle Treatment: Lady Macbeth and Meghan Markle

Being a woman under the reign of James I (James VI of Scotland) would have been no fun. The obsession…

2 years ago

New Year, Old Genre

As the old year segues into the new, many will be only too happy to kick 2022 into touch. Turmoil…

2 years ago

The Beautiful and the Ugly in Come from Away

The Canadian musical Come from Away calls to mind an ancient proverb: ‘The enemy of my enemy is my friend’.…

2 years ago

On Musical Revivals and Rescuing the English Language

Maccius Plautus, a Roman comedic playwright who incorporated song-like chanting into his plays, is believed to have introduced the world…

2 years ago

From Joseph to Trump: Keeping the Faith

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat, currently playing at Melbourne’s Regent Theatre, is an ever-popular musical revival. And the source…

2 years ago

tick…tick… BOOM! – it’s a universal condition

Milestone birthdays often give rise to existential crises. In 1990, Jonathan Larson was staring down the barrel of his thirtieth…

3 years ago

A Christmas Carol: A Thoroughly Modern Haunting

Few festive stories summon the spirit of the season as much as the Dickensian classic, A Christmas Carol. Following the…

3 years ago

Titanic: A Metaphor for Life

Theatregoers in Melbourne will, this November, have the rare opportunity to witness the award-winning stage version of Titanic - the…

3 years ago