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  • Carol shines with humour and heart
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    Carol shines with humour and heart

    28 November 2025

    Carol is genuine, big-hearted and fun, just the tonic for what, for some, may have been a difficult year – writes Victoria Laurie.

    Reading time • 5 minutesTheatre
  • A family of five in a lounge room, some seated on couches, others standing behind the furniture, look as if they are having an argument. They are the cast of Andrea Gibbs' Barracking for the Umpire. Tender and funny debut hits the mark
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    Tender and funny debut hits the mark

    20 October 2022

    Footy is embedded in our culture, for better or worse. Andrea Gibbs kicks a winning goal with an insightful exploration of the sport’s impact on one family, writes Claire Trolio.

    Reading time • 6 minutesTheatre
  • A medallioned male AFL player in a crimson and gold striped guernsey poses centrally as he kisses a silver trophy, eyes closed. What to SEE: Barracking for the Umpire
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    What to SEE: Barracking for the Umpire

    21 September 2022

    Newly minted playwright Andrea Gibbs gets real in her debut play unpacking our complicated relationship with high-impact sports. Nina Levy explores.

    Reading time • 9 minutesTheatre
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  • Sisonke Msimang (Dr Anne Aly MP), rear from the ensemble Professor Fiona Staley and Dr Marion Kickett. Photo: Marnie Richardson A woman of colour, dressed in white, holds up one finger. In her hand is a script. Behind her we see a white woman and a First Nations woman, also dressed in white and holding scripts. A call to arms, to smash the patriarchy
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    A call to arms, to smash the patriarchy

    18 July 2022

    The personal is political in the bold, verbatim theatre show I’m With Her, in which frank and personal stories illuminate the prevalence of sexism, harassment and assault in Australia, writes Claire Trolio.

    Reading time • 6 minutesTheatre
  • Andrea Gibbs. Animal Farm. image credit Daniel J Grant A projection of a huge sign dominates the stage. It is a political style poster with the words
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    Fiery take makes Animal Farm great

    8 October 2021

    Ridiculous Twitter accounts, hyperbolic slogans, fake news… Black Swan’s take on Orwell’s classic satirical work is both relevant and powerful, and Claire Trolio is here for it.

    Reading time • 5 minutesTheatre
  • Animal Farm greenscreen rehearsal-2061. Actor Megan Wilding image credit Daniel J Grant A woman sits at a desk, wearing a hat that looks like a rooster's comb and a feather bower over street clothes. She holds a mobile phone to her face as though taking a selfie. On the desk we can see a bottle of water, a small toy pig, a bottle of hand sanitiser, and what looks like a script. What to SEE: Animal Farm
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    What to SEE: Animal Farm

    21 September 2021

    It’s Orwell, but not as you know it. That’s what Black Swan State Theatre Company is promising audiences in Van Badham’s take on his seminal novella Animal Farm. Cast member Andrea Gibbs tells Nina Levy all about it.

    Reading time • 6 minutesTheatre
  • Andrea Gibbs and Will O'Mahony. Photo: Chris Canato Will O'Mahony sits on a milk crate in what looks like a student flat. He is lifting his hands in a gesture and his eyes are closed, as though he is thinking deeply about what he is saying. Andrea Gibbs stands nearby. She is looking at her phone. Multiple projections of Will in profile are seen on the walls. Marvellous Minneapolis holds men accountable
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    Marvellous Minneapolis holds men accountable

    29 July 2021

    For the second time in a week, young West Australian playwrights take on the gold standard of theatre – the full-length, two-act play – and David Zampatti says Will O’Mahony’s Minneapolis succeeds at it handsomely.

    Reading time • 6 minutesTheatre
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