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Champion makes distinguished WA debut
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Champion makes distinguished WA debut

2 June 2023

With powerful performances and impeccable staging, Kate Champion’s direction of Andrew Bovell’s Things I Know To Be True impresses David Zampatti, even if he has some doubts about the play.

Reading time • 7 minutesTheatre
Humphrey Bower as Prospero. Photo Daniel J Grant Prospero kneels at the front of the sand covered stage, his staff raised and his head upturned. In the background we can see other characters from the play. Terrific team tackles The Tempest
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Terrific team tackles The Tempest

25 November 2021

David Zampatti is no fan of The Tempest. Is Black Swan’s “by popular demand” production going to change his mind?

Reading time • 6 minutes
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

Cleaver Street Studio

Cleaver Street Studio

 

Cleaver Street Studio