Mercury Fur, by Philip Ridley. Directed by Ben Packer, at Theatreworks St Kilda (September 2007). Science Fiction (SF) and theatre may, on the surface, appear to share little with one another. There isn’t a more unlikely binary than nano-tech and … Continue reading
‘The project of modernity formulated in the 18th century by the philosophers of the Enlightenment consisted in their efforts to develop objective science, universal morality and law, and autonomous art according to their inner logic. At the same time, this … Continue reading
Tool, it seems, is one of the few bands today that have mass. The music chugs, swerves, pulls up suddenly, only to spill elsewhere in huge rolling waves. It must be a hard beast to steer, and for many, it … Continue reading
Directed by Jenny Kemp. At the Sumner Theatre 25 August to 29 September 2012. Top Girls, directed by Jenny Kemp for the MTC, is a revelation. With her uniformly … Continue reading
When I was in high-school, Henry Rollins was a one-man factory of awesome. A friend had turned me onto Rollins Band, a heavy blues-based hard rock outfit that was a powerful antidote to the generic grunge bands at were washing … Continue reading
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