Category: Features – Archive

April 18, 2020 / Features - Archive

A king dies, another is crowned, a friend is executed, a battle won against monumental odds and the enemy’s daughter married off. Game of Thrones? No, Shakespeare’s Henry V. Just as compelling, it’s also better written, and, if you get sucked into Shakespeare, you can binge-watch for hundreds of hours.…

April 10, 2020 / Features - Archive

In 1993 Don Burrows was part of an Australian fly-fishing team competing in Cuba. The members were in their hotel bar when a local band began to play, and, Burrows – being Burrows – had a flute on him, and joined in. The amazed musicians asked through an interpreter how…

March 21, 2020 / Features - Archive

“To be, or not to be…” The most famous six words in drama are also probably the most anticipated by audiences. When Berlin’s Schaubuhne theatre company brought Hamlet here 10 years ago, the production began with that speech, as if to say, “There. We’ve got that out of the way.…