Recently Playwave Creatives, Yuchi and Zack went to the Australian Museum's Culture Up Late. Yuchi created this illustration in response to the experience. ALSO watch a video covering the Playwave Creatives' out night at the Museum, edited by Zack Lewin! 

My favourite things at age eighteen: theatre, environmentalism and satire. So obviously Kill Climate Deniers instantly become a must-see for me. I was super keen to be handed a ‘how to defeat climate change’ handbook, and go on to save the world. Even though I left the theatre without a definitive answer of how to assure the planet’s survival, what I did leave with was way more powerful. 

Reality.

A generation mouthpiece for all young people and especially for those a part of the LGBTQ community. The emotionally moving Love, Simon represents our current societal concern amongst bullying and acceptance. This is a crucial piece of film that uproots the primitive school system of the ‘standard’ cultural image of relationships. I like to believe that this film contributes vastly to the new wave of LGBTQ cinema...

An Act of God dissects religion and its follies in 75 minutes of divine performance, music and satirical humour. The show gathers the vital commandments of theological virtue and recounts a misunderstood history. Based on David Javerbaum’s comedic novel ‘The Last Testament: A Memoir by God.’ He has adapted it to theatre and constructed his ideas without fear into this satirical romp that enlightens and broadens common ideals. Although this particular showing at the Eternity Playhouse played a fun-loving localised version, ensuring the messages and jokes were optimised for the Australian audience.

Welcome the wonders of 2018 and Australia’s life changing acceptance and recognition of the LGBTQI community and same-sex marriage. Celebrating this inclusion, Mardi Gras 2018 is saturated with flamboyant colours and passion; for the expression of culture and creation.

Recently Playwave Creative, Yuchi went to BREAK GLASS (IN CASE OF EMERGENCY), Shopfront Arts Co-op's festival of new work and emerging artists. At the festival she saw HOUSE ON FIRE by Christie Woodhouse, and created this illustration in response.

"I’ve always liked the idea of the theatre. The smell of the grease, the roar of the paint. I’ve often thought if I hadn’t ended up in computers, I would've gone into the theatre.” As Moss from the IT crowd tells us, live performances are certainly an entertaining attraction. So, needless to say, I was very excited on seeing Irish variety show RIOT, albeit in a Spiegeltent. With the promise of live music; exciting camp retro visuals; and a lil' sprinkle of the obscene, it seemed like the perfect live performance for me... 

FAG/STAG vaguely explores an idea that probably isn’t true, but has been imposed on me my whole life through sitcoms: You don’t want to be single in your late twenties...

On Sydney Festival's second weekend, Young People from Shopfront Arts Co-op and Playwave blew up the dance floor (dance box?) as they DJ'd at the Ten Minute Dance Parties with JOF. Check out Playwave Creative Zack's insight!

On this bonus Canvas: Art & Ideas episode, Playwave Ambassadors Zack Lewin and Nicole Pingon and Shopfront Young Leader Rowan Yeomans take over! They talk to art critic and co-founder of Audrey Journal, Jason Blake, and chat with actors Jeremi Campese and Ruby O’Kelly about the Australian theatre landscape and working together on Moth by Declan Greene at ATYP. Plus, we play the final segment of our You See Monsters panel interview. Music by Nathan Bernfield.

It’s not about Three Sisters, it’s about one person and that’s you.

Before I say anything I need to really heavily disclaim one thing: I had never heard of Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov before seeing this STC rendition of it. Oops. So although it’s a classic I have absolutely no knowledge of the form it originally took - I know, that’s super classy of me. A bit embarrassing, but it’s not my fault they don’t teach us about international art in school!

Virgins & Cowboys is a teasing and taunting play that engages you over an intimate stage. Writer Morgan Rose brings us this raunchy depiction of eager adulthood, following the Flight Festival of New Writing in Melbourne. The play is driven by protagonist Sam’s chance to take two womens virginity, played by actor Kieran Law.