THIS IS NOT A REVIEW
This is not a review…What the fuck is a review even for? What can a review do? Let's find out. Expect interviews, experimental reviews, opinionated opinion pieces and long-form deep dives on theatre discourse, criticism and the like.
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GUY WEBSTER is a theatre critic, dramaturg and academic based in Naarm. They write for Time Out Melbourne, Australian Arts Review, Limelight Arts, Australian Book Review and now this glorious Substack.
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