Critical Stages in The Rocks, Sydney | Non-profit organisation

Critical Stages

Locality: The Rocks, Sydney

Phone: +61 2 9252 6340

Address: Arts Exchange, The Rocks 2000 The Rocks, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.criticalstages.com.au/

Likes: 2701

Add/Update information

Reviews

Tags

• Non-profit organisation
• Community organisation
• Arts and entertainment

25.01.2022 It's day two of @artstatensw and Chris and Mel are soaking up the sun in beautiful Wagga Wagga. It's going to be a huge day of workshops, chats, and great regional arts & culture, and we can't wait to take it all in!

25.01.2022 "Seeing the work of writer and performers from far flung places across this massive country work I’d never get to see in the normal run of things really must be one of the things we carry forward with us out of the lowering gloom of this year." Robert Reid reviews Come To Where I Am Australia, Volume 3 for Witness Performance, and it's a great read! We're so thrilled to be bringing artists, and their stories, from every corner of Australia to your screens wherever you ar...e. There's just one volume left, launching next week at the Come To Where I Am - Australia - Volume 4 Premiere. We hope to see you there! You too, Robert. https://witnessperformance.com/a-light-in-the-lowering-glo/

25.01.2022 A HUGE congratulations to writer Mary Anne Butler for her #AWGIE award nomination for Best New Writing, Theatre for Young Audiences. ‘Cusp’ was a very special work, and we can’t wait to hear if she wins in December! We also can't wait to share with you her latest work, 'Dingo', performed by Mary Anne herself, at the Come To Where I Am - Australia - Volume 4 Premiere tomorrow night. Tune in, and find out why the whole country is a falling in love with the words Mary Anne writ...es. Congrats Mary Anne - how wonderful! Paines Plough #ctwia #awgieaward Australian Writers' Guild https://awg.com.au//nominees-for-the-53rd-annual-awgie-awa

24.01.2022 A huge congrats to Merlynn Tong and everyone at Griffin Theatre Company on the announcement of the 2021 Season. We're thrilled to see Merlynn's 'Golden Blood' in the guide and we can't wait to see it in person. Chookas! If you haven't yet discovered wat's happening at the stables next year, start here...... https://griffintheatre.com.au/whats-on/golden-blood/ See more

24.01.2022 Issue 27 of our Stage & Stream guide to theatre and performance at home is out now! We'll be catching Barestage Theatre's new take on Macbeth; gathering the kids for Riverside Theatres' Spot On Children's Festival; and getting our classical music fix with an exciting program out of Sydney from the Melbourne Digital Concert Hall. Visit the link below to discover these and more streams from: Avocado Smash Music Barestage Theatre... Barrington Stage Company Bec Charlwood Big Fork Theatre Bristol Old Vic Come To Where I Am - Australia - Volume 4 Premiere Fed Funny Flight Path Theatre Four Letter Word Theatre FUSE Darebin Geelong Arts Centre The Laneway Theatre Junkyard Beats Arts Centre Melbourne National Theatre Drama School Perseverance Theatre Queers On The Fringe Rosie Piper Sadler's Wells Second Wave Cabaret: Live, Loose & Locked Down Shakespeare Republic The Sydney Fringe Sydney Opera House Te Pou Theatre The Beanies The Burlesque Underground Tim Credible the Magician The Union Theatre As always, please share and help us spread the word about these great local productions, podcasts, festivals and artist opportunities. https://criticalstages.com.au/stage-stream-issue-27/ #stageandstream #theatreathome #theaterathome #digitaltheatre

23.01.2022 Last Saturday we were back in a real theatre with an in-person audience, and it feels absolutely wonderful to be able share this post from Michaela Burger, who brought her show 'A Migrant's Son' to the Hopgood Theatre in South Australia. Thanks to Michaela, Country Arts SA, dedicated techies and production crew, and a wonderful community choir, we'll have something very special to share with audiences everywhere, very soon. Ooooh, it was a GOOD weekend. Congratulations to M...ichaela and all! https://www.facebook.com/bebamusic1/posts/10158967409844479

23.01.2022 Oooooh they're coming to the Sydney Opera House from January 4 - 22, and we can't wait! Australia’s favourite kidult comedy duo, The Listies, are back with their hilarious adaption of Shakespeare’s classic - Hamlet: Prince of Skidmark! This is the bard, Listies style: ninjas, ghosts, pirate aliens, swords, dinosaurs and zombies. Get set for a side-splitting adventure that shatters the fourth wall and glues it back together with supersonic story-telling and silliness. Spoile...r alert: everyone dies at the end including the audience! Tickets are on sale but move fast, this is one of the hottest family tickets of Summer, and the funniest. Find your seats now at https://bit.ly/3l9RbS0. #thelisties #familytheatre #familytheatrefun #sohfamilies #familyfun #whatsonsydney #whatsonsydneyforkids

21.01.2022 15 Stories. 16 extraordinary Australian writers share their stories about the places they call home. Tales of belonging, environment, change, and foundation. Each story has been filmed by the writers themselves, in the places they write about, in every corner of the country. Watch them over four volumes, on-demand and free, in the CST Screening Room at www.criticalstage.com.au.... Produced in partnership with Paines Plough.

21.01.2022 ARTIST OPPORTUNITY EOIs for the @maasmuseum Residency Program close tomorrow! It offers subsidised space with opportunity to work on projects at the Powerhouse, engaging audiences through co-development of programs. Get details and apply in mins here: https://maas.museum/residency/

21.01.2022 STAGE & STREAM HIGHLIGHTS Our picks for this week's theatre, performance, and festivals streaming onto your favourite screen. It's a cracker of week ahead! The Things I Could Never Tell Steven Jye Bryant's celebrated musical is brought to bright, beautiful, technicolor life by Riverside’s National Theatre of Parramatta. This intriguing and delightful musical comedy sees four characters sharing intimate details about their life with Steven, painting a picture of a man they lo...Continue reading

20.01.2022 "Up here we are generally receivers of work. We get a lot of people from interstate bringing work up for us to see, but we do create a lot of work up here with, quite often, a very different voice to the city-based plays, and very few people see them. So, I guess in some ways, it's an opportunity to explore what our stories are up here and what our voices are up here... to open up what the Top End is, in terms of home and in terms of place" Mary Anne Butler speaks with Judit...h Greenaway about her new play, coming to the CST Screening Room and Paines Plough YouTube channel next week! It's a great peek behind the curtains of what it's been like to write and record a story for Come to Where I Am - Australia. Be one of the first to experience her story inspired by Larrakia Country at the Come To Where I Am - Australia - Volume 4 Premiere - right here on Facebook. Wed, 30th Sept at 7:30pm AEST. https://reviewsbyjudith.com//come-to-where-i-am-mary-anne- Reviews by Judith - and Friends #CTWIA

20.01.2022 Huge thanks to Regina Botros at @2ser FM Sydney - she spoke to Mary Anne Butler about her artistic practice, writing for Come to Where I Am Australia, and how she's come into her own as an artist. Pour a cup & pop on your headphones, it's a great listen. https://2ser.com/playwright-mary-anne-butler/

19.01.2022 Need a quirky giggle? Jon Bennett has been busy making some new comedy happen online. Take a look at this latest clip, and then come over to the CST Screening Room to see his short film in Come To Where I Am Australia, Volume 2. https://www.facebook.com/649812160/videos/10157428868442161/

17.01.2022 "These moving tales are a further testament to the trials before us..." Check out Patricia Di Rosio's review of Volume 3 of Come To Where I Am - Australia in Stage Whispers. It's a great recap of the stories in the series, and perfect timing... tomorrow night is the premiere of the fourth and final instalment in the season, and we can't wait to share with you the last of this powerhouse writing program for 2020. Join us, the writers, and our friends at Paines Plough at the ...Come To Where I Am - Australia - Volume 4 Premiere tomorrow, right here on our Facebook page at 7:30pm AEST. www.stagewhispers.com.au//come-where-i-am-australia-volume

16.01.2022 7pm AEST tonight on 2SER! Mary Anne Butler speaks to Stages host Regina Botros about her new story 'Dingo', & what it's been like to write for Come To Where I Am - Australia. Vol.4 of #CTWIA lands next week. Visit our Facebook page for all the news! https://2ser.com/

14.01.2022 The piece I've written has truly allowed me to crack open my experience of what it is to be a First Nations person in this country, the connection of past and present histories, resilience of our people, the injustices and daily fight for existence and acknowledgement. It is a credit to Critical Stages and Paines Plough for creating a program that allows you to write with absolute truth, freedom, and complete support to tell stories that reflect who and where we are today. ... Meet Ian Michael From Perth, WA, Whadjuk Noongar country Ian is a proud Wilman Noongar man, writer, actor director and producer. He has worked extensively with companies across screen, theatre and cabaret including Malthouse Theatre, Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company, Ilbijerri Theatre Company, Melbourne Theatre Company, and Sydney Festival. Ian was awarded Melbourne Fringe's Most Outstanding Actor in 2013 and 2015, Best Emerging Artist at Adelaide Fringe and received a Green Room Awards Association nomination for Best Independent Production in 2016 for HART. Ian is a Resident Artist at Black Swan State Theatre Company (2018-2020), is curating the Maali Festival, and co-writing the world premiere of 'York' for Black Swan State Theatre Company of WA. See Ian read his story, 'Another Day in the Colony', for the first time at the Come To Where I Am - Australia - Volume 4 Premiere on Wednesday, 30th September at 7:30pm AEST. Join us on the Critical Stages Facebook page for the live event and then catch his reading on the CST Screening Room and Paines Plough YouTube channel. COME TO WHERE I AM AUSTRALIA is a playwriting and performance program, in partnership with Paines Plough, that explores the places we call home. Through their words we travel with us to every corner of the country for stories of place and belonging. It has been made possible with the support of private donations, Create NSW and the Australia Council for the Arts. Join the Facebook event and get notified of when the show starts... https://facebook.com/events/s/come-to-where-i-am-australia-v/1235038203504040/

13.01.2022 I can’t wait to welcome you to where I come from. This is the town I was born in, the place I grew up. The end of the highway for some of us and the place where it all begins. The beach, the river, the football, the family, community. This is my home... Meet Ross Mueller from Geelong, VIC, Wadawurrung country A graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts masters program, Ross has been a writer in residence with The Royal Court Theatre in London (2002); a guest lecturer at VCA; and is the Fresh INK tutor for Australian Theatre for Young People (atyp) in Victoria. His works have been shortlisted for an AWGIE Award, the Patrick White Award and nominated for five Green Room Awards. He is a recipient of the New York Dramatists Playwright Exchange (Concussion), and winner of the 2007 Wal Cherry Play of the year (The Glory). His most recent works include A Town Named War Boy, I Can’t Even (Malthouse Theatre) and A Strategic Plan (Griffin Theatre Company). See Ross read his new story, 'We Are Geelong', online for the first time at the Come To Where I Am - Australia - Volume 4 Premiere, 30th September, at 7:30pm. Join us on our Facebook page for the live event, or visit the CST Screening Room and Paines Plough YouTube channel afterwards to see the whole volume on-demand and free. COME TO WHERE I AM AUSTRALIA is our playwriting and performance program, in partnership with Paines Plough, that explores the places we call home. Through the words of our artists we travel to every corner of the country for stories of place and belonging. It has been made possible with the support of generous private donations, Create NSW and the Australia Council for the Arts. #CTWIA #playwritingaustralia #australianstory #cometowhereiam #rossmueller

12.01.2022 Got 10 minutes of your day to spend enjoying a seriously good laugh? Click on over to The Guardian to read The Listies' contribution to the 10 Funniest Things We Have Ever Seen (on the internet). Their hilarious show for families - Hamlet, Prince of Skidmark - is on now until January 22nd at the Sydney Opera House. Visit our website, or theirs, for full details. And if you're not in Sydney, keep your eyes peeled for news of when they might be coming to a theatre near you -... The Listies will be on tour throughout 2021! https://www.theguardian.com//the-listies-the-10-funniest-t #whatsonsydney

12.01.2022 CST’s Mel Carolan takes the podium at Arts on Tour's SALON at Artstate NSW to show the world what we’re excited about producing in 2021 and beyond. It’s been a huge day of chats, learning and joy in Wagga Wagga. If you’re here with us make sure you come over to say hi!

11.01.2022 Heading to Artstate NSW Wagga Wagga? Our friends at Arts on Tour are presenting SALON and you should be there. SALON is a small-scale, lo-fi conversation starter without the bells and whistles of a full-blown showcase. This is a great way to hear about new work that is being made, and includes a facilitated networking session. Anyone can attend. Its FREE and you can reserve your ticket now. Closer to the date AOT will publish a digital link for those who wish to participate ...online. Event Date: Thursday, November 5, 2020 Event Time: 2.00 5.00pm Event Location: Chandelier Room, Romano’s Hotel, Wagga Wagga The full program will be published on the AOT website before the event, where you can also get all the details you need right now. You can also call Kate Gaul to find out more on 02 8038 1880. www.artsontour.com.au/aot-salon/

10.01.2022 Just look at these happy faces. This is your Critical Stages Touring team (minus one special member who is in beautiful Perth) celebrating an incredibly strange year. But here we are. Together, in-person, and ready for the holidays. So, from Chris, Mel, Emma, Judy, Bernadette, Kylie and Robbi, we wish you and yours a very happy, and very healthy, holidays. We can't wait to see you all in 2021. Happy Holidays everyone!

10.01.2022 He's whip-smart, deeply funny, and on the couch with Australian Arts Review. Jon Bennett answers those classic questions with his trademark humour and style. Have a read, have a giggle, let him break your heart a little, and then go over to www.criticalstages.com.au/screening-room/ and watch his story "Aunty Verna" in Volume 2 of Come to Where I Am Australia, streaming on-demand and free now! https://artsreview.com.au/on-the-couch-with-jon-bennett/

10.01.2022 How amazing does this team look? Critical Stages Touring was back in development, and in the Monkey Baa theatre in Darling Harbour, to shoot a brand new work by Chris Bendall. Black Sun Blood Moon is an exciting and timely new play that will be coming to stages very soon, but even sooner than that a digital work-in-progress will be landing the CST Screening Room for you to enjoy. We can't wait to show you what this team has made - a huge thanks to Annabelle Szewcow, Kaeng Ch...an, Francesca Savige, and Steve Rodgers for bringing their immeasurable talents to the stage, and to Hilary Bell for her incredible dramaturgical brain. It won't be long before you get to see what we've been up to!

09.01.2022 Today is a special day. For the first time in Critical Stages Touring history we have 2 works in development simultaneously, with creative teams on-site in two cities. In Victoria we’re creating a contemporary adaptation of a classic with Geelong Arts Centre & in Sydney we’re making magic on a new story from Chris Bendall at The Arts Exchange. Both of these will be streaming your way as works-in-progress digital offerings in our Screening Room before Christmas. Stay tuned... there is much on the way!

08.01.2022 Thank you so much Critical Stages and Paines Plough for an opportunity to reflect on, detangle and ultimately birth creativity out of these wild times that we live in. I cannot wait to share my musings and conjurings with everyone! Meet Merlynn Tong from Brisbane, QLD, Turrbal and Chepara-Yugarapul country... Merlynn is an actor and playwright whose writing credits include Antigone (Queensland Theatre), Good Grief (Queensland Theatre), SKIN (Dear Australia, Playwriting Australia), and The Big Mac (co-writer, development, Black Swan State Theatre Company). Her one-woman-show 'Blue Bones' won 6 Matilda Awards including the Lord Mayor Award for Best New Australian Work and Best Mainstage Production, and Merlynn was also awarded Best Female Actor in a Leading Role. She is also the prize recipient of Screen Queensland’s Screen to Stage pitch, The First 10 Pages 2.0. See Merlynn read her story, 'Time Capsule', for the first time at the Come To Where I Am - Australia - Volume 4 Premiere on Wednesday, 30th September. Join us here on our Facebook page for the live event and then catch her reading on the CST Screening Room and Paines Plough YouTube channel. COME TO WHERE I AM AUSTRALIA is our playwriting and performance program, in partnership with Paines Plough, that explores the places we call home. Through the words of our artists we travel to every corner of the country for stories of place and belonging. It has been made possible with the support of private donations, Create NSW and the Australia Council for the Arts.

08.01.2022 Darwin’s close and supportive community, wealth of cultural diversity, spectacular ancient landscapes and close connection to Country constantly fuel my heart and imagination. There’s little division between our city centre and the wild surrounding terrain, so to think about Darwin necessarily entails being immersed in an ancient and vibrant environment, which stories just seem to leak out of. meet Mary Anne Butler From Darwin, NT, Larrakia country... Mary Anne is a multiple award-winning writer and artistic director. Her play 'Broken' won the 2016 Victorian Prize for Literature, a Victorian Premier’s Drama Award and the NT Chief Minister’s Book of the Year. Four of Mary Anne’s plays have won NT Literary Awards for Best Script (2010, 2014, 2018 & 2019) and her work Lost Hearts is on the NSW HSC Theatre Curriculum list. She is a Sidney Myer Creative Fellow, Arts NT Fellow, Winston Churchill Fellow, Regional Arts Fellow and Asialink Fellow. Mary Anne is currently co-Artistic Director of Knock-em-Down Theatre. See Mary Anne read her new story, 'Dingo', for the first time at the Come To Where I Am - Australia - Volume 4 Premiere this Wednesday, 30th Sept. Join us on our Facebook page for the live event, before it becomes available on-demand and free in the CST Screening Room and Paines Plough YouTube channel. COME TO WHERE I AM AUSTRALIA is our playwriting and performance program, in partnership with Paines Plough, that explores the places we call home. Through the words of our artists we travel to every corner of the country for stories of place and belonging. It has been made possible with the support of generous private donations, Create NSW and the Australia Council for the Arts.

08.01.2022 Issue 26 of our Stage & Stream guide to theatre and performance at home is all about the Aussie work happening right now. From a beautiful new children's storytelling program in Brisbane, to Shaun Parker & Company's much-anticipated In The Zone, and a huge night of Bi-Pride streaming out of Melbourne, it's a great week online. This Week's New Shows From: Chapel Off Chapel The Art of Bi-solation... Barestage Theatre Big Fork Theatre Brisbane Festival Cement Fondu The Corinthian Food Store Darkfield FUSE Darebin Jump Start Youth Theatre Keep it Live Festival Kanga Festival 2020 The Laneway Theatre Arts Centre Melbourne Minola Theatre Queers On The Fringe Riverside Theatres Second Wave Cabaret: Live, Loose & Locked Down Shakespeare Republic Shaun Parker & Company Storytelling in Brunswick The Sydney Fringe Sydney Opera House Te Pou Theatre The Burlesque Underground The Good Room As always, please share and help us spread the word about these great local productions, podcasts and opportunities. https://criticalstages.com.au/stage-stream-theatre-at-home/

07.01.2022 Look who's coming to the @sydneyoperahouse this January! Tickets are on sale NOW for @thelisties' Hamlet: Prince of Skidmark for a massive season at the house from Janu 4 to 22. Get your tix & don't miss the funnest show of summer - some shows are already selling out! Full details here: www.sydneyoperahouse.com//the-listies-hamlet-prince-of-ski

06.01.2022 STAGE & STREAM HIGHLIGHTS We've picked a couple of favourites from Melbourne Fringe, give you a fab local reading to sink your teeth into, and there's even a treat from the fabulous Hilary Bell to enjoy thanks to La Mama Theatre. DISENCHANTED: A CABARET OF TWISTED FAIRY TALES Eliane Davis Morel's hilarious cabaret goes digital in a BIG way. It's Paris 1699, in the Salon of the mesmerising Madame d’Aulnoy, who guides you through an intimate, behind-the-scenes exposé of what's ...really going on in your favourite fairy tales. Madame and friends let you in on all the naughtiest fairyland secrets. Streaming 6pm AEDT nightly until 29th Nov www.melbournefringe.com.au IPHIGENIA IN SPLOTT Fresh from its critically acclaimed production of Blue Christmas at KXT bAKEHOUSE, New Ghosts Theatre Company brings Artistic Director Lucy Clements and resident IGNITE performer Meg Clarke back together again. Live at Flight Path Theatre 12-21 Nov Streaming online 17-29 Nov www.newghosttheatre.com Play Reading - Don't Dress for Dinner Bernard is planning a romantic weekend with his chic Parisian mistress in his charming converted French farmhouse, whilst his wife, Jacqueline, is away. He has arranged for a cordon bleu cook to prepare gourmet delights, and has invited his best friend, Robert, along too to provide the alibi. It's foolproof; what could possibly go wrong? Essendon Theatre Company. Friday Nov 13th and Sat 14th, 7:30pm AEDT www.essendontheatrecompany.com.au La Mama Theatre Presents: The Escape Hillary Bell's The Red Balloon & Anna Tregloan's The Dictionary of Imaginary Places - it's a double bill of La Mama proportions! 7:30pm AEDT, Thursday 19th November www.lamama.com.au SAFE SPACE Exploring the meaning of safe space for Deaf and Hearing and telling a poem story. Chelle has been researching the meaning behind safe space for Deaf people and she realised it is more than just a room. Safe space can be a person we trust, a faculty, a group or gathering. Chelle is presenting her poem on Safe Space, exploring safe space issues and history of abuse to the Deaf in school. 7pm AEDT, Friday 13th to 16th November www.melbournefringe.com.au Happy Streaming Everyone! Image: Eliane Morel in Disenchanted

06.01.2022 Australian Arts Review's On The Couch sits down with Writer/Performer Merlynn Tong. Get to know Merlynn a little better in 10 questions or less before you experience her new story 'Time Capsule' at the Come To Where I Am - Australia - Volume 4 Premiere this Wednesday at 7:30pm. http://artsreview.com.au/on-the-couch-with-merlynn-tong/

04.01.2022 The CST Screening Room is our home for the wonderful new stories we've been working on - a place for digital theatre to grow and thrive. Here, artists from around Australia tell stories of place, belonging, and adventure, and we can't wait to share more with you. If you haven't yet discovered COME TO WHERE I AM AUSTRALIA, the ROVERS Web Series, or the latest Indy theatre Forums, now is a great time to find them. And there's even more to come in 2020.... www.criticalstages.com.au/screening-room/

04.01.2022 Keen to keep developing your toolkit for mental health management? As we begin to tentaively look at aSummer of creating now is a good time to dive into some resources. And we have a few from The Arts Wellbeing Collective to shout out about... The 2nd edition of Spotlight: The Arts Wellbeing Collective Magazine is now live! Over 100 people have contributed to this edition, and it's packed with ideas, resources and support. Their podcast series, House Lights Up, has 6 new epis...odes to enjoy >> New episodes include Insight, Adaptability, Experience, People, Courage, and Self-Compassion. Listen now on the Arts Wellbeing Collective website, or on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. And finally, Season Two of the Mental Health Matinee program kicks off tomorrow. These online presentations are designed to promote positive mental health and wellbeing in the arts sector. Discover these, and a host more, on their website below, and don't hesitate to use the links and connections there to reach out if you need assistance with your mental health and wellbeing at any time. https://www.artswellbeingcollective.com.au/ Arts Centre Melbourne

03.01.2022 Our friends at The Arts Wellbeing Collective have a launched a season of Mental Health Matinées - series of online presentations promoting positive mental health and wellbeing in the performing arts. This is a tough time for so many people, and at times like these, we need more self-care not less. However, this is often easier said than done! These sessions give practical tools and techniques to help you navigate through COVID-19 and beyond. Every session is free to attend. S...imply register online to receive the Zoom link. We encourage everyone to take a look at the program! https://www.artswellbeingcollective.com.au//new-mental-he/

03.01.2022 Get to know writer and performer Ian Michael in this quickfire interview with Australian Arts Review. We can't wait to introduce Ian's new story - 'Another Day in the Colony' to you all next week! The Come To Where I Am - Australia - Volume 4 Premiere kicks off on our main Facebook page, under the videos tab, on Wednesday 30th Sept, at 7:30pm AEST. Click 'going' on the event to be sure you're notified! Come To Where I Am - Australia, presented in partnership with Paines Pl...ough, are free video postcards about the places we call home. Each one is written, performed, and filmed but the artist in their home town. Visit www.criticalstages.com/screening-room or the Paines Plough YouTube channel to experience the first three volumes now. Every story is free to watch. https://artsreview.com.au/on-the-couch-with-ian-michael/ Paines Plough #ctwia

03.01.2022 We’ll be going live in just about 20 minutes! Tonight, we travel to our Western capital, Perth, onto the streets of Geelong, and over to the river city of Brisbane before we land in the top end for a tale from Darwin. We’ll also be crossing live to Paines Plough Co-Artistic Director Katie Posner to chat about the show! Here's how to enjoy the livestream...... To watch the Facebook live feed simply click on the 'Video' link in the left hand menu (old Facebook) or scroll down to see the video in the left-hand feed (new Facebook). If you have trouble finding the video tab, copy and paste this link into your browser, and refresh close to the start time of 7:30pm AEST: https://www.facebook.com/criticalstages/videos/ The live portions of the broadcast will be closed captioned, however we recommend turning closed captions off during the screening as the embedded captions are more accurate. The premiere video will only be available on Facebook until midnight tomorrow. After that you can enjoy the full volume of readings on-demand on the CST Screening Room or the Paines Plough YouTube channel, along with all the stories in Volumes 1 and 2. If you would like to support our work, including great programs like Come To Where I Am, please consider making a tax-deductible donation to Critical Stages Touring at http://bit.ly/CTWIAsupportus

02.01.2022 These are the four amazing places we'll be travelling to tonight at the Come To Where I Am - Australia - Volume 4 Premiere - from the Western capital of Perth, to the streets of Geelong, and over to the river city of Brisbane before we land in the top end in a tale from Darwin. Are you joining us? Here's how to watch... To watch the Facebook live feed simply click on the 'Video' link in the left hand menu (old Facebook) or scroll down to see the video in the left-hand feed (n...ew Facebook). If you have trouble finding the video tab, copy and paste this link into your browser, and refresh close to the start time of 7:30pm AEST: https://www.facebook.com/criticalstages/videos/ The live portions of the broadcast will be closed captioned, however we recommend turning closed captions off during the screening as the embedded captions are more accurate. The premiere video will only be available on Facebook for a limited time. After that you can enjoy the full volume of readings on-demand on the CST Screening Room or the @painesplough YouTube channel: www.criticalstages.com.au/screening-room/ www.youtube.com/user/painesplough See you tonight (or this morning for our UK friends)! #CTWIA #theatreathome

02.01.2022 "the surprises keep coming an extraordinary work. Blue Curtains Why do you have to go to work? How come adults drink to have fun? What was life like before the Internet? This is a show full of questions. Asked by young people, answered by adults, and performed by a powerful group of 9-13 year olds from Sydney's suburbs. Age is about to collide with experience for a riotous theatrical experience. We're so excited to announce that I've Been Meaning To Ask You is coming to Riv...erside Theatres this March, presented in partnership with Australian Theatre for Young People (atyp). Don't miss this joyous, heartwarming production created by The Good Room. Tickets are on sale now but strictly limited so don't wait too long! 17-20 March 2021 Book tickets: https://bit.ly/ATYP_MEANING Full details on the Facebook Event page here: https://fb.me/e/1kjmCW7Vw