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What’s in a Name?
In 2014 I went to Oxford to go to summer school and study playwriting. It was one of those sweet experiences you only get by privilege and severely misunderstanding how HECS debt works (turns out the loan to travel the UK was harder to shake than the STIs I skirted fate with on that trip).…
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REVIEW: The Rivoli, Sydney Festival
Nostalgia is the name of the game when it comes to the Dance Makers Collective’s new show, The Rivoli, staged as part of Sydney Festival at the historic Granville Town Hall. The locale is one of many delights in this surprising combination of dance and memory. There are lots of things to praise in this…
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INTERVIEW: Dina Panozzo
I had the absolute delight of sitting down with renowned actor Dina Panozzo ahead of STCSA’s premiere of The Gods of Strangers, a new play by Resident Artist Elena Carapetis. Panozzo is playing Assunta in the play, and I can say with some certainty that she has more life in her pinky toe than I have…
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INTERVIEW: Charles Sanders – Director of House Of Sand’s Welcome The Bright World
Prior to House of Sand and State Theatre Company of South Australia‘s production of Welcome the Bright World, I was able to sit down with director Charles Sanders to discuss religion, politics, arts and everything in between, along with a healthy dollop of 1980s Berlin. Check out the full interview here. Welcome the Bright World is on now at…
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INTERVIEW: Tim Winton, Acclaimed Australian Author
I got the opportunity last week to have a chat with Tim Winton ahead of the State Theatre Company of South Australia‘s production of That Eye, The Sky. It was a fantastic chat that touched on religion, unexamined privilege, environmentalism, and family life. Check out the full interview here. CJ xx
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UPDATE: 2018
Hi guys, Just a quick update; Adelaide Fringe and the Adelaide Festival are both coming up pretty quickly, and this year I’ll be writing reviews for Glam Adelaide. I’m excited to be reviewing for Adelaide Festival as well this year. Both programmes are full of exciting new works, as well as several old favourites (and…
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WINNER: 2017 State Theatre Company Young Playwrights Award
CJ McLean is the 2017 winner of the Flinders University Young Playwrights Award, State Theatre Company’s major award for the encouragement and support of new writing talent, now in its 17th year.
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PRESS RELEASE: “Love & Anger” Adelaide Fringe 2017
I am very proud to announce that my first show, Love & Anger, will be a part of Adelaide Fringe’s 2017 season. Accompanied on piano by distinguished Adelaide artist and pianist Paul Sinkinson, Love & Anger will be on for two nights only: Saturday February 18th and Sunday February 19th 2017. Below is the official synopsis: ‘I…
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Site Update
Hello! Just popping in from out of the cold to say, I’ve added another page onto my site for Reviews. You can find it via the menu above, or here: https://cjmcleansite.wordpress.com/reviews/ It’s a humble offering of very kind words at the moment, but I hope to be able to add to it in future. Also, I…
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The Hearth (and an update!)
Hello! I have been exceptionally quiet these past few months. I have been pretty quiet on the writing front, it is true. But I read at a lovely event called The Hearth on Thursday evening. It was the first time in a long while I’d read publicly, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. So much so,…
Callum McLean 