Michael Balfour Michael Balfour i(9545806 works by)
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1 Theatre Review : Into the Shimmering World, Sydney Theatre Company Wharf Theatres Michael Balfour , 2024 single work review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , April 2024;
— Review of Into the Shimmering World Angus Cerini , 2024 single work drama

'The brutality of the Australian landscape is evoked to tell a story of love, loss and renewal.' 
1 Theatre Review : Razor Gang Wars Michael Balfour , 2022 single work review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , September 2022;
— Review of Razor Gang Wars Liviu Monsted , 2022 single work drama

'An immersive historical drama in the 20s set in Sydney's underworld.'
1 Theatre Review : End of Michael Balfour , 2022 single work review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , October 2022;
— Review of End of Ash Flanders , 2022 single work drama

'A funny-sad monologue about jobs and family, ageing and mortality.'
1 Theatre Review : One Hour No Oil Michael Balfour , 2022 single work review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , November 2022;
— Review of One Hour No Oil Kenneth Moraleda , Jordan Shea , 2020 single work drama

'A powerful exploration of intimacy, masculinity and economic disenfranchisement in modern day Australia.'
1 Getting to Know the Story of the Boathouse Dances : Football, Freedom and Rock 'n' Roll Tamara Whyte , Chris Matthews , Michael Balfour , Lyndon Murphy , Linda Hassall , 2015 single work criticism
— Appears in: Creative Communities : Regional Inclusion & the Arts 2015; (p. 81-97) 'In 2011, the Indigenous Research Network (IRN) at Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia brought together a team of playwrights and researchers to tell the story of the Boathouse dances as its firs community-driven research project. The Boathouse dances were held in the late 1950s and early 1960s and were a significant meeting place for Aboriginal people of Brisbane and the greater South East Queensland region. The dances were organized by an Aboriginal man, Uncle Charlie King, to fund the first Aboriginal football team in Brisbane and an Aboriginal women's virago team. The Boathouse dances were a time of celebration, reconnecting, establishing new relationships and falling in love.Te dances were also a focal point of significant social change in the lives of many Aboriginal people and were driven by Aboriginal people who were experiencing a new agency. To date, this story is untold; it is a part of Australia's hidden histories.' (83)
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