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Alison Croggon Alison Croggon i(A11768 works by)
Born: Established: 1962 Transvaal,
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South Africa,
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Southern Africa, Africa, ;
Gender: Female
Heritage: South African
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1 Stage Plight Alison Croggon , 2024 single work essay
— Appears in: The Monthly , June 2024; (p. 58-62) 'I DIDN’T DEVELOP A PASSION for theatre until relatively late, in my mid 20s, when I began to encounter a kind of performance that genuinely intoxicated me. Before then, I guess I was mildly interested. Although my parents weren’t theatregoers, my regional secondary school arranged theatrical excursions to Melbourne. My clearest memory of those shows is sneaking cigarettes behind a phone box near the Athenaeum Theatre in Collins Street.' (Introduction)
1 Homo Pentecostus at Malthouse Reaches for the Transcendent Alison Croggon , 2024 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 25-31 May 2024;
— Review of Homo Pentecostus Joel Bray , 2024 single work drama 'Homo Pentecostus is a complex and moving exploration of the relationships between religion and spiritual and sexual experience.'
1 The Woman Writer i "I am reading the woman writer", Alison Croggon , 2024 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 27 April - 3 May 2024;
1 Music i "A body suffering in sleep", Alison Croggon , 2024 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 27 April - 3 May 2024;
1 Letters i "Dearest", Alison Croggon , 2024 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 27 April - 3 May 2024;
1 Artistic Director Ruth Mackenzie Covers All Bases at the Adelaide Festival Alison Croggon , 2024 single work column
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 11 March 2024; 'In this first full program under new director Ruth Mackenzie, the Adelaide Festival delivers the range and depth of works to thrill its audiences, and its newest offerings are clear highlights. By Alison Croggon.' (Introduction)
1 Perth Festival 2024 Alison Croggon , 2024 single work column
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 26 February 2024; 'Marrugeku and the West Australian Opera are the undeniable stars of this last Perth Festival under Iain Grandage’s stewardship.'
1 Ant Music Alison Croggon , 2023 single work essay
— Appears in: The Monthly , October 2023; (p. 10-12) 'I HAVE LONG BEEN SUSPICIOUS of Aesop’s fable in which a hungry grasshopper comes across a bunch of ants drying out their grain in the winter sunshine and asks for something to eat. In an early version, translated from Ancient Greek by Olivia and Robert Temple, the grasshopper is a cicada. The ants ask why she didn’t store up food for the winter. “I didn’t have time for that,” says the cicada. “I was singing melodiously.”'
1 Ubud Writers & Readers Festival Alison Croggon , 2023 single work column
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 28 October - 3 November 2023;

'South-East Asia’s most significant literary event, the Ubud Writers & Readers Festival, is a chance to not only nurture local writers but also to reflect on global issues. By Alison Croggon.'
1 Strength to Strength Alison Croggon , 2022 single work essay
— Appears in: The Monthly , October 2022; (p. 20-26) 'With a strong claim to be Australia’s biggest cultural export, Back to Back Theatre’s ensemble, their work and their philosophy have drawn international acclaim, and now theatre’s most prestigious prize. by Alison Croggon '
1 [Review] Anna K Alison Croggon , 2022 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 27 August - 2 September 2022;
— Review of Anna K. Suzie Miller , 2022 single work drama

'As a feminist interrogation of Tolstoy’s classic, Anna K is a disappointingly cosmetic treatment. By Alison Croggon.' 
1 Rising Alison Croggon , 2022 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 11-17 June 2022;
— Review of Jurrungu Ngan-ga 2021 single work musical theatre
1 [Review] Slap. Bang. Kiss Alison Croggon , 2022 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 30 April – 06 May 2022;
— Review of Slap. Bang. Kiss Dan Giovannoni , 2020 single work drama 'The Melbourne Theatre Company’s SLAP. BANG. KISS. is a step behind the radical generation it is speaking to. By Alison Croggon.' 
1 [Review] Moulin Rouge : The Musical Alison Croggon , 2021 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 11-17 December 2021;
— Review of Moulin Rouge! The Musical Baz Luhrmann , John Logan , 2016 single work musical theatre 'Moulin Rouge reinvents the jukebox musical with a mix of sentimentality and grit that eluded Baz Luhrmann’s film. By Alison Croggon.'
1 Food Court Alison Croggon , 2021 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 5-11 June 2021;
— Review of Food Court Back to Back Theatre , 2008 single work drama
1 On the Basis of Sets Alison Croggon , 2021 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 17-23 April 2021;
— Review of Because the Night Kamarra Bell-Wykes , Ra Chapman , Matthew Lutton , 2021 single work drama

'The real star of Because the Night – the immersive theatre show that has taken over Melbourne’s Malthouse – is the production’s mega-installation set. By Alison Croggon.' 
1 5 y separately published work icon Monsters Monsters : A Reckoning Alison Croggon , Melbourne : Scribe , 2021 20519145 2021 single work autobiography essay
1 Flames Alison Croggon , 2020 single work essay
— Appears in: Fire Flood Plague : Australian Writers Respond to 2020 2020;
1 A Different Hope Alison Croggon , 2020 single work column
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 19 December - 22 January 2020;

'The problems that plague Australian arts and culture long predate 2020, but this year's crises have thrown them into vivid relief. By Alison Croggon.'
1 When We Woke on the First Day of 2020, We Knew This Year Was Going to Be Different Alison Croggon , 2020 single work essay
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 2 October 2020;

'It seems that every problem that has rumbled beneath our feet for the past 60 years has hit crisis point, all at once.' 
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