Chris Boyd Chris Boyd i(A27562 works by)
Gender: Male
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1 Photographer Enters Star’s World Chris Boyd , 2019 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 4 March 2019; (p. 14)

— Review of Arbus & West Stephen Sewell , 2019 single work drama

'Writing in 1934, George Davis lovingly described Mae West as “the greatest female impersonator of all time”. The following year, the daughter of a corset model and a two-bit boxer was the highest-paid woman in the US, having transitioned from burlesque hoofer to actor-playwright to screen star — where she still wrote her own lines.' (Introduction)

1 Malfunctioning Robot Song Peddles a Useless Myth Chris Boyd , 2019 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 30 March 2019; (p. 19)

— Review of Robot Song Jolyon James , 2018 single work drama

'Juniper May’s world is rocked when she receives a letter from her classmates in Grade 6C telling her she’s a freak and that they wish she’d never been born. The robot-obsessed loner stops going to school and asks Google how to write a hit musical. Robot Song — performed by Juniper (Ashlea Pyke) and her arty but impractical parents — is the result.' (Introduction) 

1 Menzies Towers in a Flawed Revival Chris Boyd , 2019 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 6 May 2019; (p. 14)

— Review of Cosi Louis Nowra , 1992 single work musical theatre

'Cosi is the second in Louis Nowra’s trilogy of fictionalised stage memoirs: “part memory, part imagination — but mostly downright lies”. Nowra appears in all three as his alter ego, Lewis.' (Introduction)

1 Characters Lose Some Depth in Immersive Feast for Senses Chris Boyd , 2019 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 24 June 2019; (p. 14)

— Review of Storm Boy Tom Holloway , 2013 single work drama

'Storm Boy is a slight story, not quite 9000 words, but author Colin Thiele has a rare capacity to conjure up the raucousness and profusion of nature, and to capture a child’s excitement and wonder. It’s a story you hear and see — and feel — while reading.'(Introduction)

1 Intended Sense of Moral Anxiety Pervades Stage Reinvention of Wake in Fright Chris Boyd , 2019 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 28 June 2019; (p. 16)

— Review of Wake in Fright Declan Greene , Zahra Newman , 2019 single work drama

'If you know Wake in Fright only from its screen adaptations, Kenneth Cook’s original novel is a shockingly modern thing. It has none of the malevolence that defines the 1971 movie and 2017 miniseries remake. Instead, there is a pervasive sense of moral anxiety.'(Introduction)

1 Grim Vision of Gaslighting through the Ages Chris Boyd , 2019 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 9 August 2019;

— Review of My Dearworthy Darling Alison Croggon , 2019 single work drama

'In the early 1410s, after 20 years of marriage, 14 children and countless post-natal visitations from Christ, Margery Kempe persuaded her husband to take a vow of chastity with her. An illiterate middle-class woman, Kempe generally is regarded as having written the first autobiography in English. She dictated it in the third person. And, by god, she writes like Chaucer’s Wife of Bath.'(Introduction)

1 An Each-way Bet on a Double Family Tale Chris Boyd , 2019 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 24 August 2019; (p. 14)

— Review of Australian Realness Zoey Dawson , 2019 single work drama

'There’s a lot going on under the crass sitcom surface of Zoey Dawson’s new play, Australian Realness, but not a great deal of incentive to go fossicking for the fool’s gold beneath.' (Introduction)

1 Song Cycle Seeks Clear Direction Chris Boyd , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 22 August 2016; (p. 14)

— Review of The Fiery Maze Dorothy Porter , 2016 single work musical theatre
1 Disorder Takes Over as Colony Collapses Chris Boyd , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 21 June 2016; (p. 15)

— Review of The Honey Bees Caleb Lewis , 2017 single work drama
1 Noirishing Chris Boyd , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 6 June 2016; (p. 14)

— Review of Double Indemnity Tom Holloway , 2016 single work drama
1 In a World Without Dreams, Fusillades of F-words Offer the Best Defence Chris Boyd , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 9 May 2016; (p. 14)

— Review of Shit Patricia Cornelius , 2015 single work drama
1 Wrong Turns Lead Drama to Unsatisfying End Chris Boyd , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 19 April 2016; (p. 15)

— Review of CROSSxROADS Anthony Costanzo , Peter Fitzpatrick , 2016 single work musical theatre
1 Creativity and Long Struggle for a Fair Deal Chris Boyd , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 19 April 2016; (p. 15)

— Review of Bright World Andrea James , Elise Hearst , 2016 single work drama
1 Men and Babies on Their Mind Most of the Time Chris Boyd , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 14 March 2016; (p. 13)

— Review of The Distance Deborah Bruce , 2016 single work drama
1 Dreams Unfold in Songs of Sorrow and Sacrifice Chris Boyd , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 8 March 2016; (p. 15)

— Review of Taxithi : An Australian Odyssey Helen Yotis , 2016 single work drama
1 Slick Start to Picnic Chris Boyd , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 4 March 2016; (p. 14)

— Review of Picnic at Hanging Rock Tom Wright , 2016 single work drama
1 Imaginative Concept in Three Parts Designed to Give You Ideas Chris Boyd , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 22 February 2016; (p. 12)

— Review of Triumph Louris Van de Geer , 2014 single work drama
1 Alas, Poor Hamlet, You Bark More Than You Bite Chris Boyd , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 7 November 2016; (p. 14)

— Review of Anti-Hamlet Mark Wilson , 2016 single work drama
1 Abstract Experience Demands, and Commands, Audience's Full Attention Chris Boyd , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 18 October 2016; (p. 15)

— Review of Sunshine Tom Holloway , 2016 single work drama
1 Creation Revelation Chris Boyd , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 11 October 2016; (p. 15)

— Review of Lady Eats Apple Back to Back Theatre , 2016 single work drama
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