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1 ‘I Have Seen How the Arts Has Changed People’ : Remembering Roz Hervey and Her Contribution to Australian Dance Russell Fewster , 2024 single work obituary (for Roz Hervey )
— Appears in: The Conversation , 12 November 2024;
1 With The Puzzle, David Williamson Shows His Continual Capacity to Satirise the Middle-class Russell Fewster , 2024 single work review
— Appears in: The Conversation , 25 September 2024;
— Review of The Puzzle David Williamson , 2024 single work drama

'Fun, sex, Renoir and a reckoning might be a succinct way to introduce the new play by David Williamson, The Puzzle. As Williamson noted to me in the foyer, “life would be pretty boring without sex”. However, he writes, in the production program that this comes with a proviso that licentiousness without any moral grounding can lead to human beings inadvertently “upending their lives”.'  (Introduction)
1 A Journey of Discovery and Identity Formation : The Dictionary of Lost Words Makes Its Wonderful Stage Debut Russell Fewster , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: The Conversation , 28 September 2023;
— Review of The Dictionary of Lost Words Verity Laughton , 2023 single work drama

'The Dictionary of Lost Words follows Esme as she navigates the patriarchal world of Victorian England. While her father and colleagues construct the Oxford English Dictionary, Esme begins to form her own dictionary – particularly the words spoken by women and the working class who have been excluded.' (Publication summary)
1 A Play Wright in Exile : Mammad Aidani Russell Fewster , 2023 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , 1 April no. 82 2023; (p. 201-228) 'Mammad Aidani's books, such as Narrative and Violence: Ways of Suffering Amongst Iranian Men in Diaspora, and plays, such as In the Mirror [La Mama 2021] and I Said This to the Bird [IPCS 2022 and La Mama 2023], explore what it is to be displaced in the modern world. For Aidani, the experience is one of 'catastrophe' and he argues that there is a compelling need for greater national and international recognition of the challenges of exile. Nonetheless, his works seek to find the humanity within exile, and explore what hope emerges when the need for human fellowship is realised.' 

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1 Liveness in the Digital Age : Performance Case Studies Russell Fewster , Geordie Brookman , Richard Chew , 2021 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , December no. 79 2021; (p. 231-252) 'Theatre is a communal act of anticipation of the sharing of story between performer and audience member. Contemporary performance has a focus on achieving intimacy between the two through spatial and sensory 'closeness'. Artists supply this, aided by live projection, radio microphone technology and multi-layered, ever-present soundscapes to create an immersive experience. Comprehensive technological augmentation of theatre allows for the minutiae of a live performance to be amplified, creating such intimacy.' (Publication abstract)
1 Staging David Hicks Russell Fewster , 2014 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , December no. 65 2014; (p. 12-36) ' Thanks to a bold piece of commissioning ... director Nigel Jamieson has been able to realise a powerfully immersive account of the agonies of unlawful incarceration and its impact on others ... Honour Bound is no apologia for David Hicks' actions but a viscerally intelligent argument for justice.' (Publication summary)
1 A Director in Rehearsal : Neil Armfield and the Company B Production of The Blind Giant Is Dancing by Stephen Sewell Russell Fewster , 2002 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , April no. 40 2002; (p. 106-118) Discusses Armfield's ensemble rehearsal model and its differences to the standard mainstream model. The focus of the article is 'on the design process, some features of the structuring of rehearsal itself, and Armfield's micro-practice of rehearsal in the context of discourses of ensemble-as-family' (106).
1 Future Tense: Writing for the Millennium Russell Fewster , 1995 single work criticism
— Appears in: 24 Hours , July 1995; (p. 52-53,59)
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