1984: Learning to love Big Brother
Orwell’s dystopian nightmare has seldom seemed quite so up-to-date – and it’s coming to a theatre near you...
May 3, 2017
Jason Blake
Jason joined the Limelight team in early 2023 as Digital Editor. He has served as Arts Editor of Sydney City Hub, editor of AUSTAR magazine, an online producer at Fairfax, and has reviewed theatre for The Sun-Herald (2006-2009), The Sydney Morning Herald (2009-2017), The Saturday Paper and Guardian Australia. He was co-founder/co-editor of the audreyjournal platform from 2017–22 and Publications Manager for the 2022 Sydney Film Festival.
Articles by Jason Blake
The Argo Shakespeare: speaking of the Bard
The collection is a window onto a past in which great actors strut and fret their hour. But is it for today?
January 27, 2017
Clearing a path as an actor of colour
Samoan-born Ray Chong Nee explains how he can relate to Shakespeare’s Othello. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
August 11, 2016
Driving Miss Julie
Director Kip Williams explains the attractions of transgressing in Strindberg’s upstairs-downstairs drama. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
April 20, 2016
The Other Scottish Plays
Of Shakespeare’s history plays, only Macbeth is set north of the English border. Rona Munro’s new trilogy addresses the imbalance. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
February 23, 2016
Woyzeck holds a mirror up to the times
What is it about Büchner’s brutal unfinished play that draws us back again and again?
January 5, 2016
Bell Shakespeare: The Bard at his most tuneful
Alan John’s tempestuous score looks more East than West. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
July 31, 2015