]> http://www.theatre.asn.au/blog/grantwatson en http://www.theatre.asn.au/blog/grantwatson/amazingly_cool_set <p>A very brief post, this one, but sometimes links need to be shared. From Andrew Haydon's theatre blog, some <A HREF="http://postcardsgods.blogspot.com/2009/11/der-prozess-divadlo-na-vinohradech.html">amazing photos</A> of the <a class="glossary-term" href="glossary#term373"><acronym title="Set: Stage scenery or &quot;to set an item&quot; i.e. to place an object in position on the stage">set</acronym></a> to Andreas Kriegenburg's production of Kafka's <I>The Trial</I>.</p> Australia Set Designer Theatre Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:23:37 +0800 http://www.theatre.asn.au/blog/grantwatson/happy_and_sad_endings <p>I've recently finished up with <I>Cry Havoc</I>, my two-act political thriller in The Blue Room Theatre. One of my friends came and saw the show, and while loving it a great deal she asked if for my next playscript I could write "something a bit more uplifting". I half-jokingly replied that uplifting isn't something I generally do. I like dark material. I enjoy putting my characters through emotional torture. In the three main dramatic works I've had staged (and this is spoiler territory, in case you're worried) I've killed a President and brought down his government in one play, shot one character dead and traumatised the other in a second, and revealed everyone was dead all along in the third. Happy uplifting endings is not what I do.</p> Perth Playwright Theatre Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:34:40 +0800