Beth Anderson

Jenni and Beth check out The Deep Blue Sea, starring Rachel Weisz and Tom Hiddleston. Directed by theatre director Terrence Davies, it's not his first film, but our reviewers would beg to differ...

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FINAL_The_Deep_Blue_Sea_Review.mp3

Beth and Kiri check out David Cronenberg's psychoanalytic drama, A Dangerous Method, starring Michael Fassbender as Carl Jung and Keira Knightley as his disturbed patient. Is it intense psycho-erotica or just a lot of hot air?

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FINAL A Dangerous Method REVIEW_ Beth Kiri.mp3

Beth and Nat review RAT playing at La Mama, a play of intersecting monologues about repression and failed dreams. RAT takes the dirty underbelly of life and drags it under the spotlight.  
 
Written by Chris Summers and Directed by Petra Kalive

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FINAL RAT review Nat and Beth.mp3

 Sex and death. Two things that society seems fixated on. Beth went to see Stripped at La Mama, a one woman show that delves into the psyche of women and the suffering inherent in the human condition.

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FINAL Stripped La Mama Review Beth Mar 8.mp3

 Zoey Dawson is a director, actress and womens' theatre maker who has adapted Shakespeare's classic love story, Romeo and Juliet, into an all female exploration of the female teen experience. It tells the story of Juliet, of losing innocence, of first love and growing up. Beth and Nat talk to Zoey about female theatre and teen experience.

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FINAL_Zoey_Dawson_Interview.mp3

Six ladies, one classic Shakespearean tragedy. Gut-busting comedy and heart-wrenching tragedy, Beth and Nat check out Zoey Dawson's all female rendition of The Most Excellent and Lamentable Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet at fortyfivedownstairs.

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FINAL Romeo_and_Juliet_Review.mp3

 Finbar, Beth and David delve deep into Shame, the controversial new film from Steve McQueen, starring Michael Fassbender as a hollow sex addict, and Carey Mulligan as his fragile and broken sister. The guys discuss the artistic merit of the film's hardcore sexual imagery, and grapple with the nature of sex addiction itself.

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FINAL Shame Reivew.mp3

Here is an excerpt of our epic discussion on the films of 2011!  Beth, Jenni and Nat talk about what's been going on in the Australian film industry and overseas, and they pick out their personal favourite films of the year.   

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Best Films 2011 with Nat Beth and Jenni 18 December.mp3

Nat and Beth reviewed Attack the Block, a new sci-fi/comedy/horror film written and directed by Joe Cornish and starring Nick Frost.

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Review of Attack the Block with Beth and Nat 27 November.mp3

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1.) Cafe Scheherazade returns to fortyfivedownstairs:
 
Renae had an interesting conversation with award-winning theatre director Bagryana Popov about the reprisal of her production Cafe Scheherazade at fortyfivedownstairs from 20 August to 11 September. 

 
2.) SMEG Theatre presents Nausea's Reprieve:  
 

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Sun 14 August Winter Theatre Special Podcast.mp3