This year's showcase production at the Brisbane Festival is a piece of Bertolt Brecht's Epic Theatre, "The Caucasian Chalk Circle," directed by renowned director, Jarrad Carroll. The following is a transcript of an interview held with Jarrad Carroll regarding not only his choice of "The Caucasi...

Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) a non-conformist German playwright, was the most important single influence in the development of epic theatre. His political beliefs and experiences were his motivation to try to change the world through drama. Through the theatre he created, he made people realise the wr...

As society dives headfirst into the 21st-century, one cannot deny that there are a number of apparently frivolous concepts which are being sacrificed in the name of technology. Peripheral ideals and out-dated innovations such as LP's, tie-dying, and the ozone layer are being rightfully pushed asid...