Trouble Puppet Theater Company

A visiting puppeteer flies in with a show about a really wild duck

"...companies devoted exclusively to puppetry (see "Geppetto Dreams Puppet Company"), but Trouble Puppet Theater Company looks to be picking..."

March 19, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Two Generations, One Art

Like twins who have grown up apart and are finally reunited, writer-performer Terry Galloway and the Austin theatre company Rude Mechanicals are creative soulmates who have at last discovered their kinship through their collaboration on Galloway's dark comedy In the House of the Moles.

"...Terry Galloway and her "sisters" in the Rude Mechanicals theatre company is purely coincidental. After all, these women are..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)

This spoof has energy to spare but never feels as spontaneous as it should

"...Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)The Off Center, 2211 Hidalgo www.chaotictheatre.org Through Sept. 25 Running time: 1 hr., 55 min...."

Sept. 16, 2011 Arts Review by Jillian Owens

Lysistrata

This ancient satire is still timely, but new material here gets in the play's way

"...City Theatre, 3823 Airport www.chaotictheatre.com..."

June 4, 2010 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

FronteraFest Schedule

"...The Short Fringe at Hyde Park Theatre..."

Jan. 8, 2010 Arts Feature

2017 SXSW Film Venue Guide

Where to go, how to get there, and how to navigate the lines

"...SXSW is undeniably chaotic, but there is order to be found in this..."

March 3, 2017 SXSW Post

The Delicate Art of the Rifle

"...over for a world theatrical premiere at the Dobie Theatre. /// The Delicate Art of the Rifle is a..."

March 22, 1996 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

FronteraFest 2007: The lowdown

"...Jan. 16 through Feb. 17, Tuesday-Saturday, at Hyde Park Theatre, 511 W. 43rd. As always, the Saturday program will..."

Jan. 12, 2007 Arts Feature

The Austin One-Minute Play Festival Is Back!

ScriptWorks presents another round of locally penned 60-second dramas – 70 staged back-to-back

"...One-Minute Play Festival, running Aug. 17-19 at Ground Floor Theatre. Thirty-seven playwrights. Eight directors. Forty-plus actors. Seventy original one-minute..."

Aug. 14, 2015 Arts Feature by Stephanie Carll

Bubba and Babe's Backwoods Texas Wedding

Dinner-theatre nuptials, Texas-style

"...Texas Wedding, the new venture by the Esther's Follies company, serves up all of that and more for dinner-theatre..."

Nov. 23, 2007 Arts Feature by Elizabeth Cobbe

Bleacher Bums: Take Me Out to the Ballgame

It may be too early for most of us to really care about the baseball season, but the Subterranean Theatre Company production of the comedy Bleacher Bums is a near-perfect game that's worth catching.

"...Hyde Park Theatre,..."

May 19, 2000 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...isn't everyday you get to see it in the theatre, so don't miss it on the big screen, in..."

Oct. 6, 1995 News Feature

'The Twelfth Labor'

This family drama could be truly powerful, but it's too long and weighed down by too many ideas

"...at the McCallum Fine Arts Academy, 5600 Sunshine, 522-4045 www.tuttotheatre.org Through Sept. 1 Running time: 3 hr...."

Aug. 24, 2012 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

For the Love of Linko: Tears of a Clown

One Theatre Company has smartly produced Weldon Phillips' delightful, zippy, and merrily rakish play, an adult-oriented fable of love under the big top.

"...ONE Theatre Company has smartly produced Weldon Phillips' delightful, zippy, and..."

April 14, 2000 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Everything Is Possible ... Again

Seemingly unadaptable, Greil Marcus' 1989 opus Lipstick Traces proved to be the foundation for the Rude Mechanicals' strongest theatre work to date. As they revive their hit adaptation, the Rude Mechs reflect on its creation, its success, working as a collective, and being told by Marcus, "You staged the book I wanted to write."

"...later in the windowless basement of New York's famously chaotic Strand, picks up the same book. The book is..."

Sept. 1, 2000 Arts Feature by Ada Calhoun

Warning! Nudity!

Austinites love to shed their clothes, and a number of them do it onstage -- what's up with that? Some of the city's most nakedness-prone actors, performance artists, and directors expose their reasons to arts writer Ada Calhoun.

"...local spirit of au naturel carries over into the theatre community, where actors frequently get naked onstage. Just scan..."

April 14, 2000 Arts Feature by Ada Calhoun

Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour

Leviathan live experience transfers from stadiums to cinemas

"...tricks: letting Swift’s powerful stage presence spill into the theatre. Over the course of nearly three hours, the film..."

Oct. 20, 2023 Movie Review by Alejandra Martinez

Noises Off

Austin Playhouse stages this chaotic, ridiculous backstage farce with precision and fun

"...good running crew – the all-but-unsung heroes of the theatre world without whom staging most plays would be pretty..."

May 3, 2013 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Will Anybody Ever Love Neal Medlyn?

For vulnerable performer Neal Medlyn, Dork = Cool.

"...is "Boogers on Butts"). The whole thing was a chaotic mess of sensory overload, seemingly random bits of conversation,..."

Dec. 29, 2000 Arts Feature by Ada Calhoun

Tom Petty, Charli XCX, and Demi Lovato Headline SXSW Film 2021 List

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...to 8pm) and will be available until the virtual theatre "fills up." One bonus of going virtual: no waiting..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Art Prom, Pup Crawl, Eeyore’s Birthday, and More Recommended Events

A smattering of ways to fill your weekend

"...are as smart as we think. Sitting in the theatre’s seats, not standing at a podium, single players use..."

April 25, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Wes Anderson Brings Isle of Dogs to SXSW

Plus Midnighters bring the gore, and Alita party

"...at Teen Titans Go! to the Movies, coming to theatres this summer...."

Feb. 7, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

New Book Altars Looks Through a Camera Lens Darkly

Darla Teagarden brings ritual to art photography

"...in a strip club, the infamous Mitchell Brothers O'Farrell Theatre, "trying to make ends meet." This was when she..."

Feb. 4, 2022 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Real Estate and Perfect Mates

The Year in Austin Culture

"...2. Werner Herzog's Stroszek (Theaterless Theatre Corps) Josh Frank's Theaterless Theatre Corps did a hell..."

Jan. 5, 2001 Arts Feature by Ada Calhoun

Exhibitionism

Calavera #4 UBU ROI: ANIMAL HOUSE MACBETH

"...ideals, but 101 years later, after Rude Mechanicals' boisterous, chaotic, noisy, silly, messy, lewd performance of same, I certainly..."

Jan. 9, 1998 Arts Review

Book Review: Austin Author’s Play, With Knives Packs in the Drama

Jeanette Horn sharpens her pen for debut novel

"...The story follows a struggling theatre troupe traveling by train during their Midwestern tour as..."

March 28, 2025 Arts Feature by Mattea Gallaway

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

"...for release in May on the Arena Rock Recording Company. (Buffalo Billiards, 8pm) -- Michael Chamy..."

March 14, 2003 Music Feature

Austin Lyric Opera Makes History With Tannhäuser Our First Wagner

"...designs -- envisioning a post-apocalyptic world of great ruined theatres and massive concrete freeway trestles in disrepair -- are..."

Jan. 12, 1996 Arts Feature

Walkabouts, Rallies, and Carnaval in This Weekend’s Recommended Events

The chilly weekend is heating up

"...Through March 22, Hyde Park Theatre..."

Feb. 21, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Jesus Gonna Be Here

Johnny Toxic

"...bouffants perilously balanced on their heads, followed closely by chaotic bursts of stop-start music from plastic recorders and other..."

March 26, 1999 Music Feature

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