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Grace Davidson-Lynch
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Alan Bennett's Talking Heads Review
A British classic reimagined in Sydney’s opulent east

Grace Davidson-Lynch
Sep 183 min read


Can a Play Solve the Problem with Men?
CW - Family violence, self harm, suicide, substance abuse. It is easy to argue that Australian men are in crisis. The statistics alone tell a brutal tale. The Institute of Family Studies found in a 2025 study that 1 in 3 men had committed some act of intimate partner violence as an adult. That’s a 24% increase from the numbers a decade ago. White Ribbon Australia reports that around 95% of survivors experienced that violence at the hands of a man. Australia’s media landscap

Grace Davidson-Lynch
Sep 117 min read


Aquatic Affairs Review
A cetacean sex comedy that will leave you gasping for air

Grace Davidson-Lynch
Sep 113 min read


CARE INSTRUCTIONS Review
Can the performance of care treat the human condition?

Grace Davidson-Lynch
Sep 63 min read


Dial M for Mushrooms Review
A wacky musical comedy on the cutting edge of good taste

Grace Davidson-Lynch
Sep 42 min read


IWD 2024 - What I Learned About Art from the Women I Love
Lesson One - Nana When we were kids, we used to stay with my Nana at her house in Newcastle during the school holidays. She still lives in that house made of dark brown wood, hidden somewhere in the trees, just off that long suburban road. The drive was a torturous two hours, but when we arrived and we walked our scrunched-up legs up her front steps, we walked through a portal to somewhere warm, and familiar, and dreamy. Tall gum trees hanging over the house, and a backyard

Grace Davidson-Lynch
Feb 29, 20248 min read


A Lesson in Listening
If I think about it for a moment too long, I feel a red flash of shame on the back of my neck. The shame I felt as a child if I was caught lying. It is a primal shudder of horror, a blinding light of humiliation, on our failure. I am not ashamed to be an Australian, because what happened on the 14th of October 2023 had nothing to do with this country or its first inhabitants. The referendum was an invitation, in the most polite and careful of ways, for White Australia to list

Grace Davidson-Lynch
Dec 1, 20238 min read


Are Rude Audiences Ruining Theatre?
The theatre is a bastion of ideological discourse. It is a force for change and for good, asking more of its patrons than other more...

Grace Davidson-Lynch
Jun 29, 20238 min read


Everybody Should Be a Writer
I’ve written before about the ways that theatre education is beneficial for young people beyond basic theatre training – there is plenty...

Grace Davidson-Lynch
Mar 31, 20235 min read


The curse of sensitivity
Do you remember the first bad review you received? I mean review very loosely. Your art probably started getting reviewed in primary...

Grace Davidson-Lynch
Feb 28, 20235 min read
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