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Grace Davidson-Lynch
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Why Horror? Something Wicked 2020
The holiday season is a time to reflect on our lives and world. It’s a time to be grateful, to come together, and to celebrate. I think...
Grace Davidson-Lynch
Oct 12, 20205 min read
Theatre Education Isn't About Creating Artists
In the last few weeks, the Illawarra theatre community has been buzzing with allegations of misconduct towards some young performers and...
Grace Davidson-Lynch
Sep 21, 20206 min read
Stage Fright- superstition, dramaturgy, and theatre ghosts
Theatre people are a superstitious bunch. Every person I’ve worked with while making a play has upheld the grand traditions. We don’t...
Grace Davidson-Lynch
Sep 7, 20207 min read
Boo! Why You Hate Jump Scares
Minor spoilers for Insidious and When A Stranger Calls... For my fifteenth birthday, my parents took me to see The Mousetrap at Sydney...
Grace Davidson-Lynch
Aug 24, 20207 min read
Why are there so many bad horror movies?
While I was researching my undergrad thesis, my supervisor suggested that I watch Halloween and Get Out. While I certainly find horror...
Grace Davidson-Lynch
Aug 10, 20206 min read
Candyman- how white women survive in horror films
Even if you don’t watch a lot of horror, you probably know the stereotypes surrounding the portrayal of women. You know about the...
Grace Davidson-Lynch
Jun 29, 20206 min read
Guilt becomes Horror- a closer look at Get Out
I think a lot of people have been forced to reckon with a very ugly truth this week. There are no excuses for not engaging in the BLM...
Grace Davidson-Lynch
Jun 15, 20208 min read
Text, Truth, and TikTok
Let me be clear, right from the start. This week, I have been consumed by the dramaturgical practices of TikTok. This is the...
Grace Davidson-Lynch
Jun 8, 20207 min read
Nasty and Restricted- how horror benefits from scarcity
In 2014 at the Gamescom trade fair in Cologne, Germany, PlayStation announced a mysterious new game. It was a playable teaser created by...
Grace Davidson-Lynch
Jun 1, 20208 min read
The show must go online, but should it stay there?
Two weeks ago I watched What The Butler Saw by Joe Orton, performed at the Curve Theatre in Leicester, while drinking tea and wearing my...
Grace Davidson-Lynch
May 24, 20207 min read
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