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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...

Education

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...

Horror

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...

Horror

Grace Davidson-Lynch

Aug 11, 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...

Horror

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...

Film

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...

Horror

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