About

The Dia · log

log: (noun) an official record of events

dialogue: (noun) a discussion between two or more people, directed towards exploration

The Dialog seeks to chronicle the exploits of live performance at and around the University of Melbourne. All reviewers are current students, whose content aims to stimulate critical engagement both within and about the artistic community.

Contact: the.dialog.theatre@gmail.com

Team

Editors

Oscar Lidgerwood

Sophia Zikic

Sub-Editors

Reviewers

Simon Brownjohn

Ellie Dean

Jess Elfick

Sophie King

Pandaren PENG

Jade Smith

2022 Contributors

Editor

Nikita Mohar-Williams (she/her) has been obsessed with theatre since she was cast as a cowboy grandmother in the first grade. The Dialog is her first head editorial position.

Sub-Editors

Vanessa Chan (she/her) is a Media and Communications student from Macau who loves sharing all types of arts to CALD students. She is aiming to bring more CALD students to experience the beauty of arts in Naarm/Melbourne.

Ledya Khamou (she/her) is a Creative Writing and English double major who aspires to read for a living. She also has a penchant for writing Beats-style poetry and stories about unlikeable women.

Oscar Lidgerwood (he/him) is an English/Media student. Whether it’s acting, writing, or theatre making, he has had a love for all aspects of theatre since birth.

Jocelyn Saunders (she/her) is an Arts student with dreams of being an archaeologist. As well as a Dialog sub-editor, she is a writer of poems, novels, scripts and whatever else interests her at the time.

Reviewers

Sophie Barker (she/her) is a chronic rambler and overthinker, studying music and liberal arts in Naarm/Melbourne. She unleashes these tendencies onto any media and audience possible.

Olivia Borgstroem (they/them) is an Environmental Engineering student based in Naarm/Melbourne who likes to escape from the world of STEM by immersing themselves in all things theatre.

Vanessa Chan (she/her) is a Graphic Design student and lighting and set designer living in Naarm/Melbourne. Her recent theatrical work has been featured in The Hostage (MUCTG), Under the Influence (Four Letter Word Theatre) and Kill Mobile (MUCTG).

Ellie Dean (she/her) is an arts student studying theatre, literature and film in Naarm/Melbourne.

Jess Elfick (she/her) is a Design/Engineering student who enjoys smashing together all things creative with all things science. She is based in Naarm/Melbourne.

Celia Harvey (she/her) is an Arts student based in Naarm/Melbourne majoring in English and Theatre Studies.

Fify Shao (ze/zir) is a Chinese second-year Geography Science student who arrived in Melbourne/Naarm this year. Having fallen in love with musical and historical costumes, ze played a role in the musical Jesus Christ Superstar for Yeyu troupe.

Jade Smith (she/her) is an arts manager, theatre maker, and writer loyally based in the inner north of Naarm/Melbourne. As well as The Dialog, her reviews can be found at Prompt Side Melbourne.

Sophia Zikic (they/she) is a student, writer and theatre enthusiast living in Naarm/Melbourne. As well as in The Dialog, their work can be found in Lot’s Wife and Farrago.

Tian Nie (she/her) is a PhD student in biomedical research in Naarm/Melbourne who dabbles in music-making and theatregoing in her spare time.