In the Round
🌀 09: Engulfed by a Rising Tide
or, My Ideal Death and the Eight Different Immersive Performances I Wish I Could Participate In
Ryan Hamilton
I’m a queer/fat theatre-maker, producer, and reviewer who tells stories about place, otherness, and utopia.
In the Round
🌀 08: Hopelessness, Helplessness, and the Ibises
On pessimism, endangered Ibises, turning your Instagram DMs into a performance venue, and why maybe we all just need to stop scrolling
In the Round
🌀 07: Roll the Dice
Boring theatre about fire drills, exciting board games about 17th century queers, and the rise of digital extremism
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🌀 06: A Repository of History
Reflections on archiving, whiteness, climate change theatre, and techno-mythology
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🌀 05: All We Ever Wanted Was Everything
It’s been a quiet week filled with planning and reading. I’ve been thinking about shows I saw as a teen, new ways to review theatre, disabled ecologies, Judith Butler, and how to build sustainable theatre businesses.
Reviews
🐼 If You Can, Have Everything Be Soft
A dialogic response to ‘Tiny, Fluffy, Sweet’ by Ran Chen, presented by Arts Centre Melbourne as part of Asia TOPA
In the Round
🌀 04: A Time for Remembrance and Repetition
A week of rewatching theatre, reflections on queer possibilities in the club, and the beginning of a plan for my year.
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🌀 03: I’d Love It If We Made It
A week of protest, queer art, and my first audition in four years.
In the Round
🌀 02: Taking a Punt
The world is burning but at least I got to stand at a confluence of the Birrarung and say ‘Wow, I love this city.’
Reviews
👹 MONSTER by Florian Wild
A monstrous exhumation of fear and divinity delivered with wit and charm
In the Round
🌀 01: Imposter Syndrome
The one in which I begin a newsletter
Writing
📈 A Running Tally of Every Show I've Seen in 2025
All of the shows, performances, and concerts I've seen in 2025 thus far. Refreshes with new shows automatically.