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The Forge and Dire
Behind the Curtain with Dire Theatre
The Illawarra Flame
August 1 2025
 
Why performers are making art in an old warehouse in Gwynneville
Illawarra Mercury
July 16 2024
 
Library to capture a legacy
The Illawarra Flame
May 19 2023
 
Illawarra theatre icon Gordon Streek to live on in new drop-in library
Illawarra Mercury
January 27 2023
 
How a funeral home helped kickstart Gwynneville's newest theatre The Forge
Illawarra Mercury
April 1 2022
 
Shows
Don’t Piss in the Pool
Dire Theatre Co. puts pool in theatre to make a climate change splash
The Illawarra Flame
February 26 2025
 
Eve Is Sick
Wollongong’s Dire Theatre Company: Eve is Sick: An Exorcism: A Play in Chambers
Sydney Arts Guide
November 19 2024
 
Radio Variety Hour
Review: The Dire Theatre Company Radio Variety Hour
Creative Futures Online
August 3 2024
See also Review: The Dire Theatre Company Radio Variety Hour
 
Romeo and Juliet
One Nation MP attacks Wollongong theatre group over same-sex kiss in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
Illawarra Mercury
July 1 2022
 
Mark Latham Frets Over Same-Sex Kiss in Romeo and Juliet Play at a Sydney School
Star Observer
June 29 2022
 
Campbelltown Performing High parents complaint over lesbian kisses in Romeo and Juliet
The Daily Telegraph
June 28 2022
 
All-female run performance collective, 'SHEkespeare' to showcase modern productions of Shakespeare's work in the Illawarra
Illawarra Mercury
September 30 2019
 
Wollongong production of Romeo and Juliet has solely a female cast
Illawarra Mercury
February 9 2019
 
 
Our Neighbourhood
European colonisation comes to Wollongong Workshop Theatre
Illawarra Mercury
January 15 2015
 
Play examines colonisation, Stolen Generations
Illawarra Mercury
January 12 2015
 
Other works
Referendum dinner in Gwynneville to open the gates for respectful discussion from 'no' and 'yes' supporters
Illawarra Mercury 
September 19 2023 
 
Audience, AI choose plot for Illawarra-based The Dire Theatre Company's first play for 2023
Illawarra Mercury
February 20 2023