An extraordinary opportunity for the right person. An 18-month, £61k p/a role developing plays for the RSC, and working alongside senior leadership on literary strategy. This plus the Associate Playwright roles at the Court feels like a bit of a sea change.

Stage plight: The state of Australian theatre themonthly.com.au/issue/2024/jun… via The Saturday Paper

Every year on the boards I chair I undertake 1-2-1 board chats and appraisals, and have done for 12 years or more. Such a valuable way of understanding fellow trustees’ passions, concerns, desire to support more and to improve my work. I always ask them the same questions: 1/5

What is likely to be eating a lemon tree in Brisbane? No slugs etc in sight. Would this be a possum?! And what can I do to stop it happening without spraying something on the tree which would make the lemons inedible?

One year ago today, commencing the move to Australia. Kind of still feels like everything is spinning but am grateful we’re not living out of these suitcases anymore!

It was a pleasure to work with the Methuen team on this. Do share with teachers you know who teach Women of Troy, esp. at high school or to undergrads new to Greek tragedy!

Do some publishers not issue contracts for chapter authors in ed. cos? I’ve never seen experienced this before (either as a contributor or editor) but am involved in a volume (Routledge) that isn’t issuing contracts to anyone but the editor. Am I out of touch in finding this odd?

My book Punchdrunk on the Classics is currently 50% off, with the code FLASH50, until 11.59 EST on 5 August! Happy shopping: link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9…

Hot on the heels of my co-edited special issue of CTR on Simon Stone last month, the next issue has been published featuring my article The Apolline, the Dionysiac, and Spectatorship in Punchdrunk’s Masked Performances. Available open access here: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Volcano LukeMurphy_atticprojects Brisbane Festival is spectacular. What a privilage to get to see this work! On at Brisbane Powerhouse for the next two weeks. Go go go: youtube.com/watch?v=8YT34k…

Stressful seven days dealing with multiple hospitalisations for this little one but he’s discharged and lives to tell the tale. Three days until a week of annual leave and I don’t know if I’ve ever needed it more!

THE ROYAL COURT LIBRARY IS NOW OPEN 📚 🎉 You can now access hundreds of plays and theatre books whilst you relax at the Royal Court. Set across three floors, our library houses a range of playtexts, fiction and non-fiction books for you to browse and read in our building