HOWIE THE ROOKIE

Red Stitch Actors Theatre, Rear 2 Chapel Street, St Kilda. Tel: 9533 8083. Until April 16.

RUBEN GUTHRIE

RUBEN GUTHRIE Red Stitch Actors Theatre. Rear 2 Chapel Street, St Kilda, until March 5. Tel: 9533 8083

Independence push faces round one body blow but clubs will fight on

POWERBROKERS behind the NRL's independent commission refuse to be derailed by the prospect of the changeover failing to take place by the start of the season, as they believe having the new model established by March 12 is of symbolic value only.

Making corrections

THEATRE THE RITES OF EVIL By Travis Cotton Red Stitch Actors Theatre Until September 26. Martin Ball Reviewer

Lobby Hero

LOBBY HERO By Red Stitch Actors Theatre. Rear 2 Chapel St, St Kilda. Friday until July 11. $34-$20. Tel: 9533 8083

Red Stitch Shows Its Seams

MARIE ANTOINETTE: THE COLOUR OF FLESH By Joel Gross, Red Stitch Actors Theatre, October 10. Until November 8. Running time: 140 minutes. www.redstitch.net

There's A Yarn In This Event

THE inaugural Hunter Knit-in at Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery went off yesterday without a dropped stitch.

An Active Bell Tolls Good And Evil

The Red Stitch theatre company is winning acclaim, writes Robin Usher.

Public Spaces, Not Buildings, Define City

SELFLESS architecture is needed to "stitch" Sydney back together, says Richard Johnson, the winner of a prestigious Australian architectural award.

A Stitch Down Through Time

Embroidery is one of Japan's dying arts. Louise Schwartzkoff talks to a needleman.

Theatre Group Dips Out, Again

RED Stitch is a successful theatre company - but it continually fails to get funding from Arts Victoria.

Motortown. By Red Stitch Actors Theatre

Motortown. By Red Stitch Actors Theatre. Cnr Dandenong Rd & Chapel St, St Kilda. $30/$20. Until December 22. Tel. 9533 8083. 4/5

A Questioning Intelligence Carries Red Stitch Into Bold Future

RED Stitch Theatre Company, which is renowned for its productions of top overseas scripts, enters a new phase in its six-year history in 2008 with the first production of a new Australian play it has commissioned.

Reminding Us Yet Again That War, And Its Aftermath, Is Hell

MOTORTOWN By Simon Stephens, Red Stitch Actors Theatre, Running time: 100 minutes Till December 22, www.redstitch.net

Stitch In Time Will Bring Pieces Of Puzzle Together

The best estimate we have is that average surface temperatures will rise by 1.8 to 3.5 degrees by the end of the century. This is going to happen under present conditions. Under the more challenging scenario, inland temperatures will rise even more - by about 5 degrees. If this occurs, living on parts of our globe will be difficult for humans and for the survival of many ecosystems.

Jailhouse Frock For A Model Set

SOME are quirky, some are sophisticated, but all have the freshness of youth sewn into every stitch.

A Slacker Romance, No Stars Attached

THE play, Jack Goes Boating by Bob Glaudini, was an off-Broadway hit in New York earlier this year starring the Oscar-winning actor, Philip Seymour Hoffman. Now it is opening in Melbourne at Red Stitch Theatre, a company with no interest in stars.

Voices Of Personal Psychosis

4.48 PSYCHOSIS By Sarah Kane, Red Stitch Actors Theatre, July 28. Until August 25. Running time: 70 minutes, www.redstitch.net

Corporate Comedy Has Spin In The Tale

WILD EAST By April De Angelis, Red Stitch Actors Theatre, Rear 2 Chapel St, St Kilda. June 1, until June 30. Running time: 85 minutes. www.redstitch.net

Bad Break Did Good

An operation helped him stitch up a new career, writes Ben Smee.