Writings

My Darling Patricia - The Piper - Photo by Joshua Morris

My Darling Patricia: The Piper

August 15th, 2015 by

This performance by interdisciplinary Australian company, My Darling Patricia, relies upon the help of a hand-chosen group of audience members to wear headphones and follow instructions and to play parts of the stage action. This is a great concept which allows the children in this version of the classic Pied Piper story to actually be […]

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Trick of the Light - The Bookbinder

Trick of the Light: The Bookbinder

August 15th, 2015 by

A man lies asleep on a table surrounded by books, lit by an anglepoise lamp and some other old fashioned domestic lamps. A vintage record player is scratching out a tune. When the record runs out, the man startles awake complaining about the player being ‘newfangled technology’, and the show begins. What ensues is a […]

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Superbolt - Jurassic Park - Photo by Mihaela Bodlovic

Superbolt: Jurassic Park

August 15th, 2015 by

I hear an audience member whisper ‘I can’t wait to see this’. Waves of nostalgia for the 90s waft around the buzzing auditorium. Not unlike Bootworks’ take on Terminator 2, it’s a real fondness for this film and a yearning to explore its connotations to growing up in that era that underpin international ensemble Superbolt’s […]

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Nina Conti - In Your Face

Nina Conti: In Your Face

August 15th, 2015 by

Nina enters without her familiar alter ego the vent puppet, Monkey. His voice is present though, and assures us that she is shit without him. This is not true but all the same we begin with the kind of belly laughs that begin to hurt by the end of the hour of mesmerising skill, wit, […]

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Bootworks - Now Listen To Me Very Carefully

Bootworks: Now Listen to Me Very Carefully

August 15th, 2015 by

As we enter the quirky inflatable dome created for the show, a man inside is repeating the phrase ‘Get out of the way John!’ in an exaggerated American accent, whilst another is sat behind a DJ / tech desk at the back dressed in a metallic silver morph suit, sunglasses and motorcycle helmet. Once seated […]

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