Reviews

The Last Great Hunt - Bruce - Photo by Jamie Breen

The Last Great Hunt: Bruce

August 10th, 2015 by

Created and performed by Tim Watts and Wyatt Nixon-Lloyd, part of Perth-based collective The Last Great Hunt, this show follows the award-winning and much-travelled, The Adventures of Alvin Sputnik. Utilising fewer props and effects than that show, Bruce features two performers using a roughly-hewn block of foam and a pair of white gloves to deliver […]

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Tina C

Christopher Green: Tina C – Herstory

August 10th, 2015 by

Framed as a book launch for the second instalment of her autobiography, this show features readings that trace the latter half of Tina C’s life, interspersed with ‘hits’ from her illustrious career as a country singer. The character is now so well developed that the portrayal seems effortless, and I can easily imagine chancing upon […]

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Ultima Thule - Gomaar Trilogy - Photo Maaike Buys

Ultima Thule: Gomaar Trilogy – Head Over Heels

August 9th, 2015 by

This production, part of the curated Big in Belgium programme, is dominated by the physical energy and storytelling skills of the three performers onstage who stand on, move around, and hide behind wooden pallets recounting the story of a small town and particularly of a mother and child, her husband and the child’s father. The […]

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UCLU Runaground - Jabberwocky

UCLU Runaground: The Jabberwocky

August 9th, 2015 by

Caspar Mark Cech-Lucas and Laurence Young’s version of the classic poem takes as its premise a boy whose mother is ill and so takes a journey of the imagination into the world of the Jabberwocky to deal with his separation anxiety and fears of losing his mother. The cast of seven use a variety of […]

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The Park

Puppet Beings Theatre: The Park & The Paper Play

August 9th, 2015 by

The Park is a tabletop puppetry performance presented by Puppet Beings Theatre which is beguiling and charming. Five puppeteers in costumes that are all black yet professionally designed manipulate 18-inch fully-articulated rod puppets to present a scene of an old man in a park and his encounters with a dog and children. The only set […]

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