Behind the dazzling lights of the theatre is an invisible world backstage. In Teatro Delusio, that world is revealed and explored by a wonderful ensemble who use masks, puppetry, illusion and robust physical performance. It is a word-free show, but with a distinct narrative – and an example of how well physical/visual theatre can tell […]

Two dinosaurs are held next to one another: the little one is a baby, the big one is 31; the little one is 8 – the big one, 39; the little one is 16 – the big one is… gone. Vanessa (Helen Vinton), chief dinosaur manipulator and post-doctoral researcher, is a white-coat-clad scientist, with two […]

LCP Dance Theatre are an award-winning aerial dance company, whose work aims to raise awareness of human rights issues, using stage performance, live music and film; using real life stories as their starting point. Their work, here and elsewhere, seeks to illuminate the interrelationships between art and the real world – reflecting the  political, economic, […]

In which an architect and a photographer compose an audovisual story live on stage. It’s all very simple – well, deceptively simple. It’s actually all very cleverly thought out and constructed. At first, you notice – or at least, I noticed – two main focal points on the stage. Architectural models of buildings, one a […]

Make some noise, the hot brown honeys are here! Five feisty Australasian women of colour who are NOT going to be quiet, but instead are going to take some space for themselves; are going to show us who they are. We’re not witches, they say, but something wicked this way comes… So stand up and, […]