Three women sitting on a dimly-lit stage, each in her own space, hands busy folding and arranging. The music intensifies, and they rise, and dance. One is presented with a garland, and she twirls ecstatically, the picture of happiness on her wedding day, the two others reflecting her joy and supporting her. The pattern is […]
Writings
The Last Great Hunt: Bruce
August 10th, 2015 by Matt RudkinCreated 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 […]
Christopher Green: Tina C – Herstory
August 10th, 2015 by Matt RudkinFramed 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 […]
Ultima Thule: Gomaar Trilogy – Head Over Heels
August 9th, 2015 by Adam BennettThis 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 […]
UCLU Runaground: The Jabberwocky
August 9th, 2015 by Adam BennettCaspar 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 […]