Irrational Anthem
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Irrational Anthem

13 February 2020

With great writers, fine actors and so much to recommend it, David Zampatti is riveted by Anthem, until…

Reading time • 6 minutesPerth Festival
In a twilight zone
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In a twilight zone

13 February 2020

David Zampatti says STAR POWER is entertaining, but not stellar enough to send him into orbit.

Reading time • 3 minutesFringe World Festival
Jemma Kahn performs in the solo theatre production, In Bocca Al Lupo at the National Arts Festival, 8 July 2016. The show is the final instalment of her kamishibai story trilogy, which translates as ‘paper story’ and is an ancient form of Japanese street theatre. (Photo: Cue/Dani O’Neill) It’s storytelling magic
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It’s storytelling magic

12 February 2020

David Zampatti is in awe (yet again) of Jemma Kahn’s brilliant storytelling in Adult Story Time, part 3.

Reading time • 3 minutesFringe World Festival
Will Dickie's 'Team of the Decades', an outdoor responsive theatre set, engages the audience to explore human strength and weakness.  Heads Up Festival, Victoria Dock park, Hull. The very model of a man
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The very model of a man

12 February 2020

Pep talks from alpha males and drills with the coach are all part of the show in Team of the Decades, as Robert Housley finds out.

Reading time • 3 minutesFringe World Festival
All hail the new order
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All hail the new order

12 February 2020

Jan Hallam says Hecate, Yirra Yaakin’s Noongar interpretation of Macbeth, is a breathtaking achievement.

Reading time • 5 minutesPerth Festival
Mani Mae Gomes and Mitch Spadaro in Desire Lines Mani Mae Gomes and Mitch Spadaro spread plaster of Paris on their bodies Unknowable landscapes
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Unknowable landscapes

11 February 2020

Jo Pickup is led into curious worlds of turmoil and struggle in the contemporary dance work, Desire Lines.

Reading time • 4 minutesFringe World Festival
Song’n’dance love letter
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Song’n’dance love letter

10 February 2020

It drops some clangers, Jonathan W. Marshall says, but 100 Years of the History of Dance dazzles at times.

Reading time • 4 minutesFringe World Festival
Stripped-back revelations
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Stripped-back revelations

6 February 2020

It’s a new work and rough around the edges, but Claire Trolio says SLUTDROP is brilliant and illuminating.

Reading time • 4 minutesFringe World Festival
A fishbowl of memories
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A fishbowl of memories

6 February 2020

Isabelle Leclezio finds the uninhibited joy of fish feet refreshing to see in the local indie dance scene.

Reading time • 3 minutesFringe World Festival
Pipe dreams
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Pipe dreams

5 February 2020

Actor David Colvin tells tall tales and true about a legendary master piper in Thunderstruck, says an enchanted David Zampatti.

Reading time • 4 minutesFringe World Festival

Cleaver Street Studio

Cleaver Street Studio

 

Cleaver Street Studio