Painting and process
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Painting and process

19 February 2020

‘Nexus: A Group Show’ gives Miranda Johnson an insight into the way three painters put theory into practice.

Reading time • 5 minutesFringe World 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
On the right wavelength
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On the right wavelength

13 February 2020

Patrick Gunasekera is relieved to find The Aspie Hour is a smart, funny cabaret that doesn’t talk down to people with disability.

Reading time • 5 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
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
Australia nostalgic
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Australia nostalgic

11 February 2020

In Ballads, Banksias and Beauty, Jessie Gordon shows she’s the complete package, even if she’s a little road-weary, David Zampatti says.

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
A brightly costumed, disability-inclusive cast fill the stage Laughs, lamps and love
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Laughs, lamps and love

10 February 2020

Patrick Gunasekera appreciates the warm welcome in this imaginative, disability-inclusive retelling of Aladdin.

Reading time • 3 minutesFringe World Festival
A peek at potential
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A peek at potential

6 February 2020

Nina Levy takes note of local dance works and performers to watch for in ‘MicroMove’.

Reading time • 4 minutesFringe World Festival

Cleaver Street Studio

Cleaver Street Studio

 

Cleaver Street Studio