Despite first being performed almost a decade ago, the topics explored in Stephen House’s Walk in Dirt still feel current and perhaps even more relevant today. The show follows an unnamed man as he walks through his rubbish-filled street and into the dark urban underworld, meeting a series of bizarre and fractured characters. It is […]
Continue ReadingExamining the human condition with Campari Kid and Siren of the Squeezebox
Campari Kid and Siren of the Squeezebox created haunting and beautifully expressive music at the Artrage Bakery on Thursday night. Siren of the Squeezebox Cathie Travers virtuosically weaves through Campari Kid !an L!lburne’s poetic examinations of the human condition. She sighs and sings with her accordion while he sings poetry with his Spanish guitar. Further […]
Continue ReadingA festival for the curious and the brave
The Proximity festival is a smorgasbord of performances “tailor-made for an audience of one” at the Blue Room. With such delicacies as beard fondling and strip poker on offer, those used to playing it cool hiding in a crowd and avoiding participation may be challenged. The 12 works about reaction and interaction, reflection and introspection […]
Continue ReadingDeception and perception in A Night of Deceit
Deception makes reality relative to perception. Communications with strangers, those we are close to and even ourselves cannot always be trusted. Deceits reveal themselves in ugly but entertaining ways in Ellandar Productions’ A Night of Deceit, directed by Ellen O’Connor and Iskandar Sharazuddin. Five shorts set in the 1940s are introduced through cabaret and woven […]
Continue ReadingMarcel Lucont tackles the big issues in Encore
Encore is an award-winning show filled with often painfully funny observations on sex, relationships, language, death, wine, erectile dysfunction, Christmas, fake breasts — delivered by a smug French nihilist. Marcel Lucont approaches the microphone to his own French voice-over and poses weightily on one of his bare feet with a sardonic expression, a glass of […]
Continue ReadingHeartbreak and healing at Odette Mercy’s Heartbreak Dance
The heartless, the heartbroken and the heart-breakers came together for a journey into the pain, beauty and essence of love in Fringe World’s Odette Mercy’s Heartbreak Dance. Over the course of the evening, the audience were guided through a diverse range of performances from musicians, poets, storytellers and rappers, all in the name of love. […]
Continue ReadingHong Kong Melody Makers pitch perfect
The lush high ceilings and decorations of the Perth Town Hall were the perfect accompaniments for the dynamic vocal quintet The Hong Kong Melody Makers. The five singers from Hong Kong were visibly excited to be on their first Australian tour and provided an aural treat for the crowd with their impressive a capella performance. […]
Continue ReadingPutting it on the Table
Every so often we stumble across something that has the ability to transform the ordinary for us, leaving an experience that will never be forgotten. Last night watching Polish performers Karbido perform The Table was such an experience for me. Do you like music? Fond of tables? Whichever part of the world you hail from, it […]
Continue ReadingChannelling Dolly Parton in Hope is the Saddest
I admit the mention and promise of Dolly Parton had me sold on seeing Hope Is The Saddest before I knew anything more about the play, but I was adamant that my love of country music would not get in the way of my critique. Thankfully, this show is so delightful charming and funny that […]
Continue ReadingUnsettling night for Sleepyhead
The sold-out premiere season of Sleepyhead was critically applauded in Melbourne for its gothic undertones and wicked dark humour, but unfortunately its hometown debut doesn’t get it quite right. Set in rural Australia, we meet Eleanor (Amy Murray) and Genevieve (Louise Cocks), two very different sisters alone and isolated from the world by their Dad […]
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