For anyone who did not see The Canterbury Tales – Part One, do not let that be the reason you miss Part Two. With the essential concept of the performance covered in the prologue, Part Two is perfectly capable of standing on its own. Taking three of the stories traditionally classed as part of the […]
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Shakesprovisation
At Lazy Susan’s Comedy Den in the Brisbane Hotel, Saturday nights are placed in the hands of Cut Snake Comedy and their improvised show, “The Big HOO-HAA!”. Having brought us the Eurotrash of “Improvision” at Fringe World 2012, this year the team has taken their inspiration from the works of William Shakespeare, to create the […]
Continue ReadingThe Canterbury Tales – Part One
Ribald, irreverent, occasionally farcical, periodically scatological, but always varied – such a description could apply as easily to Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales as to a Fringe World show. A thought of this sort clearly occurred to a member of the KNUTS theatre company, which is staging two productions based on Chaucer’s Tales. Directed by […]
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Though St Jerome’s Laneway Festival may have overrun the Perth Cultural Centre that day, in one tent atop a Northbridge car park, the night belonged to jazz. Jazz Juncture is the debut of Siahne Rogers as a writer and director, though she is no stranger to the Fringe scene, regularly appearing in burlesque acts under […]
Continue ReadingThe Standover Man
Ensuring you are respected is essential to keeping your position as a redoubtable and feared crime boss. Accordingly, it can be considered necessary for promise-breakers to be reminded of their obligations, traditionally with something of theirs broken in turn. It is for circumstances such as these that standover men exist. Pope, the titular standover man […]
Continue ReadingFemme Fatales – A History
CABARET Femme Fatales – A History The Moon House Tent, Perth Cultural Centre Review: Graham Hansen Though it was not until the 20th century that the “femme fatale” archetype received that appellation, women’s dark power of seduction has been a storytelling theme since before Calypso and Circe bewitched Odysseus in Homer’s The Odyssey. The debate […]
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