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  • Pictured Merlynn Tong. Photo: Devika Bilimoria A woman is captured mid-cackle. She holds one hand up like a claw, her face is scrunched. Savage story provides enlightenment
    Reviews

    Savage story provides enlightenment

    16 December 2022

    The most important human being ever born and the most powerful creature ever to exist hook up. David Zampatti looks on with admiration.

    Reading time • 5 minutesTheatre
  • Bobby Russell in WALK. Photo: Jed Lyall Bobby Russell hovers close to the ground, one arm extended into the air. A walk on the stranger side
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    A walk on the stranger side

    17 July 2022

    If you’re a fan of sci-fi/horror, then you’ll recognise some of the tropes in Bobby Russell’s experimental performance work… but you’ll need to tie the threads together yourself, says Nina Levy.

    Reading time • 5 minutesDance
  • Photo: supplied A snapshot from the show Salome δ. Pictured is a performer wearing a long brocade robe stands, arms outstretched. To his left a dancer is folded in half, mid motion. The stage is dark, lit with blue and a shaft of pink. Finding poetry in the chaos of illness
    Reviews

    Finding poetry in the chaos of illness

    30 January 2022

    Delving and dancing into chronic sickness, Salome δ is a wild and multi-layered ride but the landing is surprisingly gentle, finds Nina Levy.

    Reading time • 4 minutesMulti-arts
  • Photo Daniel Grant Joe Lui squats in the front corner of the photo, with a guitar. He is wearing a cowboy hat and outfit in red and black. In the background is Phoebe Sullivan, who wears tight, sensual red and black garments and poses seductively. Digging into desire
    Opinion

    Digging into desire

    20 January 2022

    In their new burlesque-cabaret work, local theatre makers Joe Lui and Phoebe Sullivan dive into desire, to strip away some ugly truths. But what prompted them to lay these issues bare?

    Reading time • 10 minutesCabaret
  • Salome remixed in a heady brew
    The Festival Sessions

    Salome remixed in a heady brew

    17 January 2022

    A biblical story collides with COVID as a team of dancers and theatre makers explore the story of Salome. Find out more from deviser and performer Andrew Sutherland in this Festival Sessions interview.

    Reading time • 7 minutesTheatre
  • Reading time • 5 minutesTheatre
  • Natalie Allen performs in Julia. Natalie Allen as Julia Gillard has one finger raised and her mouth open as though she has swung around to retort. She wears a bright red wig and blue suit. A dance work for our times
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    A dance work for our times

    23 May 2021

    Solo dance work JULIA is a work for our times, a powerful statement of feminist resistance and rage, with a glimmer of hope, writes Nina Levy.

    Reading time • 6 minutesDance
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