Joe Lui Archives

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. Salome δ finds poetry in the chaos of illness

Reviews

Salome δ finds 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.

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. Joe Lui and Pheobe Sullivan dig into desire

Opinion

Joe Lui and Pheobe Sullivan dig 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?

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.

A woman stands on what looks like a film set. She's dresses in a pink leotard, and black patent combat boots, with a holster around her hips and holding a gun towards a camera, which is being operated by a person who wears jeans and a t-shirt, and a mask. Behind the camera operator is a screen onto which the scene the camera is filming is projected, against a computer generated backdrop that is brightly coloured and cartoon-like. An audacious piece of theatre blasts off from the Blue Room

Reviews

An audacious piece of theatre blasts off from the Blue Room

7 July 2021

The intergalactic mayhem of Beginning at the End (of Capitalism) may be hard to navigate but David Zampatti says its worth it for the simple truth that emerges from the tumult.

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

Reviews

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.

Reviews

From abstract acid house to pointillist landscapes

20 April 2021

Two mixed bill experimental music and sound programs intrigue Jonathan W. Marshall at this year’s Audible Edge festival.

Reviews

Myth and mystery make magic

7 December 2020

Cleverly weaving together two performances delivered in parallel, The Golem: or, Next Year in Jerusalem is obscure yet fascinating, writes David Zampatti.

James McMillan in 'The Jellyman'. Photo: Tashi Hall Bathed in blue jelly-like light, a man cuts into a blue jelly, against a backdrop of blue jelly. Jellyman is just the ticket

Reviews

Jellyman is just the ticket

30 October 2020

Live theatre is back at The Blue Room, with a new play that’s exciting, pertinent and ambitious, reports David Zampatti.

Reviews

A local story of love and courage

6 November 2019

Review: Squid Vicious, Cephalopod · The Blue Room Theatre, 4 November · Review by David Zampatti · It never rains but it pours; we have two …

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Reviews

Light will conquer all?

5 May 2019

Review: Julia Croft, Harriet Gillies & Joe Lui, Death Throes · The Blue Room Theatre, 1 May · Review by Jonathan W. Marshall · You can …

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