A voluptuous woman with long wavy hair looks into a handheld mirror. It's an artist's impression of Helen of Troy. Overloaded Ships needs more steering
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Overloaded Ships needs more steering

6 February 2023

Gillian English has plenty to say about beauty standards in her entertaining new show. Like our relationship with our bodies, however, 1000 Ships is a work in progress, writes Claire Trolio.

Reading time • 5 minutesComedy
Myth magically retold
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Myth magically retold

13 February 2021

There are many ways to retell Homer’s story of the Trojan War, and as David Zampatti discovers, you can make a more than decent fist of it with four comic actors and a bunch of puppets.

Reading time • 3 minutesFringe World Festival
A tsunami of subversion
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A tsunami of subversion

26 January 2021

You might want to brace yourself for Patrick Marlborough’s radical gloves-off stand-up in On Fringe, but it’s well worth the effort, advises Xan Ashbury.

Reading time • 4 minutesFringe World Festival
(L to R) Natalie de Rozario, Diana Pekic, Keely Baker, Bronwyn McDougall and the audience volunteer Josie Mower. 5 women dressed in period costume Seriously remarkable women
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Seriously remarkable women

20 January 2020

Ron Banks discovers there is not much to laugh about in the grim stories of how women have overcome patriarchy in Western culture.

Reading time • 4 minutesCabaret

Cleaver Street Studio

Cleaver Street Studio

 

Cleaver Street Studio