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Maybe-baby play contains charisma aplenty

31 July 2023

The Hypotheticals is a contemporary tale of potential baby-making that’s thoughtful, refreshing and pleasingly subversive, says Claire Trolio.

The Hypotheticals. Photo: Paz Tassone Two performers pose on stage as though they are miming stopping walls from closing in. Platonic parenting for the win?

Features

Platonic parenting for the win?

11 July 2023

Are we asking ourselves the right questions before we step on the parental rollercoaster? In The Hypotheticals playwrights Jeffrey Jay Fowler and Sarah Reuben dive into one of life’s biggest decisions. Nina Levy finds out more.

Features

Cream of the crop 2022

15 December 2022

Which shows were Seesaw Mag’s favourites this year? We ask our writers to reflect on the year that was… and the year that will be.

Arielle Grey and Ben Sutton. Photo: Daniel J Grant A scene from D*ck Pics in the Garden of Evil. A woman stands to one side, wearing a unitard with two skin coloured circles on her breasts. She stands next to a giant screen onto which a man's face is projected. He has an unkempt beard and a surprised expression. Plenty of sexy hijinks and humour in Hunters’ Eden

Reviews

Plenty of sexy hijinks and humour in Hunters’ Eden

21 November 2022

Jeffrey Jay Fowler’s screechingly funny, woeful D*ck Pics in the Garden of Eden means what it says, David Zampatti discovers.

Three people wearing strange flesh-coloured suits with foam and cotton wool padding stare ahead. There are green pot plants in the background. They are the cast for The Last Great Hunt's D*ck Pics in the Garden of Eden What to SEE: D*ck pics in the Garden of Eden

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What to SEE: D*ck pics in the Garden of Eden

27 October 2022

Ever wondered what happened to Adam and Eve after God banished them for eating that forbidden fruit? The Last Great Hunt has some interesting answers.

Grace Chow. Photo: Daniel J Grant It's dark. A woman sits inside a small box, holding the receiver of an analogue land-line telephone. In the background lines of neon-coloured light slice the darkness. Telephone transmits a beguiling blend of ideas

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Telephone transmits a beguiling blend of ideas

1 September 2022

With a touch of performance rock, The Last Great Hunt takes audiences to the galaxy and beyond via the iconic rotary-dial telephone and it’s a dizzying and dazzling ride, says David Zampatti.

Coutney Henri rehearsing Telephone with The Last Great Hunt Rehearsal for The Last Great Hunt's Telephone:A young woman in a sweatshirt holds a landline telephone receiver in one hand, like it is a trophy or a prize, and the telephone itself in the other. The background is coloured in a rainbow spectrum. What to SEE: The Last Great Hunt’s Telephone

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What to SEE: The Last Great Hunt’s Telephone

16 August 2022

Theatre makers The Last Great Hunt promise that their latest work will take audiences on a rollercoaster ride through analogue technology.

Arielle Gray and Tim Watts. Photo: Richard Jefferson Two actors from It’s Dark Outside cluster around a small puppet that represents an old man. What to SEE: It’s Dark Outside

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What to SEE: It’s Dark Outside

24 March 2022

In celebration of the play’s tenth anniversary, The Last Great Hunt brings its award-winning dive into death and dementia back to the stage.

It's Dark Outside. Photo: Richard Jefferson A promotional image from The Last Great Hunt’s show It's Dark Outside. Pictured is a hole of light, in a field of black. We see the silhouette of a man in the hole - holding up a hand, with fingers outspread. A show about dementia I’ll never forget

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A show about dementia I’ll never forget

18 March 2022

Compelling performances and skilful puppetry work together in The Last Great Hunt’s memorable play about dementia, writes Seesaw’s junior reviewer Saskia Haluszkiewicz.

Tim Watts in 'It's Dark outside'. Photo: Rochard Jefferson A man is silhouetted by a spotlight. He holds a fishing net into which he is placing a luminous cloud Darkness depicted with a light touch

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Darkness depicted with a light touch

18 March 2022

A decade after its premiere, The Last Great Hunt’s acclaimed exploration of dementia is still captivating audiences, writes Claire Trolio.

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Seesaw Magazine acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands on which we work and live, the Whadjuk people of the Noongar Nation. We acknowledge and respect their continuing culture and the contribution they make to the life of this city and this region.
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