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- C.C. Williamson
The tubes of light resemble a dismantled pipe organ, only the high pitch tubes in view. A church-like feeling emerges. The small, contained, underground space could easily be likened to a crypt or a mortuary.
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- Liza Dezfouli
Amadeo Astorino explores his fascination with the friendship between Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald in this elegantly structured work.
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- Heather Bloom
Peter Schaffer’s award winning play Equus, delves within the more brutal aspect of obsessions and ponders whether conviction is more important than sanity.
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- Dione Joseph
Don’t fall into the typical search for meaning and metaphor. This is a world where you can and in fact, are encouraged to lose yourself. This is after all, the world of Einstein on the Beach.
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- Heather Bloom
Clutching onto my friend throughout the 90-minute show, it was over far too quickly and would be happily viewed again.
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- Danu Poyner
Watching Cavalia is to recover something of our humanity, like a gentle reawakening after a long and empty sleep.
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- Heather Bloom
The two songbirds sing their way through the musical melting pot, blending Katie’s jazz and pop tones with Maggie’s classical power.
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