Melbourne Reviews
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- Liza Dezfouli
In a refreshing celebration of the joy of language, Essex lad and performance poet Luke Wright has made a show out of urban stories, delivered with passion and aplomb.
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- Liza Dezfouli
Acrobatics is thrilling to watch and the young performers of Brisbane's CIRCA didn't disappoint. Just back from New York after touring, the troupe took to the (rather small) stage of the Festival Hub to perform Wunderacts, their new show.
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- Bron Batten
It was a devoted crowd that packed into the Recital Centre to watch An Evening With Billy Bragg, presented as part of the 2012 Melbourne Festival.
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- Nikki Spunde
They call it an opera but it's not that, really. There's no story, no definable songs. It is more a surrealist soundscape, so unique in construction it's almost its own form.
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- Simonne Michelle-Wells
The clever use of repetition in Weather lulls you into a summer-like trance that can be suddenly broken when the set erupts around the dancers, or when the dancers themselves change pace with such velocity you're catapulted into an entirely different mood.
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- Eleanor Howlett
It's hard to fault a show that makes an audience cry with laughter, become wide-eyed with wonder and scream with delight all at the same time.
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- Vivienne Mah
Proving himself an indisputable master of his craft, Paul Kelly enchants young and old alike in his aptly titled 'Conversations with Ghosts'.
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