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- Nikki Spunde
Choreographer Jeck Kurniawan Siompo Pui, better known by the catchy handle of Jecko Siompo, is pretty hot stuff in Indonesia and getting hotter on the world stage too.
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- Jane Canaway
Based (of course) on the 1982 movie, this piece of musical theatre never made any pretentions about being anything more than a feel-good hour or two of fun, full of colour, dance, song – and lots of thrusting hips.
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- Jane Canaway
Disappointed at the loveless media backlash that followed Whiteley’s passing, Dickins penned the original text for Whiteley’s Incredible Blue as a tribute to the man who was Australia’s first artist superstar.
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- Jane Canaway
Apart from a few missed notes on the piano and landings that failed to stick possibly the result of first-night nerves – the performance is hard to fault and it sets a new standard for storytelling.
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- Nikki Spunde
The stage is stark, simply chairs and spots of light. The audience seem a little tense. We are about to see a show about Iraq. The power of that name is enough; I don’t need to tell you what kind of heavy themes might lie in wait.
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- Nikki Spunde
So OK it isn’t the kind of genre-busting experimental frontier art piece that I’d normally think of as a true Fringe show but it is high quality comedy that works on wit, charm and intelligence.
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- Bron Batten
Dance as an art form is so often filled with lyrical portrayals of beauty, love and grace. It is not so often that it takes on the subjects of political regimes, violence and oppression.
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