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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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- Bron Batten
As the wine flowed so did the conversation around the many dinner tables – but these were stilted as more videos took over eating interludes, pausing any repartee mid sentence.
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- Nikki Spunde
Isango has taken the 220-year old opera and injected some serious life into it. It’s Mozart but there’s not a string section in sight, with the score rendered almost entirely through percussion and voice.
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- C.C. Williamson
Boldly directed by Imara Savage, Orphans is an excellently written play, running two hours without interval, and for the most part, intriguing.
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- Olympia Bowman-Derrick
Assembly is at once an exploration and a celebration of the possibilities of what can be achieved and created with collaboration, cooperation, and unity.
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- Carol Middleton
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- Nikki Spunde
With its combination of social satire and forceful drama, it is easy to see why Rhinoceros in Love has made such a big impact.
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- Heather Bloom
The sheer energy that drives the pounding beats and intense rhythms of Tom Tom Crew is infectious, and will leave you breathless.
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