Melbourne Reviews
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- Lee Bemrose
We – mostly in our rigid bodies – see bodies all day long but never really see them reaching for their full potential, this physical exploration, and that's why this is such a visual feast. These six performers are our physical potential realised. And it's magical stuff.
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- Liza Dezfouli
Koyaanisqatsi is a Hopi word for 'life in chaos, life needing to change, crazy life', a perfect description of the current state of affairs when it comes to climate change, environmental degradation and the cancer that is neo-liberal capitalism.
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- Lee Bemrose
I loved everything about Faith Healer, a play as modest, inventive and intriguing as its author appears to have been.
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- Jane Canaway
The idea of getting your kit off to earn some money is, it has to be said, not an original one. Ask a zillion women since clothing was first worn.
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- Jane Canaway
The Mischief Theatre seems set to break the link between ‘farce’ and ‘descend’; their comedy The Play That Goes Wrong elevates the genre to a new era of cool.
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- Nikki Spunde
Asia TOPA, the Triennial of Performing Arts, has drawn some remarkable artists to Melbourne for its inaugural year, but few with the star power of movie soundtrack composer A.R. Rahman.
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- Diane Stubbings
As visually interesting and occasionally intriguing as John is, it’s a play that long overstays its welcome.
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