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- Jane Canaway
It is strange that a lot of poetry leaves people cold, but if you call those verses ‘lyrics’ and set them to music, many of those same people will be enraptured.
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- Annika Priest
With You and Me and the Space in Between, Kruckemeyer has created a universal, poignant allegory of the refugee plight which resonates with all ages, and Terrapin’s telling of it is inventive and charming.
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- Catherine Della Bosca
Two Dogs is one of the most popular works in China and has been performed over a 1,000 times. I wanted in.
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- Annika Priest
There’s no logic, there’s not much plot and the props could have been found in a skip at your local bottle shop, but who needs a big budget and complex storyline when you’ve got imagination, humour, Anna Lumb’s cheeky smile and her bedazzling circus tricks?
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- Annika Priest
Spearim weaves contemporary dance, traditional dance and original songs through her layers of history – a patchwork of pain and celebration which refuses to let us take a back seat.
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- Lee Bemrose
Along with the contents warning for this show (Violence: Mild, Coarse Language: Mild), there should be Actual Trump Quotes: Repugnant.
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- Annika Priest
Batten is bringing the physicality back, luring up a volunteer on stage each night – plucked and chosen by her based on their pre-show surveys – to go on a very live date.
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