
Dinkum Assorted has so much energy. Energy that comes from the characters. The desperate energy of survival, the joyful energy of youth, the determined energy of women who are fighting together to maintain a life that is worth living.

A very good artist makes their personal experiences universal, leading to empathy and hopefully a finished product that has a resonance beyond a very specific context.

An extraordinary work from the original and fearless Nicola Gunn, Piece for Person and Ghetto Blaster invites the audience to consider a moral dilemma and her response to it.

Edmund: The Beginning is a one-man investigation of the emotional range of performance in the traditional vein, an exploration of fascination and despair at human limitations.

The audience goes wild at the onset, clearly knowing they are in for a wonderful ride as Jean Valjean bursts onto the stage with all the fight and fervor, fear and feistiness that only a prisoner, recently set ‘free’ after stealing bread to feed someone else, can muster.

Overall I wasn’t quite sure what I was meant to be seeing. Was it a vehicle to entertain family and friends of the choir? A preview to gain support for a full staging? A vehicle to showcase some fine voices from a multiplicity of genres?

Briefs the show, turns out to be an irreverent look at the world of burlesque or Boy-lesque as some of the promos describe the show.