Superbly performed by the ensemble, this collaboration is unlike any of Bangarra’s previous works and introduces Australian audiences to an entirely new physical vocabulary that is both powerful and lyrical.
The circus skills are high and shine brightly, especially when dramatic ideas are sometimes overextended.
This is a play that begins with a focus on the process of acting and in the hands of these two outstanding performers, the layering of the narrative against the work they are actually doing, for real, is utterly joyful.
With sassy humour and dazzling routines, Chicago deals with the heady intersection of murder and celebrity, with a dose of corruption and adultery thrown into the mix.
Dropping designer names like confetti at a wedding, she regaled the capacity audience with anecdotes about her various international jaunts to cover new season’s collections.