
Taken at its broadest, Natalia Savvides' The Lightbox is a wide-ranging meditation on the human condition: what makes us tick and what happens when said ticking turns to tocking, or an irregular rhythm.

Clutching onto my friend throughout the 90-minute show, it was over far too quickly and would be happily viewed again.

American playwright Jon Robin Baitz has written a tightly woven family drama full of American politics and the nuances of growing up in America in the 80s and beyond.

Pursuing truth in oneself becomes a frustratingly impossible task: are we no more than a series of roles, with no underlying coherence or unity? No self beyond the personae we have created?

Watching Cavalia is to recover something of our humanity, like a gentle reawakening after a long and empty sleep.

The two songbirds sing their way through the musical melting pot, blending Katie’s jazz and pop tones with Maggie’s classical power.