This wordless play has the pace of a symphonic adagio, starting in what might be late afternoon, traversing the night with its nightmares, and ending the next morning.
This show is delightful, touching, and expertly put together, and is a testament to the insight and skill of all involved.
In the aftermath of the Voice debacle, it is more than ever significant that this year’s Adelaide Festival has begun with two contemporary Indigenous ceremonies.
The moon was large and low in the sky as we made our way out of the gardens. Shakespeare would have loved this, I thought.
This show, devised by Robert Lepage in Canada fifteen years ago, forms the operatic centrepiece of the 2024 Adelaide Festival.
If you went looking for a show that only glittered then you are out of luck because Briefs always cuts deeper than that.