

Acrobatics is thrilling to watch and the young performers of Brisbane's CIRCA didn't disappoint. Just back from New York after touring, the troupe took to the (rather small) stage of the Festival Hub to perform Wunderacts, their new show.

The cast of Pornography deserve much of the credit for making this play work by capturing the essence of the human condition and imprinting messages into minds that last long after the audience has left the theatre.

Written by veteran Australian playwright David Williamson, Managing Carmen is a production defined by missed opportunities.

It was a devoted crowd that packed into the Recital Centre to watch An Evening With Billy Bragg, presented as part of the 2012 Melbourne Festival.


They call it an opera but it's not that, really. There's no story, no definable songs. It is more a surrealist soundscape, so unique in construction it's almost its own form.