I simply cannot fault this production, three hours and three acts disappeared into what felt like minutes, and I was spellbound by the classic tale brought to life with clarity, beauty, and artistry.
In this, her latest collaboration with Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, post-post-modern diva Meow Meow manages to (almost) restrain her usual on-stage excess and antics and invites us to celebrate music from the 1920’s.
Looking for Alibrandi is an adaptation of a popular young adult coming-of-age novel about a teenage girl, Josie trying to forge her own identity whilst straddling the cultures of her poor, traditional Italian family and the privileged, predominantly Anglo culture of her private school.
All the dancers in the gala conveyed pure joy in dancing, which radiated off stage to the entire full house. Combine that with the multi-generational emerging and distinguished talent on display and the Australian Tap Festival is punching well above its weight by nurturing both the grassroots and elite of the tap community.
This is an important play. It is a challenging, confronting, stimulating, inspiring, moving, provocative and extraordinary play.
Mother May We is the debut solo show of Mel Ree, and through consummate gesture and costume, genuine warmth and charm, and an infectious energy, she immerses us in a wholehearted journey of reconciliation with her past.