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- Jodi McAlister
This is a compelling, taut, provocative piece of theatre. The decision to cast playwright Lui in the role of her own textual avatar was brilliant, and adds another layer to the piece's intense honesty.
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- Penny Spirou
The performers are world-class, but what really makes this production an extravagant indulgence is the set design and costumes. While visually spellbinding, they also provide their own sonic aesthetic quality that makes this more than just another opera.
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- Rebecca Whitton
Combining Chekov’s wonderful, comic monologue On the Harmful Effects of Tobacco with music from Bach, Berio and Tchaikovsky makes for a short and charming salon piece from the Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord.
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- Rebecca Whitton
Have I No Mouth will divide audiences. This is an excellent idea for a play, especially for those with an interest of psychotherapy or the use of drama in psychotherapy.
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- Ashley Walker
The Experiment is a rich immersive sensory experience if you can accept the fact that this show is more about technology in the form of striking video projections, and coldly mechanical synth driven soundscapes than it is about the man on stage.
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- Ashley Walker
Theatre makers have much in common with children at play. Both delight in using minimal props in a small contained space to transport themselves into a completely different scenario that is often another world away.
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- Rebecca Whitton
Braverman is a charming and unassuming story teller and he imbues it all with such humour and such genuine love that his performance is captivating.
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