STILL WANNA BE A RABBIT

Presented at Quilt Room, Trades Hall as part of Melbourne Fringe 2022 from Thursday the 6th to Sunday the 9th of October. Over the course of Yumi Umiumare career they have continued to define their performance sensibilities as both steeped in the ancientness of Butoh and Physical Theatre- as much as being obsessed with the…

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04/10/2022

SCOLD’S BRIDLE

Presented at The Butterfly Club as part of Melbourne Fringe 2022, from Monday the 3rd to Sunday the 9th of October. Scold’s Bridle- was a draconian implement used to torture, degrade and silence women. Akin to something from the dark ages- it is from this metaphoric title, that this contemporary performance begins. With Frankly holding…

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22/01/2022

JAGGED LITTLE PILL

For a certain generation, the music of Alanis Morissette is forever etched into a collective angst filled consciousness, and in Jagged Little Pill the memory of such music comes flooding back in giddy waves. Introduced first to the all- American Healy family by Mary Jane Healy (played by Natalie Bassingthwaighte)- recording their annual Christmas message. From here…

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08/08/2021

RAPTURE: BATHTUB EDITION

Moria Finucane aside from a national treasure, possesses a rare gift that many others could only dream of holding in their own hands. It’s an ability to draw audiences in, holding them captive until the very last moments of a performance, and in Rapture: Bathtub Edition, we are once again reminded of this. Powerful, enigmatic and…

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03/08/2021

HYDRA

“The world has changed. There’s no fresh water and machines have taken all the jobs.”- this is Hydra, the latest work by award the winning Melbourne collective Double Water Sign and written by Rachel Perks and directed by Bridget Balodis. You may be familiar with the work of this company through previous productions Ground Control (2016) and Moral Panic (2018), like…

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14/07/2021

GLASS

It’s been over a year since I last wrote a dance review, even longer since I myself was on stage, and while I detest writing in the first person, as both a performance artist and critic, I could think of a non-more deserving show to bring myself out of an ‘early retirement’. I was first…

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19/02/2020

THE SEEN & UNSEEN

A mesmerising convergence of contemporary Indonesian dance and physical storytelling, The Seen and Unseen is adapted by Indonesian artist Kamila Andini from her internationally acclaimed film of the same name. Tantri and Tantra are twins born under the full moon. Inseparable in life, the line between reality and the dream world begins to blur as…

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06/02/2020

DADDY

Daddy is a performance that dazzles as it simultaneously balances upon a razor-sharp edge of wit and heartbreak. In a manner that few performers ever manage to fully realise, Daddy is a deft portrayal of personal reflection, dripping with social antidotes. At its peak, this performance is an exercise in vulnerability and wearing one’s heart on their sleeve.…

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