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14/09/2018

MUNIAK MULANA

I acknowledge the traditional and rightful custodians of the land on which I stand, live and work, the Boon Wurrung and Wurundjeri peoples of the Eastern Kulin Nation. I pay my respects to their elders – past, present and emerging. I acknowledge the ongoing legacy of sacred storytelling, ceremony, ritual and performance which has blessed…
PERFORMANCE
13/09/2018

EVERYBODY LOSES

  With the title of this work having had audience wondering if they’d be in for some kind of ‘battle royale’, there was an eerie energy afoot when Tobias Manderson-Galvin (as Margaret Schmidt) arrived to escort them to an undisclosed location. The guests enjoyed wine on the  house, while Margaret talked about the terrible fire…
PERFORMANCE
12/09/2018

A BODY GLEANED

“Somewhere, between our body, our ancestors and our nightmares, we decide on who we’re going to be, and how we’re going to be constructed. ‘Ancestors whisper themselves into my dreams in languages I don’t speak and if these are the lights that are meant to guide me home, why don’t I know their faces?’ -Excerpt…
PERFORMANCE
10/09/2018

ICH NIBBER DIBBER

Having decided to make this show before reviewing 15 years of  their recorded conversations, their content has still become the script for Ich Nibber Dibber. The title is garbled German gibberish; the show is mostly nonsense, in-jokes and topics that keep circling in on themselves. Performance Trio Post have here placed drivel and outtakes as…
PERFORMANCE
10/09/2018

FIRE MONKEY

Fire Monkey refers to the Chinese lunar calendar that marks 2016 as the Year of the Monkey under the element of fire.  The universal myth of fire not only ignites common stories among different cultures, it also enables creative dance making through mapping of ancient memories with contemporary reflections. ‘Since the election of Trump in…
PERFORMANCE
06/09/2018

FORCE OF NATURE

Bringing dynamic artworks and participatory, live art events to the Yarra Ranges, Force of Nature considers our relationships to local environments, as well as imminent issues on a global scale at this poignant, teetering moment.  The exhibition, calls upon the potency of performance to create lively art that inspires engagement with nature, whilst fighting for it, mourning…
PERFORMANCE
31/08/2018

THE FALL

The theatre is buzzing. As I look around the seating bank, friendly faces glow with excitement. The Bla(c)k arts community have come out for this show; we smile and wave, hugs are exchanged, there is a shared hunger for this performance. Occasions like this are few and far between and already the sight of so…
PERFORMANCE
30/08/2018

BLASTED

Alright, some background to this review; Sarah Kane, playwright, was 24 when she wrote this work, it was  her first, she then committed suicide just four years  later. People have argued for some time that she never managed to reach full potential, quite rightly. People also say a spoon full of sugar helps the medicine…
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