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19/07/2018

MELANCHOLIA

The work of Lars von Trier is, to the say the least, an acquired taste; much like this new production, which gives renewed life to one his most recognized work. Aside from personal taste, one cannot dispute that this adaptation is a rich and sumptuous affair, as much beautiful as it is menacing. In the…
PERFORMANCE
14/07/2018

THE DEATH OF WALT DISNEY

A Public Reading of An Unproduced Screenplay about the Death of Walt Disney – July 11 201 –MKA Theatre of New Writing had a bouncy castle custom-made for the show. It is snow-white and curved like the Buena Vista Pictures Distribution logo, a castle in the sky, offset against pitch black. The Manderson-Galvin family of…
FILM PERFORMANCE
13/07/2018

POLYGRAPH

With over 30 years of professional theatre experience under her belt and her own theatre company, OpticNervePerformance Group, Tanya Gerstle certainly has an incredible wealth of theatrical knowledge to share. After many years of teaching and researching she has even developed her own style of training, Pulse, which produces memorising, authentic physical theatre. The Melbourne Critique spoke with Tanta Gerstle about her unconventional…
PERFORMANCE
13/07/2018

HIGHNESS

Through intimacy and choreography artist Melanie Jame Wolf in Mira Fuchs aroused something deep within her audience. A razor sharp work, of the upmost contemporary, an unfurling beauty poised. This work, a story of The Whore, had the artist draw upon her time spent as an erotic dancer, it served a titillating introduction to an, as…
PERFORMANCE
11/07/2018

THE ORIGIN OF LOVE

Let’s talk charisma, let’s talk cult following, let’s talk transgression, let’s talk John Cameron Mitchell. For decades, this artist has been at the forefront of queer reverence through performance, with his creation, Hedwig, looked upon by many, as a blinding example of Trans rights, long before this term even formed a part of common language…
PERFORMANCE
11/07/2018

TAHA

An unorthodox route away from the regular theatre doors, through a warren of service corridors and then blacked out hallways leads audience onto the stage of the State Theatre. It is a black-box with raised seating, everyone is completely disoriented; the regular house is obscured behind us. This is an ideal footing on which to…
PERFORMANCE
10/07/2018

THE BACHELOR S17 E05

Ten people take us in. They are a well-represented spectrum of female reality, about to enact the least ‘real’ entertainment there is, for the script here in this performance is an actual transcript of American franchise ‘The Bachelor’ Season 17, Episode 5. Audience knew Morgan Rose and Katrina Cornwell would serve them real-ness but with…
PERFORMANCE
09/07/2018

MY MONSTER

RMIT Gallery’s most recent exhibition, ‘My Monster: The Human Animal Hybrid’ explores and challenges the varied relationships between humans and animals. The gallery has been divided into five sections, headed under Greek mythological names, each exploring a different part of human/animal relationships: 1. xenos (foreigner/stranger)  2. mythos (stories/tales/narrative)  3. tokos (childbirth/reproduction) 4. eros (erotic love) …
PERFORMANCE
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