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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…
PERFORMANCE REVIEWS
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…
PERFORMANCE REVIEWS
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…
PERFORMANCE REVIEWS
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…
PERFORMANCE REVIEWS
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…
REVIEWS
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.…
PERFORMANCE REVIEWS
15/01/2020

WAR HORSE

After six years as a critic, and having seen what would be thousands of shows, it is rare that I should walk out at interval. But for this – the first show I will see in 2020 – that is precisely what happened. Perhaps a deft show in terms of its puppetry, War Horse has…
PERFORMANCE REVIEWS
19/10/2019

TOKEN ARMIES

Token Armies is an immersive experience, but is it a successful one? Having witnessed the preview and opening night performance, some of the magic that was first there is now nowhere to be found. Perhaps the hardest pill to swallow is that within this show, are not only dancers but live animals. If it is no…
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