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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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18/10/2017

A MODERN PHILOSOPHY

The Wheeler Centre’s Festival Of Questions’s Philosophical Fight Club could perhaps be better described as a session of philosophical mediation; this diverse line-up sought not to fight, but instead find common ground. The panel offered up many moments of illumination and insights. Hosted by the ever charismatic Geoffrey Robertson, a broadcaster, human rights barrister, academic and…
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18/10/2017

TINPAN ORANGE

Acclaimed indie-folk outfit Tinpan Orange are a trio of musicians straight out of Melbourne, discovered back in 2005 while busking on the streets of Darwin. Siblings Emily and Jesse Lubitz and close friend Alex Burkoy have just released their latest, Wanderers, a song of whim that explores the sounds of a time long past. Ethereal…
MUSIC
16/10/2017

DRASKO BOLJEVIC

By 2050, the global community could see an added 2.5 billion people entering already densely-built environments. In this mess of concrete, steel and glass, it can sometimes be true that these environments could be seen as bereft of true life force and an imagination, becoming simply lonely wind tunnels with disconnected communities extended up into…
FILM
16/10/2017

TALE OF A HANDMAID

“Better never means better for everyone… It always means worse, for some.” Margaret Atwood’s famous words from The Handmaid’s Tale now ring truer than ever, In The Handmaid’s Tale’s dystopian America, women are enslaved by the patriarchy, repeatedly raped in what is poorly disguised as ceremony, and subjected to violent and bodily repercussions should they dare disobey. Now,…
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15/10/2017

JOEP BEVING

Tall, long-haired and equally long-bearded, 41-year-old Joep Beving isn’t your average viral sensation. Thrust into the online spotlight almost overnight after uploading his first album Solipsism to Spotify, the Dutch piano composer is warm, affable and sincere in his passion. Despite his recent fame, he’s endearingly humble, expressing surprise at the size of the theatre.…
MUSIC
14/10/2017

BANGSOKOL A REQUIEM

In the four years between 1975 and 1979 immediately following the Cambodian Civil War, under the communist regime of Khmer Rouge, over one million Cambodians were wiped off the face of the earth in one of the biggest mass genocides in history. It is difficult for many Australians to comprehend such violence and atrocity. If such an event…
PERFORMANCE
13/10/2017

ALL THE SEX I’VE EVER HAD

  Melbourne Festival’s All The Sex I’ve Ever Had is a shining beacon of both inclusivity and accessibility. Most importantly, it presents a chance for our elders to speak openly and freely, imparting some of their wisdom. We live in a society which is very much ageist; according to media and the mainstream, we apparently become…
PERFORMANCE
12/10/2017

EVER

The first act of Ever is a definite yea, with beautiful, striking choreography set to one of the most jaw-dropping pieces of classic musical from the mid-20th century. It’s so good to see dancers really sweat it out, and the perspiration here drips off their taut figures as they take to the performance with gusto.…
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