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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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11/04/2019

WEST SIDE STORY

Had she one bullet left and they played the show in reverse, I would have taken that bullet to save myself from two and a half hours of torture. How a work of such magnitude, one which deals with the pertinent issue of race relations in America could loose its edge, at a time when Donald…
PERFORMANCE REVIEWS
03/04/2019

SINGLE ASIAN FEMALE

In Single Asian Female, the audience step out of their ordinary day to day, and step into the Golden Phoenix, a suburban Sunshine Coast Chinese restaurant, where a family of whip-smart women are definitely talking about you in their native tongue.  The work tells the story of the Wong family exploring dynamics that pit sister against…
INTERVIEWS PERFORMANCE
03/04/2019

A BEASTIE BOYS LIVE EXPERIENCE

The roaring 2020s are almost here and we seem to be exploring some kind of an ‘ancient-forward’ dance on the continuum of music; retrospectives and throw back are all the rage! We are bathing in electro-swing, reinventing the foxtrot and the narratives of Great Gatsby, as well as, honouring the musical Titans of the 80s…
INTERVIEWS MUSIC
21/03/2019

YOU ANIMAL YOU

Half way through this year’s Dance Massive program it has become evident, that within the Melbourne dance scene at least, the parameters of dance have certainly shifted. The lines between it and other art forms have become blurred and, whether this new lack of definition is a good thing or not, certainly lies in the…
INTERVIEWS PERFORMANCE
21/03/2019

THE EVERLEIGH

If there is one thing more synonymous with Melbourne than our vibrants arts scene, it’s our city’s love of food, dining out and indulging in ‘the good life’. Our nighttime culture puts those of of other Australian cities to shame. Soon to turn 8 is The Everleigh, a Melbourne institution and much loved Fitzroy watering…
FOOD INTERVIEWS
20/03/2019

LADY EXAMPLE

The saddest thing about this work, is despite all its ambition, it truly lacks the finesse that a work of such grandeur truely deserves. The ideas are there, and yes each of them could possibly be claimed as being relevant and relating to our times, but they come so thick and fast, none are allowed…
PERFORMANCE REVIEWS
19/03/2019

WORLD PROBLEMS

World Problems is a beautifully subdued work, that dips, both feet, into the tepid water of identity politics. By the end of the experience though, what was once luke warm, has become something which burns to touch. The real star of the show is the writing, it’s an innate piece of script that tips back…
PERFORMANCE REVIEWS
18/03/2019

COMMON GROUND

Common Ground by Chunky Move was first staged in Melbourne one year ago; in this second coming, the work is now presented within Merlyn Theatre at Malthouse- it’s a great space to stage major dance works, an idea that the venue seems to have picked up – as, alongside Skeleton Tree by Stephanie Lake also…
PERFORMANCE REVIEWS
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