All posts tagged "review"

‘The Phantom of the Opera’ re-imagined at the Sydney Opera House

Sydney Opera House, Sydney. 26 August 2022. A new re-imagined production of one of the greatest hit musicals of all time, The Phantom of the Opera, has opened at...

Ryuichi Fujimura's 'Fall! Falter!! Dance!!!'. Photo by Heidrun Lohr.

FORM Dance Projects: Let’s DANCE with Ryuichi Fujimura and Chris Chua

Riverside Theatres, Sydney.11 August 2022. Let’s DANCE, the latest offering by FORM Dance Projects in collaboration with Riverside Theatres, was presented this...

Austin Butler as Elvis. Photo courtesy of Warner Bros.

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Austin Butler – Becoming ‘ELVIS’!

Baz Luhrmann’s feature film Elvis became the No. 1 at the box office in North America, with its opening weekend across 3,906 theatres, generating...

Light the Way's 'Spotlight - Musical Theatre Gala'.

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Light the Way Dance Collective hosts a celebration of dance and performing arts

Sydney Coliseum Theatre, Sydney. 17 June 2022. Spotlight – Musical Theatre Cabaret Gala was the first of three nightly shows at the Light the...

Stephanie Lake’s bravest ‘Manifesto’

Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne.10 June 2022. Imagine if the H.M.S. Pinafore had been taken over by cult leaders or extremists, and G&S camp replaced with...

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Sydney Dance Company’s ‘ab [intra]’: A work that captures the mood of our current world

Roslyn Packer Theatre, Sydney.2 June 2022. It was curious to see what Sydney Dance Company would showcase after a couple of years...

Connor McMahon in 'Galileo'. Photo by Daniel Asher Smith.

Sydney Choreographic Ensemble’s ‘Galileo’ embodies Galileo’s ideas with a dancer’s poetic sensibility

Riverside Theatres Parramatta, Sydney.1 June 2022. One of the most exciting and newest additions to the independent dance community has been the...

'La Nijinska: Choreographer of the Modern' by Lynn Garafola.

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Lynn Garafola’s ‘La Nijinska: Choreographer of the Modern’ gives Nijinska her rightful place

Oxford University Press.May 2022. Finally — La Nijinska: Choreographer of the Modern — a book that gives Bronislava Nijinska (1891-1972) her rightful place in...

'Double Beat' by Sara Black. Photo by Heidrun Löhr.

Sara Black’s ‘Double Beat’: The pulse of life

Riverside Theatres, Parramatta, Sydney. 5 May 2022. Double Beat is presented by FORM Dance Projects and Riverside Theatres as part of Dance Bites 2022....

The Australian Ballet in 'Kunstkamer'. Photo by Daniel Boud.

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The Australian Ballet announces new era with epic masterwork ‘Kunstkamer’

Sydney Opera House, Sydney.29 April 2022. In staging Kunstkamer, The Australian Ballet’s Artistic Director David Hallberg has made a bold statement regarding the artistic...

Shontaya Smedley, Callum Mooney, Ashley Goh, Maikolo Fekitoa, Felicia Stav and Jervis Livelo in 'Leap'. Photo by Grant Leslie Photography.

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Amy Campbell’s ‘Leap’: Where dance dreams come true

Riverside Theatres, Sydney.22 April 2022. Leap exploded onto the stage this week with its world premiere at the Riverside Theatres, Parramatta. Amy Campbell’s concept for...

Circa's 'Peepshow'. Photo by Prudence Upton.

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Circa’s ‘Peepshow’: A sexy and inspired blend of contemporary circus and cabaret

Theatre Royal Sydney, Sydney.20 April 2022. Australian contemporary circus company Circa continues to blur the lines between its foundational circus arts, theatre, contemporary dance...

Circa's 'Wolfgang's Magical Musical Circus'. Photo by Dylan Evans.

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A celebration of innocent fun: Circa’s ‘Wolfgang’s Magical Musical Circus’

Theatre Royal Sydney, Sydney.20 April 2022. Brisbane-based Circa Contemporary Circus brought one of its acclaimed children’s shows to the Theatre Royal Sydney...

Tina Moss, Reina Takeuchi and Steph Wyburn of Bonnie Curtis Projects.

Bonnie Curtis Projects explores experiences of Australian women

Brand X, Darlinghurst.27 March 2022. March Dance has been a wonderful celebration of independent dance, and this year’s curation was no exception. Quite a...

Emma Saunders' 'Radical Transparency', presented by FORM Dance Projects and the WE ARE HERE Company.

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‘Radical Transparency’: Staying afloat in dance and movement

Riverside Theatres Parramatta, Sydney.18 March 2022. The Lennox Theatre at Riverside Theatres was packed, with the masked audience taking their seats while...

Legs on the Wall in 'Above Below'. Photo by Shane Rozario.

Legs on the Wall brings aerial flair to contemporary symphonic compositions

The Concourse, Sydney. 17 March 2022. The recent trend of combining symphony and chamber orchestras with modern circus/physical theatre seems like a match...

Lucy Guerin's 'Flux Job'. Photo by Sarah Walker.

In Lucy Guerin’s ‘Flux Job’, everything is slightly unreal

Arts House, Melbourne.16 March 2022. Simply being there was a thing. As in, live, with unpixellated people. How appropriate it was that...

The 2022 Sydney production of 'North by Northwest'. Photo by Daniel Boud.

‘North by Northwest’: Full of suspense and surprise

The Lyric Theatre, Sydney.16 March 2022. North by Northwest is a delightful stage version of an Alfred Hitchcock classic. The 1959 American spy thriller film...

Mareike Jung's 'When Delicacy Unfolds Strength'. Photo by Franziska Strauss.

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What must be done: Mareike Jung’s ‘When Delicacy Unfolds Strength’

Shot at MONOPOL e.V, Berlin, Germany, July 2021.Streamed online at www.mareikejung.com. In her solo performance, When Delicacy Unfolds Strength, Mareike Jung “explores dynamics...

Blake Erickson and ensemble in 'Girl From The North Country'. Photo by Daniel Boud.

‘Girl From The North Country’: A raw and heartfelt musical of quiet resilience

Theatre Royal, Sydney.4 February 2022. Girl From The North Country opened to a full house at the Sydney’s Theatre Royal after a preliminary...

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