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[Published in The Age, May 9 2013] This phenomenal one-woman show is a mordant assessment of America’s public school system, and the comic inadequacy of standards-based education reforms introduced by the Bush Administration. Malcolm X High, one of the toughest and most disadvantaged schools in the Bronx, is our stage. Staff turnover is sizeable and […]
October 26, 2012
[Published in the Age, October 26 2012] FOUR STARS FOR a play that reminds us we are each hurtling towards death, German-UK hellraisers Gob Squad’s latest work is astoundingly life-affirming. A glass tank constructed from one-way mirrors houses a group of child actors. They are seemingly unaware of the audience looking on, but their youthful […]
October 15, 2012
[Published in the Age, October 15 2012] THREE STARS FIRST staged in 1991, John Broughton’s Michael James Manaia is a key text in New Zealand theatre. This is surely one of the most gruelling roles an actor could take on, a highly physical one-hander that shows a man’s transition from impish child to shell-shocked veteran. […]
October 21, 2011
[Published on Beat.com.au, October 22 2011] The Orwellian notion of ‘doublethink’, upon which Byron Perry’s latest show is based, is a rich concept for performance. But while Orwell’s theory holds strong political connotations, describing a dualistic mode of thought necessary to retain one’s sanity under totalitarianism, Perry translates this idea into a purely visual register. […]
October 5, 2011
[Published in Beat, Issue 1289, October 5 2011] Phillip Adams is something of a mad scientist in the world of choreography. Since starting his company Balletlab in 1999, Adams has been creating spectacular Frankensteins across a now prolific career – works that fuse the traditional and the avant-garde, dance and visual art, all of which […]
October 5, 2011
[Published in Beat Magazine, Issue 1289, October 5 2011] The language of words and the language of dance may appear as opposing lexicons. The first is cerebral while the second is corporeal, manifesting the Cartesian dualism between mind and body. But according to choreographer Byron Perry, their polarity, like most oppositions, is largely illusory. They […]
October 3, 2011
[Published on Beat.com.au, October 3 2011] Back to Back are a company known for their confronting approach to performance, and their latest offering, Ganesh Versus the Third Reich, is no exception. The play generated much controversy before its premiere, with the Council of Indian Australians calling to have it removed from the Melbourne Festival programme. […]
May 9, 2013
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