Fringe World Review: Tomas Ford’s Craptacular!
This is a juggernaut of a performance. Set against the ramshackle backdrop of packing boxes and askew projector screen, it is relentlessly energising. You get the sense that nothing could…
Fringe World Review: Sleeping Beauty
These two protagonists are “guests” of a sleep clinic, wearing uniformed striped pajamas and consuming questionable drugs. They reflect a sense of innocence and vulnerability in their failures to overcome…
Fringe World Review: 600 Seconds
Like a baby with a pet anaconda, it was an odd mix and the pedestrian was partnered with the comic and entertaining, some definitely sticking more in the mind than…
Fringe World Review: Talk Dirty to Me
While the subject matter runs the risk of being very technophobic and cliché, it instead has a beautifully constructed plot and gives great insight into human vulnerability in a modern…
Fringe World Review: Ruby Red Fatales
Upon entering the dimly lit Ellington Jazz Club, I was met by cool air and an even cooler vibe. The six-piece band were playing a sultry jazz instrumental that set…
Fringe World Review: Toby Halligan is The Bad Gay
Considering Halligan is an established comedic writer I was surprised with how sloppy the show was. It wasn’t just the provincial cultural transgressions that left me unmoved; the whole show…
PIAF Review: Five by Night – Ballet at the Quarry (WAB)
I appreciated the aesthetic of their glistening, rippling abs and iron thighs as I lounged back and quaffed wine, completely enthralled by their sure footed athleticism in pointe shoes. My…
Fringe World Review: The Trepidation of the Tower Traipsing Troglodytes
Creators Katie-Rose Spence and Hannah Pascoe have devised a wordless show about human connection, using memes and YouTube clips, pictures of Jeff Goldblum, cardboard cut-outs, and most importantly, their own…
Fringe World Review: Gillian Cosgriff – To The Moon and Back
Gillian Cosgriff is working through her angst and pessimism about space exploration and marriage in a set that mixes stand-up with songs.
REVIEW: Resistance – Art Gallery of Western Australia
The fact that this exhibition strategically begun in January and continues through to February - thus including Australia (Massacre) Day - insinuates the need for some soul-searching. Our murky cultural…