The Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House, January 12 I SINCERELY hope there was no one I knew in the house at the Saturday matinee performance of Blaze because when we all stood to perform Atomic Food – interpreting various comestibles including broccoli, celery and baked beans (you can imagine that one) – I didn’t do…
Murder, Cantina, Sydney Festival
Murder Erth Seymour Centre, January 8 IT sounds such a strong idea for a physical theatre piece: the special fascination society has with murder; the music of Nick Cave; puppets and animation from a company with a strong track record in this kind of work: Raimondo Cortese as writer; Kate Champion as choreographer. That’s a…
Sacre- the Rite of Spring, Sydney Festival
Sacre – The Rite of Spring CarriageWorks, Sydney, January 5. RAIMUND Hoghe’s intensely personal response to Stravinsky’s Le Sacre du Printemps is almost too private to watch, demanding a depth of concentration from the viewer that comes close to voyeurism. On one level Sacre is a series of repeated movements of an everyday kind, plain…
The best of 2012 and my picks for 2013
The long list for my top 10 shows of 2012 numbered more than 20 – a pretty good indication of a strong year in the arts. So why restrict myself to 10? No point really, so here are the shows that worked for me last year: At the Sydney Festival: Babel (Words), a wild dance-theatre…
Shakespeare Shipwrecked Season 2013
Twelfth Night, The Comedy of Errors, The Tempest Seen December 30 at Bella Vista Farm, Sydney. SPORT for Jove’s Damien Ryan was joking when he said after the end of Twelfth Night last night that King Lear would start at midnight. Obviously it was a jest: King Lear wouldn’t fit into the shipwreck theme that…
Remembering Colin Peasley
Colin Peasley gave his last performance as a member of The Australian Ballet on December 19, 2012. A shorter version of this profile first appeared in The Australian newspaper on Saturday December 8. A PHOTO in Luminous, a book of essays and images celebrating The Australian Ballet’s 50th anniversary, says it all. The occasion is…
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