Review of May 9 performance. The Drawer Productions placed the audience at the heart of an unravelling family mystery with their unsettling immersive theatre piece SHELTER. I saw SHELTER on Mother’s Day and it turned out to be an appropriate choice with its focus on mother-daughter relationships and themes of legacy, intergenerational trauma, history’s tendency... Continue Reading →
Review: Intoxication (Before Shot)
Review of May 8 performance. A powerfully personal performance exploring intimacy and connectedness in the digital age. Christopher Bryant demonstrated his mastery of storytelling in this highly polished and deeply personal show. Intoxication is a sharp examination of fear and loneliness in a world where we are constantly connected, constantly performing our identity for known and unknown... Continue Reading →
Review: This Little World (The Giddy Round Theatre)
Review of May 8 performance. Owen Corey delivered an impressive and moving performance as King Richard II, direct from the USA to your device. The Giddy Round Theatre presented a condensed production of Shakespeare’s Richard II as a polished one-man show, streamed live on YouTube from their converted rowhouse in West Philadelphia. Speaking from his prison cell... Continue Reading →
Review: Mental Illness Is Not A Crime (Claire Fitzpatrick)
Review of May 7 performance. Claire Fitzpatrick facilitated a calming space for sensory exploration with her interactive experience Mental Illness Is Not A Crime. Mental Illness Is Not A Crime was not a performance in a traditional sense but more of a workshop or an interactive space focused on ASMR. Autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR) is a... Continue Reading →
Review: Good Talk (Moontan Productions)
Review of May 7 performance. A fast-moving two-hander, Good Talk examined the comfortable rhythms and routines of a long-term relationship and the ways that we communicate in silences as well as words. High school sweethearts Jiā lǐ and Erin have returned to their hometown for their ten-year reunion. Alone with each other in their AirBnB as a... Continue Reading →
What’s On: Mental Illness Is Not A Crime (Haus of Beaver Productions)
Mental Illness Is Not A Crime 7-8 May 2021 Elements Collective, Fortitude Valley Please note that this production is for patrons aged 18+ Award-winning speculative fiction author and performance artist Claire Fitzpatrick debuts her live interactive show at Anywhere Festival 2021, presented by Haus of Beaver Productions. Mental Illness Is Not A Crime is a... Continue Reading →
What’s On: Sex, Lies & Betrayal – Memoirs of a Hollywood Star (JTM Productions)
Image supplied by JTM Productions Sex, Lies & Betrayal - Memoirs of a Hollywood Star Thursday 6th May 7.30pm & Sunday 9th May 7.30pm | The Old Museum, Bowen Hills Friday 7th May 8.30pm & Saturday 8th May 9.30pm | Elements Collective, Fortitude Valley Saturday 8th May 7.00pm | Method Art Collective, Brendale Please note that this production is for patrons... Continue Reading →