Singapore-born Melvyn Tan came to Melbourne this October for a one-night show as part of the international Melbourne Festival lineup. Sitting back from the piano and hunching carefully over the keys, Tan dove into the beautifully delicate and vibrant ‘Sonata…
I got intimate with the unique performance style of Berlin ensemble GOB SQUAD via a pre-show chat with a beige pantyhose-clad performer. He obtained my particulars: age, origins, profession, and reason for attending. The next thing I knew I was…
Do you like dance, ice-skating, art, fantastic music and Canadians? We just found your perfect Melbourne Festival show. Canada’s Le Patin Libre realised the possibilities opened up when you combine ice-skating with contemporary dance. During their show, Vertical Influences, five…
Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour is a Scottish Catholic girl’s school – so prestigious that they have had sixteen pregnancies in the last year. Or was it seventeen? The six schoolgirls are on a school excursion to Edinburgh to compete…
Epic. Bold. Inflatable. Understated magnificence. Catching internationally lauded Back To Back Theatre’s current Melbourne Festival offering ‘Lady Eats Apple‘ turns your world asunder. Yes, it’s the Garden of Eden story, but told in the uniquely disquieting fashion this company is…
What if you could harness the power of lightning and turn it into a musical instrument? That’s essentially what we witnessed from Glasgow based artist Robbie Thomson’s Melbourne Festival piece, XFRMR (Transformer). Held within the Substation in Newport, Thomson’s piece…
‘Dance Territories‘ is a provocative double-bill comprising bold works by Australian artist Sarah-Jane Norman and French-Algerian artist Nacera Belaza. Norman’s suite of installation pieces powerfully addresses Australia’s bloody colonial history. ‘The River’s Children’ is an interactive piece where the audience…
The money’s on the table. The group has self-nominated. The ideas are up. How will the money be spent? As the clock ticks down, this is the task taken up by the ‘Players’ in interactive theatre piece ‘The Money‘ at…
To better immortalise the immortal Star Trek, ‘The Ultimate Voyage’ landed at this year’s Melbourne Festival. The concept was simple: Journey through 50 years of Star Trek scenes and allow the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (MSO) to effortlessly beguile your auditory senses. Held at the Sidney…
The Melbourne Festival is the premier arts, culture, and theatre festival of the year. For theatregoers like ourselves, it is the chance to indulge in the quality international theatre within the comfort of Melbourne. There are always the favorites that…