Guy van Egmond ‘When one buys a ticket to a First Nations show, one expects to be gently and respectfully reminded that indigenous people deserve to exist.’ This line came from the end of A Nightime Travesty, in an aside where the performers took the piss out of snooty, white critics. But it was a useful line, because it summed up everything that the show was not.
Zoe Christall It’s a Friday night as I walk into the electric atmosphere of Circa One. Everyone’s had a long week and we are ready for some sexy rock n’ roll as boasted in WITCH Music Theatre’s downright (if you’ll excuse the pun) bewitching poster. Seriously, props to Roc Torio’s photography and WITCH’s marketing. If the poster is anything to go by, I’m prepared to be amazed (and possibly seduced) by Lizzie.
Jenny Nimon Powersuit Productions’ touring show The Culture written by Laura Jackson is a warm and pacey inside view to the relationship of two flatmates as they navigate their past traumas and dating in the modern world. It is billed as ‘a story about deep and enduring friendship’, and it’s exciting to be able to sit in on the New Zealand debut of this Sydney-set production.
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