Miriam Keane
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Mar 03
FRINGE – They Saw a Thylacine – Tuxedo Cat @ Raj House – 4.5K
Two women, two powerful stories set in 1930s Australia. We witness their passions, the battles they faced, the adventures they had and their personal experiences with the last remaining Tasmanian tigers. The thylacine holds a special place in the communal Australian psyche. To most of us, it’s a mystical creature, already long gone by the …
Mar 02
FRINGE – Kraken – Tuxedo Cat @ Raj House – 4K
To the beautiful sounds of Regina Spektor, Trygve Wakenshaw takes to the stage to show off his impressive physicality and delightful humour. He is not afraid to bare all to do this. This short show is apparently a work in progress as Wakenshaw experiments with different characters and audience reactions. It is roughly structured around …
Mar 02
FRINGE – The Situation – Ayres House – 3.5K
Sophie’s not dealing well with her break-up from Jase, even after a considerable period of time. Her friends decide that the way for her to move on from her obsessional Facebook stalking and drunken text rants is to get back in the dating game. Given how interested (read obsessed) with the online world she is, …
Mar 01
FESTIVAL – Roman Tragedies – Festival Theatre
Roman Tragedies isn’t just a play, or even three plays, it’s a complete theatrical experience, crafted by Toneelgroep Amsterdam, under the direction of Ivo van Hove. It’s up to you to decide what you want to make out of it, as after the opening sequence, pretty much anything goes. The entire stage space, including the …
Feb 28
FRINGE – DNA – Channel 9 Kevin Crease Studios – 2.5K
Under the direction of Charlaina Thompson, a young group of girls come together to present a play focusing on several topics pertinent to today’s youth: friendship, love, bullying, guilt, peer pressure, responsibility, fear, etc. DNA will be of interest to school groups as an exploration of these issues and how they are presented in theatre. …
Feb 27
FRINGE – Happy Gas – Channel 9 Kevin Crease Studios – 3K
Two people, an old Ford Laser, and the expansive area of a sound stage at the Chanel 9 Studios combine to provide what is really a staple of any Fringe Festival – some abstract theatre. The blurb for the show describes the characters as clowns and, while they are certainly very funny at times, …
Feb 26
FRINGE – Wake – Arcade Lane – 3.5K
Wake is a re-staging of an original one act musical (formally called Problems of Definition – the reason for the title change is unclear) from new Melbourne company, Cryptophasia. The creation of sisters Felicia and Natasha King, it is set in the waiting room of a hospital where Laura (Brittany Lewis) has been waiting for …
Feb 23
FRINGE – Stuart Bowden: She Was Probably Not a Robot – Tuxedo Cat – 3.5K
Stuart Bowden: She Was Probably Not a Robot, is an endearing mix of silly, sweet and macabre. The end of the world is not nigh, it’s here. The apocalypse is upon us and everyone is dead. If you’re lucky, you might even find out how you died. Well, almost everyone is dead; there is a …
Feb 21
FRINGE – Virtual Solitaire – RiAus – 5K
To watch a man transition between five characters – all very distinct, with their own mannerisms and voices (including accents) – in a conversation with each other, is both awe inspiring and more than a little disconcerting. There is no confusion about who is saying what, there is no pause between each character’s interjections, no pieces …
Feb 20
FRINGE – The Bunker Trilogy: Agamemnon – The Bunker – 4.5K
Two soldiers take shelter in a bunker, both wounded. The superior officer, Agamemnon (James Marlow), is quite seriously injured. There is no response on the phone line and little choice remains but to wait out the battle, with the company of a little medicinal rum, to either be rescued, captured or die. As he struggles …
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