Category: Theatre
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4 stars – Aussie silliness in a jam-packed experimental sketch show Aussie silliness in a jam-packed experimental sketch show The Sydney duo Hot Department certainly deliver what they promise: heat from straight to finish. It doesn’t take them long to start undressing and by the end nothing is off the table and not much on…
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5 stars – brilliantly written and performed tale of a 1930s wannabe starlet Bebe Cave’s solo show pays homage to her favourite topic in the world: neurotic actresses (her own words). While Bebe has been performing at the Fringe and elsewhere in the UK with her sister Jessie Cave since 2014, this is her first…
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5 stars – storming with energy and irony Tegan Verheul has an incredible charge of energy to drag the audience into her story so that they can’t let go of her. From the very start, she plays the card of irony, about herself as well as about wrestling. She introduces herself as a wrestling fan,…
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5 stars – irresistible If Arturo Luíz Soria wants to talk about himself, about his past and his traumas, he does it in a very subtle way, by interpreting a version of his mother. Elisabete is a woman in her 70s, as the performer declares in the very beginning of the show, and from that…
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4 stars – turbulent and energetic though sometimes confusing Buckle up, spectators, fans of psychedelics, microdosers, scientists and those otherwise curious, for Sarina Freda is about to take you on board of her turbulent ride of acid-induced highs and lows, near-death experiences and resolutions. In her hour-long one-woman show, she blends comedic and tragic storytelling…
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3 stars – interesting metaphor Amidst great confusion, a couple has to build an IKEA wardrobe. Olivia stresses out, while David doesn’t even want to read the manual. They are often interrupted by the sounds of a surrounding war.
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5 stars – engagingly surreal Who is Monkion? It’s easier to say what they are not. They are not humans, and they aren’t capable of empathy. They move in a funny way, and they are obsessed with… Benedict Cumberbatch! So much so that they have kidnapped him, and they have to figure out what to…
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2 stars – accidentally weak The theatre company Studio 212 wants to stage a new version of the 1944 noir movie Double Indemnity, with a queer, feminist and antiracist take on it. But on the day of castings, a disruptive element appears. It’s Piper, a woman who looks quite like the femme fatale from the…
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4 stars – pretty funny Gianna Milici has a lot of energy and talent – this is the first thing to be said about this show. Part stand-up comedy, part musical show, Pretty Delusional is a solid creation and a showcase of the young performer’s multiple abilities.
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I have never seen such an audience reaction: everybody came out of the theatre in shock, wide-eyed, wondering what it was they had just seen.
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