Category: Theatre
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3 stars – between reality and… a reality (show) Sammy and Clyde apparently meet for their first date, feeling slightly awkward and embarrassed. Yes, apparently, because it doesn’t take long to understand that they are the protagonists of a reality show: at their next attempt, the Producer appears to tell them how to act and…
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3 stars – compelling performance Kacie is an aspiring actress who also sells windows on the local market as a side-hustle. Her first sales prove her that it isn’t an impossible task, but other events in her life bring her further away from this job.
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4 stars – clever, witty and wonderfully performed. To review Mo Fry Pasic’s fast-paced solo show does require quite a bit of afterthought. It’s rich from minute one; before Mo even gets on stage we see screenings of ironic old-school notices such as: “Throw your gums out!” or: “Everyone, look under your seats, there’s a…
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4 stars – impactful and fundamental China Doll is an East Asian looking actress. While dreaming of playing the roles of Anna May Wong, Hollywood’s first Chinese American star, she is also employed in Susie’s laundromat.
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4 stars – miscellaneous drag documentary Half drag show, half documentary, this performance presents the work of Messy Friends. They are a group created by Ginava with an innovative idea of drag, where dance, lip-sync, burlesque and classical drag makeup are juxtaposed to puppet-like costumes.
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4 stars – powerful and honest musical comedy. Ah, the power of women…! Women falling on the ground, bouncing back up, falling more, bouncing back again and then some. Such is Riki Lindhome’s story, her infertility journey, as she calls it with apparent irony, standing somewhere between theatrical storytelling and comedy.
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3 stars – vulnerable, honest and ecletic. Jessie Cave, a well-versed, deadpan and brutally open comic, delivers another hour of just that: her usual dry, raw, personal, dark comedy. She’s famous for it by now, and not only for her comedy, podcasting, acting and bestselling novel, but also thanks to her public, on-off-on-again relationship with…
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2 stars – interesting story but weak performance An elegant woman sits on a chair in her black jumpsuit and bob cut. A detective is inquiring about some mischievous facts she is accused of. Salome, the sensual dancer, starts telling the story of her life until the moment of the murder.
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5 – irresistible, masterfully crafted Commedia The mission is as simple as impossible: to trace the history of Commedia dell’Arte in 50 minutes. One of the actors is desperate to start, but the other two don’t seem willing to collaborate… The down-to-Earth humour typical of the Commedia is extended beyond its boundaries, in a playfulness…
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4 stars – irony and high stakes Julia and Dan are splitting up, and every day they step into the divorce office and sit next to their lawyers, Samantha and Katherine. New details of their story emerge through each dialogue, together with hints about how their relationships have evolved in time.
