Fez Hamadcha is group of musicians from Morocco, and is part of the 17th-century Hamdouchia Sufi Brotherhood. The group brought the transcendental sounds and ritualistic dance of the mystical Sufi music of Morocco and its ancient culture to the opening …
January is a lazy languid time in Sydney, so it’s slightly unfair that the art lover’s idylls should be rudely interrupted – but in the best possible way – by the massive feast of cultural events that is the Sydney …
As part of the huge Sydney Fringe Festival on at the moment we were lucky to see an impressive mixed bill by the Melbourne City Ballet in their first visit to Sydney. The company was founded in 2013 under the …
What a great story for a leading Australian theatre company like the Queensland Theatre Company (QTC) to tell at this time! And what timing! Whilst the show was still playing, on Australia’s Day, Koori AFL star Adam Goodes was announced …
“Who is it that can tell me who I am?” asks Lear.
“Lear’s shadow”, replies the fool.
THE SHADOW KING is the apt title of an adaptation of King Lear by Tom E. Lewis and Michael Kantor.
Set in Northern …
OTHELLO THE REMIX, written, directed and music by GQ and JQ and developed with Rick Benyon, was a rap and hip hop version of Shakespeare’s classic tragedy.
The production featured an all male cast who also cover the female roles.…
Aerial acrobatics can be relied upon to provide exciting thrills, as it easily evokes sensations of tension and vertigo, but to create narratives and imagery that bear strong aesthetic appeal within that framework is a challenging one. OCKHAM’S RAZOR succeeds …
Undeniably this theatre work is inventive, unconventional, modern, well-performed and, given that it includes film, dance, music, actors stripping to their underwear, and even a person in a gorilla suit, a production of commendable variety. For some, no doubt, it …
An absorbing blend of dance, physical theatre and the warehouse/industrial environment Forklift is brought to us by KAGE from Melbourne as part of the 2014 Sydney Festival.
Directed by Kate Denborough, there are three female performers in the show (four …
One of the major highlights of the 2014 Sydney Festival CHI UDAKA is an explosively energetic blending of colour, rhythm, dance and music. Inspired by the forces of nature, ,’Chi ‘ is Earth ( the Taikoz musicians) and ‘Udaka ‘ …