Reviews

Burrbgaja Yalirra is Yawuru for “dancing forwards” and this production showcases artists who have performed in recent Marrugeku productions and allowed them to develop their own culturally informed contemporary dance works. There are three very different dance works on the program.

It may be 145 years since the first production of HMS Pinafore, but The Gilbert and Sullivan Society of WA’s current sell-out production shows that this show can still pull a crowd, and capacity audiences for this production at the Dolphin will not be disappointed with Paul Treasure’s slightly modernised, fresh production.

Adelaide’s UKARIA group aims to connect artists, audiences and creativity. In 2010 one of their projects was to reunite a set of stringed instruments made in the 18th century and put them into the hands of Australia’s most outstanding string quartet. These were two violins, a viola and a cello made by Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, Italian luthier and one of the most respected instrument-makers of our time. These instruments – worth more than $6 million – are now played exclusively by the Australian String Quartet.

Shelley (Petra Glieson) is living with a mental condition, with voices constantly bombarding her head, literally driving her crazy. The long-term effects of her condition and her struggle to keep up with her medication has meant that she has been unable to raise her three children.

Younger sister Sam (Tanya Schneider), has stoically stood by her, rationally and caringly, encouraging her and clearing the damage that constantly seems to occur, at the cost of her own relationship.