Reviews

This concert grabs you by the ears, and by the heart and doesn’t let go.

The first thing to strike me was the phenomenal surround sound of the Sydney Coliseum Theatre. It allowed the audience to appreciate the band, under the direction of Chong Lim, which nailed one ‘60s and ‘70s rock song after another, from artists raging from The Rolling Stones to Simon and Garfunkel.

Thrashing guitar solos were just as thrilling as the singers who were also all in very fine form.

This very different play, both in staging and storyline, was finally found deep in Da Vinci’s vault beyond countless locks and traps – Shakespeare’s lost manuscript.

There have been four major theatre premieres in Adelaide this week, three of them one person offerings.  Shore Break shines brightly among these as an exquisite work of theatre written and performed by Chris Pitman, an actor who is utterly spellbinding as he inhabits a character existing on the edges of society. 

The great thing about contemporary dance is that you never really know what to expect. You can read the media releases and the program notes – and they are always very descriptive and thought provoking – but they are just words! They can’t really prepare you for the way the choreographers and the performers translate those words into allusive, complex, even provocative, movement.