Reviews

Brand new theatre company The Colourblind Theatre Company has exploded onto the Perth theatre scene with a vibrant, colourful, and enthusiastic production of the musical 13. An excellent first production, 13 features a large cast of young performers, and showcases some up-and-coming talent.

With his foot rarely off the accelerator, principal guest conductor Donald Runnicles drives the Sydney Symphony Orchestra through a roller coaster of emotional Romantic spins, with Brahms’ Second Symphony, Schumann’s only piano concerto and a satisfying homage to  Brahms from contemporary composer Detlev Glanert.

All three composers employ the full orchestral array of instruments to articulate this charged and passionate sweep through boisterous and dreamy, quiet pastures and alps, beauty and power, serenity and conflict, loyalty and freedom.   

If punk was not a reputably recognised rock and roll sub-genre, and Otto and Astrid were not already declared ‘Die Rotten Punkte’ (The Red Dots), l would label them as ‘Les Enfant Terribles. They are here for the Melbourne Comedy Festival with their fabulous wacky new rock show.

Catch 22 is a new contemporary dance piece that explores climate change. Drawing on a variety of influences, including the art of M.C. Escher, the catch 22 of the title explores the artists’ dilemma about climate change – “art can’t exist if the earth dies, but perhaps there’s no point in the earth surviving if we can’t create art”.