Reviews

An anticipated cataclysmic show by the experimental Doppelgangster Theatre company (the first of a trilogy), highlights the fifteen-year medieval civil war between England and Normandy known as Anarchy. The war instigated a breakdown of law-and-order; it provoked rampant chaos and pandemonium. This story is cleverly pivoted alongside the Sci- fi Anarchy video game (1990) with its multi - role player tropes that replicate war games of the old war.

“What the world calls ‘climate change’ First Peoples call ‘colonisation’” is the watermark embedded in the dance, movement and music piece, Preparing Ground, produced by BlakDance, a 20-year-old national industry organisation for First Nation contemporary dance. This Queensland premiere for Brisbane Festival is the result of six years of collaboration with communities on country asking questions of land and belonging.

This Double Bill of One Act Operas was performed by WAAPA’s Classical Voice Students, beautifully accompanied on piano by Musical Director Tommaso Pollio. Both directed by Emma Matthews, they were simply presented but packed great entertainment value.

If you think your vote doesn’t make a difference, you need to find out about the Nadesalingam family – and this world premiere of a new Australian play for Brisbane Festival at QT is a good place to start. This is a story whose ending was uncertain right up until just weeks before opening night. Priya and Nades separately fled war-torn Sri Lanka and painful pasts, risking their lives to come to Australia as refugees. They married in Queensland country town, Biloela, settled into the community, made friends, and started a family.