Reviews

Confession: I missed the memo about Mark Vincent when he won Australia’s Got Talent 15 years ago, at the age of 15. So, when I finally did view his audition on YouTube, it was AFTER witnessing his stellar performance as a grown adult, last night at the Princess Theatre Launceston. Weirdly, I think seeing the audition afterwards had even more impact. 

A one-in-100-year rain event didn’t dampen the excitement for the opening night of Blackout Theatre’s Mamma Mia! The beloved ABBA-infused musical spiritedly danced into the hearts of a rain-soaked audience from the very first note.

With the energy of an ABBA soundtrack as a glorious backdrop, fun choreography by Jess Edward/Emelie Woods and a fantastic ensemble sound, we were whisked off on a Mediterranean holiday. 

The University of Adelaide’s latest production The Penelopiad takes us back to ancient Greece and gives an alternate view of Homer’s epochal novel, The Odyssey.

The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood, based on her book, premiered with the Royal Shakespeare Company in association with Canada's National Arts Centre at the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, in July 2007.

Artist, dancer, writer and performer, Nadia Milford, explores her Lebanese family heritage in her debut one-woman show, The Last Princess of Lebanon. And, while there is an interesting photo display in BEMAC’s foyer, this is not just a family history slideshow. Nadia evokes the larger question of ‘genetic memory’ as her own life story starts to connect and intertwine with that of her great-grandmother’s, Amira (Princess) Nadia Abillama, who was sent to Australia in an arranged marriage when she was just 15 years old.