The Hand That Rocked the Cradle
✮✮✮✮ Daniel Keene's Mother Belvoir St Theatre | Sydney directed by Matt Scholten Christie’s misfortune is deeper than any we have ever encountered. Having lost everything, she is on the streets with only memories of trauma, to while the days away, like a waking recurring nightmare. Daniel Keene’s Mother is about the hardest life a person can bear, a shocking Greek tragedy made real and salient for our times. It goes beyond an examination of mental health deterioration, to cre
The Incredible Resilience of Tradition
✮✮✮ 1/2 Jason Klarwein, Jimi & Dimple Bani's My Name is Jimi Belvoir St Theatre | Sydney directed by Jason Klarwein Jimi Bani hails from Mabuiag Island, in the near Western part of Torres Strait. His show My Name Is Jimi, is about culture and tradition, and the resolve to keep the uniqueness of his Wagadagam tribe alive and thriving in the modern age. True to form, the production features performers from his own family, across four generations, illustrating the essence and th
Masters of Devising, Misfits by Training
✮✮✮✮ Foreign to Myself by Goat in the Road Productions Robert E. Nims Theatre | New Orleans directed by Chris Kaminstein In New Orleans, Louisiana, the conversation of devised theatre nearly begins and ends with Goat in the Road Productions. Goat in the Road’s most recent devised work, Foreign to Myself, directed by the company's co-artistic director, Chris Kaminstein, remounted at the University of New Orleans after its original run in May 2017, explores the difficulties of
