Almost Face to Face
Australian writer Stephen House spent time in Ireland on a writing fellowship. His “semi-autobiographical” style has processed this into Almost Face to Face – a tale of Dublin where people use booze and drugs by ni...
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Trash and Trevor – The Best of Trevor Ashley
Writer/Musical Director/ Producer and performer, Trevor Ashley is one of Australia’s busiest entertainers and theatre makers. Having appeared in leading roles in a string of big budget musicals including Priscilla ̵...
Livvy & Pete: The Songs of Olivia Newton John and Peter Allen
When artists become “award-winning”, audience expectation is raised, so when buying a ticket to see that artist perform, the expectation is that that artist will perform at a level above those who were not “Award-winning...
Tandem
Tandem is a lovely piece of interactive circus. Working their way around an abbreviated game board, performers Tarah Carey, Tim Rutty and Eleanor Beveridge take most of their direction from a large foam dice thrown by ra...
Blanc de Blanc
Performed in the beautiful Fortuna Spiegeltent, the biggest of the spiegeltents currently touring Australia, and boasting a cast of world-class acrobats and dancers, all sporting seriously ripped bodies which they’re hap...
MICF: The Wine Bluffs
Wine and comedy shows are a lot alike. To be memorable they need to distinguish themselves from the many standard offerings around. The Wine Bluffs with Paul Calleja and Damian Callinan seemed to have a good angle on thi...
MICF: David O’Doherty – You Have to Laugh
Frequent MICF visitor David O’Doherty returns with his new show You Have To Laugh. Some, especially fans, might find this title relates more to a resigned state than a jubilant one. It must be tough being O’Doherty at le...
The Howling Girls
In Sydney Chamber Opera’s The Howling Girls, composer Damien Ricketson commands of Jane Sheldon’s celestial tone a considerable conversion. The unfamiliar sonic force created by Sheldon’s instrument, in what she describe...
