Fringe: Born in a Taxi and the Public Floor Project – The Waiting Room
Surreal was the word that initially came to my mind when thinking about the effect The Waiting Room had on me. Unreal would work just as well, as would totally real or altered reality.
Fringe: Wells and Son – Unpacking the Epic
David tells stories of his life through word and body, accompanied by Moses on the piano accordion and drum. There is a familial familiarity to this sign language that pervades “Unpacking the Epic”. The parent part of me smiles.
Fringe: The Jane Austen Argument – The Spaces Between
Spaces Between is a heart-wrenching, entertaining and hugely enjoyable cabaret show by a couple of passionate young performers, who explore the highs and lows of life’s topsy-turviness.
Fringe: The Hayloft Project – Thyestes
Over the last few years the Hayloft Project have been winning awards and stirring up all kinds of praise from around the country. Their latest production of Thyestes, showing at the Malthouse Theatre as part of the Melbourne Fringe Festival, shows that the praise is well deserved.
Melbourne Fringe Festival 2010
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Theatre: Oedipus – A Poetic Requiem
At its peaks, Oedipus, performed in a Brunswick garage, touches on theatre heaven. Although it requires a jump-start.
