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- Angel Huang
Curuenavuli’s Queen Bey-like command of the stage has hearts racing from the start. But she is equally compelling when switching to her softer, more vulnerable side.
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- Gillian Wills
A tongue-in-cheek gothic fantasy and a laughter spinning, giggle-fest and chuckle coaxer if ever there was one.
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- Gillian Wills
Choreographer Wayne McGregor’s vision to create a ballet inspired by Virginia Woolf’s three novels Mrs Dalloway, Orlando and The Waves was daring enough.
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- Angel Huang
The Winter’s Tale has been described as a ‘problem play’ but Wheeldon and his team have created an absolutely delightful interpretation.
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- Marika Bryant
Ancient Rain is a revelation of revolution and creates a vehicle for this brotherhood of musicians to bring poetry and the written word to a contemporary audience.
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- Lauren Sherritt
Emily is a girl and she lives in a unit, she’s nice and normal and she’s really sweet – or at least that’s what the main character of Screw Loose would have you believe.
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- Lauren Sherritt
Fifty years after Sgt Pepper taught the band to play, cabaret Lady Beatle celebrates the music of The Beatles at La Boite.
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All in all, this is an evening of great fun and profound questioning, in which music and theatre constantly interweave and complement each other. Not to be missed!
In its scant 6 years of existence, Ensemble Q has carved out an identity as a chamber ensemble of the highest standard, fearlessly delving into unusual repertoire.
Initially the orchestra sounded great, if reserved, but fired and stoked the feels as the evening progressed and both parties fused.
There isn’t a baton, a trembling shaping arm or a stern pose in sight, at 55, he exudes boyish energy but, there’s no doubt he’s the captain.
The beautiful and terrifying images that serve as scenery allow us, the audience, to experience the various often contradictory levels on which the work operates at once, as magic, as myth.
Then Mime asks, What is the race which lives on the stage? And Wotan answers, On the stage live those consummate artists, the singers.
Wonderful. Quite wonderful.