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Thursday, March 13, 2014

Fight Night review – ‘it pushes us to admit to being racist, sexist and violent’ by Vicky Frost

The interactive co-production by Border Project and Ontroerend Goed challenges our prejudices, but also our patienceVicky Frost

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:19PM
Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Windmill Theatre Trilogy: School Dance review – when teenage losers triumph by Vicky Frost

Adelaide festival: Space TheatreThe great joy of Matthew Whittet’s celebration of geeks and friendship is the show’s complete lack of cynicismVicky Frost

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:25PM
Sunday, March 9, 2014

Windmill Theatre Trilogy: Fugitive review – a dystopian Robin Hood by Vicky Frost

A suburban rumpus room with tree-patterned wallpaper does duty as the forest and massive fight scenes are performed on carpetVicky Frost

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:39PM
Saturday, March 8, 2014

Wil Anderson – Wiluminati review: 'You could power Adelaide off the warm glow in this room' by Vicky Frost

A conversation told with generosity and great timing – it’s closer to a boozy catch-up with an old friend than a stand-up setVicky Frost

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:44PM

Girl Asleep review – 'As inventive and surprising as its audience' by Vicky Frost

Adelaide festival: Windmill Theatre’s timeless tale of teenage life is a story of mean girls, keen boys and mini quichesVicky Frost

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:07PM
Tuesday, February 18, 2014

A Midsummer Night’s Dream (As You Like It) – review by Vicky Frost

Perth festival: The dialogue is funny, but it is the physicality that is wonderfulVicky Frost

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:58PM
Monday, February 17, 2014

Situation Rooms by Rimini Protokoll – review by Vicky Frost

Perth festival: A show that has you don costumes, hoist flags, slurp borscht and become the people you once observed Vicky Frost

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:56PM
Sunday, February 16, 2014

I Think I Can: a tiny world of big ideas by Vicky Frost

Vicky Frost: A whole town of miniature characters are waiting to be caught up in your storyline in this playful mix of puppetry and video art Vicky Frost

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:56PM
Sunday, February 9, 2014

The Long Way Home, Sydney Theatre Company – review by Vicky Frost

Vicky Frost: a play featuring servicemen and women that acknowledges the damage of conflict alongside the mundanity and sometimes thrill of soldieringVicky Frost

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:56PM
Thursday, February 6, 2014

Perth festival highlights: 10 things to see and do by Vicky Frost

The 2014 festival launches with visits from Punchdrunk, Batsheva, Robert Wilson, Martin Amis and Public Enemy, alongside iPad-guided theatre Vicky Frost

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:15PM
Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Oedipus Schmoedipus – review by Vicky Frost

Vicky Frost: Oedipus Schmoedipus’ irreverent take on classic death scenes is a playful – and bloody – exploration of a grizzly subject. But ultimately, it fails to del…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:34PM
Monday, January 13, 2014

La Soirée – review by Vicky Frost

Oozing sex appeal from every act, but there are just a few points where it seems a little too desperateVicky Frost

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:09PM
Sunday, January 12, 2014

La Voix Humaine, Toneelgroep Amsterdam – review by Vicky Frost

Toneelgroep Amsterdam’s spare production is gripping and moving, the audience helplessly eavesdroping on a phone conversation that lays bare the horrors of loveVicky Frost

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:31PM
Thursday, January 9, 2014

Am I by Shaun Parker & Company – review by Vicky Frost

With its absorbing interplay between dancers and musicians, the production submerges you in its universe completelyVicky Frost

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:12PM
Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Sydney Festival highlights: 10 things to see and do by Vicky Frost

Sydney Festival gets underway with shows including Dido & Aeneas, Black Diggers, Amanda Palmer and Jeremy Deller's lifesize Stonehenge jumping castleVicky Frost

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:17PM
Sunday, January 5, 2014

Cranked Up by Circus Oz – review by Vicky Frost

Cranked Up by Circus Oz – at The Big Top, Darling HarbourVicky Frost

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:27PM
Sunday, November 17, 2013

Waiting for Godot, Sydney Theatre Company – review by Vicky Frost

Sydney TheatreHugo Weaving and Richard Roxburgh play Gogo and Didi with wit and vigour in Andrew Upton's production of Beckett's playSamuel Beckett subtitled his play in which nothing happen…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:25PM
Thursday, November 7, 2013

Perth festival: go west art lovers, for sensual reimagining by Vicky Frost

Shakespeare with puppets, a bouncy castle Stonehenge, and literally ground-breaking dance from ChinaVicky Frost

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:20PM
Sunday, October 20, 2013

The Vehicle Failed to Stop – review by Vicky Frost

Carriageworks, Sydney This documentary play about private contractors in war zones prompts interesting questions but fails to ask them effectivelyVersion 1.0 have a journalistic approach to …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:50PM
Monday, September 30, 2013

Small and Tired – theatre review by Vicky Frost

Belvoir Downstairs, SydneyThere are some lovely performances as Kit Brookman explores a family torn apart by grief, guilt and depressionThe complex relationships between siblings and parents…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:46PM
Sunday, September 29, 2013

Romeo and Juliet, Sydney Theatre Company – review by Vicky Frost

Drama Theatre, Sydney Opera House:The energy of youth conjures a show of style and some substance – but STC's production falters in its second halfIf there's one thing Kip Williams' Romeo …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:01PM
Thursday, September 19, 2013

Guardian Australia's Brisbane festival podcast: episode six by Vicky Frost

Today is our final podcast and we are once again on the move, this time recording at Brisbane's Gallery of Modern Art. Goma's Bruce McLean, curator of Indigenous art at the gallery, has been…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:43PM

Freeze Frame by Debbie Allen – review by Vicky Frost

Brisbane festival: Playhouse, QpacThe choreographer's work with young people is inspiring. But her show does not deliverThe intentions were undoubtedly good. To shine a spotlight on the LA t…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:49PM
Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Guardian Australia's Brisbane festival podcast: episode five by Vicky Frost

Not long ago the Basement at Metro Arts was doing everything a basement should do - storing stuff and keeping boxes out of the way - but as part of this years festival it has had a facelift.…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:31PM

A Western – review by Vicky Frost

Brisbane festival: The Basement, Metro ArtsAction Hero want to make a western – which means the audience get to "yee-ha!" and "peeyow!" along with themA stranger walks into the bar. Thirty…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:13PM
Tuesday, September 17, 2013

The Brisbane festival podcast: episode four by Vicky Frost

• Brisbane festival podcast episode three• Brisbane festival podcast episode two• Brisbane festival podcast episode oneToday's podcast comes to you from the riverbank of the Brisbane P…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:57PM
Monday, September 16, 2013

Guardian Australia's Brisbane Festival Podcast: episode three by Vicky Frost

This year is the first time there has been an independent theatre curator at Brisbane festival. David Berthold, La Boite Theatre's Artistic Director, has curated the programme at the Theatre…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:16PM
Sunday, September 15, 2013

Guardian Australia's Brisbane Festival Podcast: episode two by Vicky Frost

Ryan van Winkle is Edinburgh City Libraries reader in residence, a program he created to focus on engaging and growing audiences for poetry. He is in Australia performing at the Brisbane Fe…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:58PM

The Wizard of Oz – review by Vicky Frost

Brisbane Festival: Roundhouse: Dangerous Ensemble's tale is a long way from Kansas – but this inventive take on the classic story doesn't quite deliverA red-haired, tough-mouthed drunk­ w…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24PM
Saturday, September 14, 2013

Guardian Australia's Brisbane festival podcast: episode one by Vicky Frost

In this first podcast fom Guardian Australia at the Brisbane Festival, Vicky Frost, Van Badham and Katherine Viner discuss their early highlights including Urban, a circus from the streets o…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:05PM

Ute Lemper: the love poems of Pablo Neruda – review by Vicky Frost

Brisbane Festival: Concert Hall, QPACUte Lemper's new song cycle of the Chilean poet's poems is followed by a crowd-pleasing romp through the best of cabaretThere is an odd tension in this d…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:44PM

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