39 stories by "Clarissa Sebag-Montefiore"
Adelaide's fringe festival impresses with the mind-reading Colin Cloud and a relationship drama in which total number of audience members max out at two Related: Everything happens in Adelai…
Roslyn Packer Theatre, SydneyA lively satire of the pomposity of the dance world is well paired with a new work that buys into all the cliches of modern dance " to mesmerising effectIn Cacti…
Roslyn Packer Theatre, STC, SydneyNeil Armfield's inventive, evocative and cinematic adaptation exudes a painful political resonance that never feels didacticAt the heart of The Secret River…
Daniel Kok and Luke George explore the delicate rules of submission and domination in shibari while binding each other, and audience members, in ropeDark lighting combines with booming music…
His choreography does not stray so far from Petipa but with unapologetic attention to detail, David McAllister's seasonal update is hard to resist ' The Sleeping Beauty: a lavish baroque fai…
The French biologist turned choreographer on media fascination with his 'story' and his new work, a six-hour 'art exhibition' performed in the nudeNaked bodies are heaped in a mound. Faces p…
A symphony, a dream and the world premiere of Tim Harbour's Filigree and Shadow, a macabre vision set to the beat of Munich musicians 48nordFor the world premiere of Filigree and Shadow, Tim…
Re-enactments, witness interviews, court transcripts and autopsy reports are given life on stage in a close examination of the death of Cameron DoomadgeeOn 19 November, 2004, an Indigenous A…
La Boite, Brisbane festivalPlaywright Future D Fidel draws on his past as a Congolese refugee in an energetic production let down by less-than-convincing performances As the audience files s…
Queensland Performing Arts Centre, Brisbane festivalThe twisting limbs, jerking bodies and illusion of breaking bones that is Flex dancing is used to create a disturbing portrait of racial d…
Madeleine Eastoe and Joseph Chapman's mix of grace and pantomime make The Dream a wonder, while Monotones II offers eight minutes of other-worldly bliss Continue reading...
Capitol theatre, SydneyInspired by another royal love story, Graeme Murphy's bold and daring update of the Russian classic tells a deeply human story, swans or no swans Continue reading...
The artist and composer on getting music out of stones, building palaces out of paper, training insects as a string quartet and why art is 49% problem-solving Continue reading...
Sydney festival 2015James Thierrée returns with a dark piece of physical theatre about corrupting power and a Lear-like king obsessed with his image " shame the show is too' James Thierrée…