47 stories by "Van Badham"
ArtPlay, Melbourne festivalSwimmers in kaleidoscope waters prove a visual event for young theatregoers still learning the parameters of their own bodies Continue reading...
As director and performer of Beckett's play, Robert Wilson shows his mastery of
multiple theatrical disciplines, writes Van BadhamVan Badham
As technically dazzling as it is frustrating, Israel Galván's La Curva is a work of great artistry and ferocious provocation, writes Van BadhamVan Badham
The legendary avant garde theatre director, in Perth performing Kraft's
Last Tape, says that too much of what we see on stage merely illustrates
what we already knowVan Badham
Perth Fringe World festival: Perth Institute of Contemporary ArtWhether clowning, bouffon and mime are the fad forms of our performance era is a question to which there is perhaps no answer …
You Once Said Yes is a work that physically takes the audience through a progression of sites or stagesVan Badham
Denis O'Hare invests a classic text with modern-day urgency in a Homer that reminds us that the cost of rage is death, writes Van BadhamVan Badham
Van Badham: From standups to sitcoms, radio to revolution, we look at the gags, red-rags and false flags that help make up Australian comedy. Tell us who makes you laugh in the comments.Van …
Van Badham: Cadavre Exquis may be educative viewing for theatre obsessives, but I suspect it would be irritating for everyone else.Van Badham
An unexpected bond with the audience gives Bullet Catch human warmth unexpected of magic show and rare in other forms of theatreVan Badham
Physical and visual imagery combine with spoken word in this moving, astonishing exploration of performer Dalisa Pigram's identityVan Badham
Van Badham: The premise of the Cadavre Exquis seems simple: four actors, four directors and four parts, but complications aboundVan Badham
The only disappointment about this unmissable circus show is that the bawdy onstage party must inevitably come to an endVan Badham
From childbirth to the discovery of a long-buried secret, Sydney festival artists reveal the hour that changed their lives foreverVan Badham
Magic supergroup Band of Magicians may dial the schmaltz up to 11, but their combined wizardry still conjures a standing ovationVan Badham
As more acrobats graduate from Australian circus schools, audiences’ appetite for this performance art is on the riseVan Badham
Kaput's mix of slapstick and acrobatics is a loving live tribute to the comics of the silent film era ... as well as being a good laughVan Badham
Fairfax Studio, Arts Centre MelbourneZahra Newman and Bert La Bonte excel in Katori Hall's play, set during the last hours of Martin Luther King's lifeIt's April 3, 1968. The reverend Martin…
Melbourne festival: Fairfax Studio, Arts Centre MelbourneNicola Gunn's attack on academic high-art practice exists on many and complex levels. But above all, it's hilariousFor last year's Me…
Brisbane festival: Spiegeltent, South BankAstonishing gymnastics, charmingly patchy juggling and saucy songs, in this festival late-night treatAs surely as there a Spiegeltent somewhere in t…
Brisbane festival: Courier-Mail Piazza, SouthbankCircolombia's cast of vulnerable new heroes create an exhilarating spectacle to a reggaeton soundtrackIt was only a couple of minutes into Ci…
The Australian elections are looming and like clockwork, we're seeing a sustained attack on the arts " 'taxpayer-subsidised pooing' includedDid anyone attend the live performance of Mikala D…
