Review: DUCK POND, Southbank Centre
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Dec 20, 2024
When circus is performed well, it is as high an art form as perfectly executed ballet or impeccable Shakespearean oratory. When it falls down in execution, it falls hard. Australian circus company Circa's production Duck Pond unfortunately belongs in the latter camp.
Bell Shakespeare Will Present HENRY 5
by Stephi Wild - Dec 9, 2024
The first production in Bell Shakespeare’s 35th anniversary season in 2025 will be a new contemporary staging of Henry 5, starring newcomer JK Kazzi in his mainstage theatre debut.
COST OF LIVING Opens Next Month at Melbourne Theatre Company
by Stephi Wild - Aug 13, 2024
Cost of Living, a deeply moving play that looks at the ways we care for one another and ourselves and winner of the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Drama from playwright Martyna Majok, will begin previews at Melbourne Theatre Company’s Southbank Theatre on Saturday 14th September.
DUCK POND Comes to Queensland Performing Arts Centre in July
by Stephi Wild - May 15, 2023
Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) and internationally renowned contemporary circus company, Circa have announced the world premiere of a brand-new production Duck Pond, pirouetting and waddling into the Playhouse from 5 to 8 July 2023.
ON BY CIRCA World Premiere Announced at Monash Performing Arts Centres, 7 & 8 April
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 22, 2022
Monash Performing Arts Centres will present the World Premiere of On by Circa. Over the past two decades, Circa has forged a reputation as the most artistically audacious circus on the planet. With productions ranging from large scale operas and vast choreographic spectacles through to site specific adventures and intimate chamber works, the breadth of its vision is unparalleled.
ON BY CIRCA Will Have World Premiere at Monash Performing Arts Centres in 2022
by Stephi Wild - Nov 24, 2021
Over the past two decades, Circa has forged a reputation as the most artistically audacious circus on the planet. With productions ranging from large scale operas and vast choreographic spectacles through site specific adventures and intimate chamber works, the breadth of its vision is unparalleled.
Darebin Arts Speakeasy Announces 2021 Season
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 17, 2021
The July to October Darebin Arts Speakeasy season features a program of premieres and performances bigger than ever before, bursting with some of Australia's most unique performance makers including Marc Brew, Rawcus ensemble, Arielle Gray, Tim Watts, The Last Great Hunt, Double Water Sign (Rachel Perks and Bridget Balodis), Michele Lee, Ra Chapman, Richard J Frankland and Biddy Connor.
Speakeasy 2020 Season Announced
by Stephi Wild - Jan 22, 2020
Following on from the highly successful 2019 season, which was nominated for a total of 28 Green Room Awards, the 2020 Darebin Arts Speakeasy season features a program of premieres and performances bigger than ever before.
Arts House Announces 2020 Season
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 21, 2019
Attracting an international reputation for ground breaking contemporary performance, Melbourne's Arts House continues to draw attention to extraordinary artists who create life-changing art and are driven by cultural transformation.
EDINBURGH 2019: The Long Pigs Q&A
by Natalie O'Donoghue - Jul 15, 2019
One of Australia's most respected and established clown tropes enter a macabre world of abattoir dwelling, grey nosed, genocidal clowns, hell-bent on purging the world of their red nosed compatriots. THE LONGPIGS is a dark but hilarious comedy, as profound as it is grotesque. Clare Bartholomew makes up one third of THE LONG PIGS and spoke to BroadwayWorld ahead of their Edinburgh run.
Adelaide Cabaret Festival Teases 2019 Lineup
by Stephi Wild - Feb 2, 2019
Get ready to break your routine with a taste of six early release shows - and some alluring new spaces - coming to this year's Adelaide Cabaret Festival.
2018 Sydney Theatre Award Nominations Announced
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 17, 2018
Nominations were announced today for the Sydney Theatre Awards for 2018, which will be presented at a gala ceremony on Monday 21 January 2019 at 6pm at the York Theatre, Seymour Centre.