Five Shows to Take Your Eccentric Bohemian Mum To
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Five Shows to Take Your Eccentric Bohemian Mum To

The best Brisvegas event of the year, aka Anywhere Festival, is fast approaching, as is Mother’s Day. And I know for a fact that a lot of us, including myself, have an eccentric bohemian one who would thrive watching indie, quirky fringe theatre. So, why not give her the gift of theatre and take her to see one of these shows. One knows, you may even see me and my Mum there…

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Interrogating control, grief and family, SHELTER will draw you in with its secrets, make you laugh with its warmth and break your heart with the truth.
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Interrogating control, grief and family, SHELTER will draw you in with its secrets, make you laugh with its warmth and break your heart with the truth.

Is there anything else we simply MUST know about the show?

“ART! ART! ART! Visual art is a big part of the world of SHELTER, for our characters and for the space. Part of the SHELTER experience is your ability to contribute to the art in the space. Want to leave your mark? Come along to the show.”

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A solo performance-art ritual event where all who enter the space become participants
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A solo performance-art ritual event where all who enter the space become participants

‘101 Ways to Stare at a Wall’, originally began as a provocative 8-minute performance event! It has actually been inspired by a particular piece of post-war avant-garde music, written by the iconic experimental US composer, John Cage. He liked to work with the Laws of Chance – ‘Indeterminancy’ - to help him compose his works, and I thought I might try that too! So, all stage directives have been worked out by the throwing of dice… And, it has now been expanded in layers, to fill approx. one hour!

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'Mental Illness Is Not A Crime' - a live art performance of ASMR (autonomous sensory meridian responses) experiences
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'Mental Illness Is Not A Crime' - a live art performance of ASMR (autonomous sensory meridian responses) experiences

'Mental Illness Is Not A Crime' is a one-hour immersive, interactive, and live art performance of ASMR (autonomous sensory meridian responses) experiences. With body painting, letter writing, hair brushing, as well as interaction with textures, foods, and scents, and ending with guided meditation, the show is an extension of a previous show with Vulcana Circus and Ruckus Brisbane. Inspired by artists Carolee Schneeman and Marina Abramovic, 'Mental Illness Is Not A Crime' aims to break down barriers between our mental and physical selves, and allow us to reconnect with others through immersion and touch.

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What I’m Here For | Elbow Room
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What I’m Here For | Elbow Room

It was enjoyable watching the actors interact with individuals walking by but it was just as intriguing the passers-by try to piece together what was happening in front of them and there was a group of about twenty individuals staring at two or more particular people with headsets on. Some stopped to take photos, others tried to listen in but some just walked by...

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Crunch Time | Counterpilot
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Crunch Time | Counterpilot

There’s an explicit attempt to link the democratic processes at play in the work’s conception with debates and developments happening around global politics. Sibthorpe’s notes reference Brexit and Trump. There’s a development within the work that explicitly plays with the idea of leadership spills. If there’s a moment that elevates CrunchTime above a good dinner party, it’s that one.

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Biladurang | Joel Bray
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Biladurang | Joel Bray

The set is intimate. Obviously. The whole room is five meters by ten. We are offered terry-towelling robes and champagne. It is true, I have been to parties and illicit liaisons like this before, these same mundane walls, the art that becomes commonplace in these holding pens, these anonymous rooms where people stay when they are in-between places, meeting nameless others.

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