Slow Boat | Anna Yen
review, theatre, physical theatre Nadia Jade review, theatre, physical theatre Nadia Jade

Slow Boat | Anna Yen

There is something about relating to characters on the stage that humanises stories so very much. We can read an article about the relentless inhumanity of the Australian government and the colonial importation of cheap Asian labour, but a depiction of a bloody and brutal desert scene and the rise and fall of pickaxes worms its way into your head in a much more effective way.

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The Revolutionists | The Curators
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The Revolutionists | The Curators

The play is a comedy set in Paris during the late-1700s “reign of terror” … At first glance this all seems historical and far-away, but we are brought to the here and now through a comedic exploration of real and present themes: colonial oppression, women’s rights, and the intersectional beneficiaries (and lack thereof) of revolutionary movements.

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Untitled Relationship Experiment | Big Fork Theatre
comedy, theatre, review Kristy Stanfield comedy, theatre, review Kristy Stanfield

Untitled Relationship Experiment | Big Fork Theatre

One part that stuck with me in particular was Samantha’s character’s strained relationship with her mother who refused to see her daughter’s committed lesbian relationship as anything more than a close friendship, even after marriage. It brought to light the combination of humour and pain found in the common queer experience of dealing with family members who are for the most part loving and yet wilfully ignorant or unaccepting of who they are

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