Archive for 'Brag 462 (May 14)'
[COMEDY: Review] Theatresports
For many of us, doing theatresports for drama class was sort of a high-school rite of passage; but the Theatresports National Championships takes that classroom experience to a whole, manic new level – a boisterous night when the best improv comedians from around the country come together to battle it out in teams. “We have group of incredibly experienced players,” MC (and former contestant-slash-champion) Rebecca De Unamuno tells me. “They make it seem effortless when it’s actually really pretty tricky to do well. It’s great to watch them play – the level of characterisation and the level of storytelling is incredible.”
Posted: May 23rd, 2012 under Arts, Brag 462 (May 14), Live Comedy Reviews.
Tags: Alasdair Duncan, Comedy, The Enmore Theatre, The Theatresports National Championships, Theatresports
[PERFORMANCE: Review] Bring Back The Showgirl
A woman with an exuberant Australian accent has picked up the phone. “Oh my god!” She laughs, “Sorry, can you just wait – can you just give me like two seconds while I put some clothes on?” She giggles. “Sorry I’m on Adelaide time, I thought I had another hour! Just one sec – I’ve got to find a top…”
Posted: May 23rd, 2012 under Arts, Brag 462 (May 14), Performance/Dance.
Tags: Bring Back The Showgirl, Burlesque, Cassandra Jane, Performance, Roslyn Helper, The Factory Theatre
[THEATRE: Review] Crushed
Melita Rowston began writing plays at art school. “I actually started out as a painter,” she tells me. “I went to the Victorian College of the Arts, and started hanging out with actors and seeing a lot of plays; I wanted to tell stories in my paintings, but I realised I could tell better, more detailed stories if I put them on stage.” Over a decade later, Rowston has carved out a reputation for writing theatre with a distinctly Australian voice – and Crushed, playing at New Theatre this month, is no exception.
Posted: May 23rd, 2012 under Arts, Brag 462 (May 14), Theatre Reviews.
Tags: Crushed, Melita Rowston, New Theatre, Roslyn Helper, Theatre, Theatre Review
[FILM: Review] DARK SHADOWS
“We’re all going to get greased up after this,” announces Johnny Depp, a cheeky smirk obscured by his famously disheveled hair. “We’re going to take some psychedelics, grease up and get in the pool. You’re all welcome to come.”
Posted: May 23rd, 2012 under Arts, Arts Feature, Brag 462 (May 14), Film Reviews.
Tags: Alicia Malone, Chloe Grace Moretz, Dark Shadows, Eva Green, Film, Film Review, Gulliver McGrath, Helena Bonham Carter, Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Tim Burton, Vampire
[FILM: Review] Dark Shadows
In his latest Tim Burton collaboration, Johnny Depp skewers his dreamboat rep (and apparent intransience – the guy turns 49 in a month!), playing Barnabas Collins, an affluent, Georgian-era cad turned vampire. Damned by the lovesick witch Angelique (Eva Green) to eternal life as a cadaverous blood-sucker when he affiances the virginal Josette (Bella Heathcote), he is entombed for two centuries, then, quite by accident, exhumed into the chintzy-glam world of small-town America, 1972, where he finds his lineage dwindled, the grand family estate languishing in near-ruin, and – gasp! – Angelique, nattily pants-suited and working overtime to ensure the Collins’ decline.
Posted: May 23rd, 2012 under Arts, Brag 462 (May 14), Film Reviews.
Tags: Bella Heathcote, Dark Shadows, Film, Film Reviews, Gerard Elson, Helena Bonham Carter, Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Tim Burton