Review – Morgan & West: Time Travelling Magicians
Morgan and West are time travellers. But they’re not just your ordinary run-of-the-mill temporal passengers, no ma’am, they are also spiffing magicians.
Author: heckler
Sundog [UK]
Perhaps not meaty enough to be described as food for the soul, the classical minimalism of Arthur Jeffes’ Sun Dog project is nourishing nonetheless. Violinist Oli Langford soars to magnificent crescendos to a hypnotic rhythm of piano and light drumming, and all is well with the world.
The Pigram Brothers [Australia]
Delivering hoarsly whispered odes to the great sunburnt land, the Pigram brothers pull off nice enough indigenous flavoured country tunes, but unfortunately seem to go on and on with little variation, much like the outback itself.
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Picture Box Orchestra [Australia]
An interesting experiment in blending classical western and indian musical styles and instruments, Picture Box Orchestra’s Friday night slot was unfortunately ruined by two things unrelated to the music itself.
The Bearded Gypsy Band [Australia]
Do you like dancing? Do you like sitting? Do you like standing arms folded nodding your head? Do you like Tom? Can you do the twist? We found that people who said yes to any of these things often have a great time!
Staff Benda Bilili [Democratic Republic of Congo]
Yes, even in wheelchairs, African men dance better than white guys.
The Barons of Tang [Australia]
We guessed that they were from Eastern Europe. They turned out to be from Melbourne. I guess we were half right.
Nano Stern [Chile]
A superstar in his home country, Nano performed to over 180,000 protestors whilst his new single La Puta Esperanza became the theme for their dissent.
The Amazing Drumming Monkeys [Australia]
We play the monkey drums, and sing happy songs with lovely messages. We interact with the audience, and the whole family can dance around and go bananas.
Mahala Rai Banda [Romania],
The group combine the racous energy of a gypsy campfire party with funk, soul and Middle-eastern influences. Music best enjoyed on your feet with dancing shoes strapped on tight.
Dobet Gnahoré [Ivory Coast]
Grammy-award winning Dobet Gnahoré is one of the big names headlining Womad this year, and her preview show was certainly no letdown.
Review – The Origin of Species…
If all science was taught this way at school, maybe I’d be working for NASA today.
Review – His Ghostly Heart
While the concept isn’t completely unheard of, theatre in the dark is still a rarely used technique. And even rarer still is the correct execution. But under Martha Lott’s direction, this performance is completely, even unnaturally so, in the dark.
Review – Constantinople
What happens when a couple of actors/comedians/DJs and all round fun guys decide to make a show about the history of Constantinople? Well, you get 60 minutes of absurdist theatre that’ll leave you in stitches and sore cheeks from laughing too much.
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