Review – Luisa Omielan – What Would Beyonce Do?
Girl got game. Omielan is one brave lady. Not only is she dancing solo on stage as the audience enters (no mean feat), she’s also unafraid to tackle the big issues.
Category: Festivals
Review – Le Gateau Chocolate: Icons
As Le Gateau Chocolat adds and removes costume layers in front of the audience he dons a mask in order to reveal his true self.
10 Quick Qs – The Magnets
A quote/moment that stands out from your show? Ever seen a man speak beat? Check our our vocal percussionist Andy Frost in his drum solo. He’s a phenomenon and right up there with any of the other freaks at this Festival.
Review – Matt Okine
Serving as a poster boy for every twenty-something that is now ‘rich’ enough for such lavish luxuries as paying rent and sourdough bread, Matt Okine skillfully manages to take some of the more boring elements of everyday life and make them genuinely really funny.
Holi @ WOMADelaide
Womadelaide opened in style, with a colourful celebration of beloved Indian festival – Holi
Review – The Painted Ladies (Australia)
Almost every song introduces a new and different instrument keeping the music easy to listen to but entertainingly diverse.
Review – Soil & “Pimp” Sessions (Japan)
It all comes together in a fractured sort of way, a sublime nightmare.
Review – Icarus Falling
The manic oscillation between boisterous characters and uncouth narrator reflects the very unpredictable nature that is depression. It works, and it works well.
10 Quick Qs – Philip Escoffey
Describe your show Twitter style, 140 characters or less: Pitting my skills against the claims of psychics to try and achieve 6 impossible things.
Review – Bec Hill in… Ellipsis
The tin can phone starts buzzing – the ringtone Loser by Beck – and our Bec answers, only to find her self-doubt loudly berating her on the other end.
