Sep 18
This years OzAsia Festival sure has had some special treats lined up such as this brilliant performance “continent” by the Japanese mime company CAVA. To call this entertaining show just comic mime is somewhat an under rating of the high calibre and mix the performers bring to stage. It’s an extremely well performed fusion of …
Sep 03
Four Winds is a masterstroke of Australian – Asian collaboration and influences.
Oct 07
This years OzAsia Festival had a loud closing act with The Dhol Foundation with a full house at the Festival Centre. The Dhol is a large traditional percussion instrument from the Punjab province in the north of India, from which Johnny Kalsi originates. However TDF is based in London and well known with a number …
Oct 02
In Repose is an enchanting show which combines dance, story-telling, photography, video and music. This was a peaceful, interesting and educational presentation. 3.5K
Sep 24
Indonesia’s Nan Jombang, delivers on a sparsely furnished Space stage a slow, meandering but soothing, mesmerising and spiritual experience. 3.5K
Sep 20
We witness the experiences and struggles of a newly married couple through a series of short scenes, each depicting the impact that war can have on the innocent and the overwhelming sadness that it can create. This is a beautiful and powerful exploration of love, destruction, pain and healing. 4K
Sep 19
If the first half was a bit ho-hum, then the second half left no one present in any doubt about the claims of the ensemble as to their skills in fusing music, movement and the delicate relationship the skin of the drum and the touch of the drummer. 3.5K
Sep 15
OzAsia arrives this Friday. Here Miriam Keane profiles three of the shows over the next fortnight.
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