Thomas Eckert
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May 10
Sense and Sensibility – The State Theatre Company – The Dunstan Playhouse – 4K
By Tom Eckert Sense and Sensibility takes the classic Austen text and ironically puts a retro spin on it. In a continued effort to bring classic texts to a modern audience in an entertaining and accessible way the State Theatre Company are successful. The text itself is treated with a sensitivity, humanism and humour that …
Oct 08
OzAsia festival 2017 – SEVER – Elder Hall – 2K
By Tom Eckert Sever by David Harris and Zooma is a collaborative project between the two aforementioned and the Shanghai Peking Opera. The central premise is a juxtaposition of the old world in the form of the traditional and narrative historical characters of Peking Opera. Guan Yu (pictured) and Diao Chan, with the modern world. …
Oct 05
OzAsia 2017 – The End – Keiichiro Shibuya and Hatsune Miku – The Dunstan Playhouse – 4K
By Tom Eckert Hatsune Miku is what is known as a vocaloid, or a vocal android. Essentially a software program made manifest with a three-dimensionally rendered avatar. This software is something that any individual can own and then write lyrics and songs that will then be rendered in the voice of the vocaloid. Initially intended …
Oct 01
OzAsia 2017 – Scary Beauty – The Space Theatre – 3K
By Tom Eckert Image © Justine Emard Keeichiro Shibuya, a prominent man in the progressive electronic music scene in Japan brings his music and a sophisticated android to Adelaide. Backed by the Australian arts orchestra, Keiichiro summons soundscapes directly out of a computer imbued with musicality. The pieces are heavily modified with electrical effects and …
Sep 28
Oz Asia Festival 2017 – Apprentice – Mercury Cinema – 4K
By Tom Eckert Apprentice, is film set in Singapore which remains one of the few developed nations that retains capital punishment and the death penalty. The story follows a young man working as a prison guard as he moves between home and work embodying a claustrophobic existence not far removed from the men he guards. …
Sep 09
James Morrison’s Academy Jazz Orchestra – Her Majesty’s Theatre – 4K
by Tom Eckert Anywhere else people might be skeptical that one of the best musical schools in the country might be found in a isolated rural centre. Not so in South Australia where the James Morrison Academy, which has been founded on the international eminence of its instructors including the eponymous James Morrison, takes in …
Jul 22
Kokoda – by Peter Maddern – Star Theatres – 2017 – 4K
By Tom Eckert Wandering into the Star Theatre’s space, one is struck by the closeness of the venue. An opera theater on a micro scale, and surprisingly well suited to a one man play. Kokoda follows the experience of one Private Morris Powell (played by Todd Gray) as he lives through the trials of the …
Mar 11
FRINGE 2017: Scientology: The Musical – Warehouse at The Producers – 5K
By Tom Eckert From the creators of Abbott! The Musical, George Glass bring a new absurdist rock musical destined to inspire the same level of following as the name sake of their show show at its peak. Intelligent and satirical, Scientology: The Musical is characterised by songs that subvert Broadway to T.S. Eliot and manage …
Mar 09
FRINGE 2017: Barbu Electro Trad Cabaret – The Peacock – Gluttony – 4K
By Tom Eckert Barbu, hailing from Montreal brings a novel twist on the typically ‘1920s chic’ acrobatics heavy cabaret we see at the Fringe. Barbu mashes together elements of electro trad music with a distinct folky twist, carnival and unabashed machismo all with a slice of camp humour. Focusing very much on feats of strength …
Mar 02
FRINGE 2017: YouTunes – The Pocket – Stirling Fringe – 5K
By Tom Eckert On a pleasant hills summer evening you are treated to a venue that wouldn’t be out of place in a Brooklyn basement. All dark hangings, blue and red light and a smoke machine it is minimalist and intimate, never being more than three metres from the back of the stage. You can’t …
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