Playhouse, October 18 7.5/10 Other people’s marriages are mysteries. Even if you know the couple well you only see the version presented for external consumption; not the bedroom nuts and bolts, the power dynamics, conflict resolution or any other aspects of shared domesticity. When Ingmar Bergman’s Scenes from a Marriage…
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Hayes Theatre, October 17 7/10 She’s a star. Loren Hunter takes the role of Evelyn May Murphy and, just as the character becomes a star within the story, Hunter proves herself one in realising it. She grips us with her absolute commitment to the truth of her character, the even…
BRIGHT FORCE (Libra) 8/10 You know that wild, spiralling look in the eyes when a border collie suffering cabin fever is suddenly released into park or paddock? This music is the sonic equivalent, played with such ferocious intensity you’d think that Natsuki Tamura (trumpet), Alister Spence (keyboard, electronics), Satoko Fujii…