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September 26, 2024 / Features - Archive

Karen Hall: Sharing the laugh-lines with a cello

When cellist Karen Hall began accompanying two clowns in their performances, she initially struggled to escape the relative stiffness of her classical training, and share the same playful zone. Then she started taking clown classes, herself. “They were life changing,” she says. “‘Clown’ is such a safe space: you get…

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September 23, 2024 / Theatre Reviews - Archive

PLENTY OF FISH IN THE SEA

New Theatre, September 19 8/10 Just when you’re ready to scream at the endless earnest, predictable, naturalistic plays that clutter our stages, along comes Plenty of Fish in the Sea. It’s a timely reminder that theatre need not be so desperate to fulfil its dull aspiration of merely ticking the…

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September 17, 2024 / Theatre Reviews - Archive

THE QUEEN’S NANNY

Ensemble Theatre, September 10 6/10 The last five minutes pin your ears back, leaving you wondering why more of the play didn’t bristle with this intensity; this sense of lives being defined or wasted. Perhaps the curious detachment we feel for most of the 90 minutes may be attributed to…

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