Dance, Physical Theatre & Circus – Summerhall – Open Minds Open Doors

Made in Adelaide: Party

Summerhall — Thu, 06 Jul 2017 03:07:11 +0000

Adelaide Fringe says "Happy 70th Birthday to Edinburgh Fringe"

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Made in Adelaide: Showcase (Cabaret Gala)

Summerhall — Thu, 06 Jul 2017 03:07:11 +0000

Made in Adelaide brings the southern hemisphere’s biggest festival city to Edinburgh with a selection of South Australian theatre, music, cabaret, comedy, visual arts, literature, film and fun.

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5 Soldiers

Cat Thomson — Mon, 08 May 2017 11:05:10 +0000

A thrilling and humane portrait of army life telling the stories of five men and women serving on the front line.

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The Crossing Place – Romantika

Cat Thomson — Mon, 08 May 2017 04:05:54 +0000

Late-night in Upper Church. The first performance based on the poems of Swedish Nobel Prize in Literature-winning Tomas Tranströmer. A fast-paced, visual and highly physical theatre piece exploring loneliness, anxiety and desire. Devised in Estonia.

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Dear Children, Sincerely… Seven Decades of Sri Lanka

richardx — Thu, 04 May 2017 08:05:54 +0000

An ensemble performance that travels back through seventy years of Sri Lankan history; through the recollections of those born in the 1930s, who lived through independence, insurrection, modernization and war.

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Velvet Petal: Bedroom

richardx — Thu, 04 May 2017 08:05:49 +0000

Tough girls and pretty boys living life in the margins, dreaming about being at the centre. This bespoke, intimate extract explores the transformative power of beauty, created out of whatever is on the bedroom floor.

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Arab Arts Focus: Dance Double Bill

richardx — Thu, 04 May 2017 08:05:39 +0000

These two new contemporary dance pieces from Palestine and Egypt question what it means to be Arab in today’s world. 'Mayhkomsh' tackles social judgement. 'Running Away' challenges cultural norms and burdens put on young Arabs' shoulders.

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Slut

richardx — Thu, 04 May 2017 08:05:35 +0000

I saw him looking at me when I danced. I saw the look in his eyes. I knew what he wanted to call me.. Sexuality, sexual grooming, stereotyping and cross-cultural perceptions are explored in this provocative new dance piece.

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Rosalind

richardx — Thu, 04 May 2017 08:05:30 +0000

The danced adventures of a Shakespearean heroine. 400 years later, Rosalind ventures through the modern metropolis: by day, ordered and traditional, by night, a neon wonderland.

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Power Ballad

richardx — Thu, 04 May 2017 08:05:27 +0000

Part performance lecture, part karaoke party, deconstructing gendered linguistic histories and ripping apart contemporary language to find a new articulation of pleasure, anger and femaleness. From Julia Croft (If There’s Not Dancing at the Revolution, I’m Not Coming).

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