Reviews

The Cold Record begins as the audience meet at the Tivoli theatre. We are led to a nearby location on King Street where Chicago-born performer, Eli Weinberg, introduces himself and invites us (a small group) to join him for a beer. We take a seat and join him in his alcove – a boombox, a notebook, an iPad full of punk rock tunes, pre-selected (by us, the audience) for discussion. Eli randomly selects tracks and we take it in turns to describe our choice of song and why it means something to us.

The ingredients in this one hour play include a large dose of celebrity, several ounces of social media, a healthy portion of satire directed at the art world and a good sprinkle of comedy. Freshly baked and out of the oven for the first time the results are delicious.

The play opens with a succession of paparazzi photos of Minky Westin (Jodine Holli Wolman), looking glamorous, awkwardly leaving various cars or parties and finally arriving on stage worse for wear from a big night out.

FORM Dance Projects presents the premiere Australian performance of Alleyne Dance Team’s A Night’s Game at Riverside Theatres. Beginning touring in the UK, Kristina and Sadé Alleyene have taken this dynamic piece of dance theatre to over nine countries. Acclaimed for their eclectic use of styles to create works inspired by true life events, this performance explores dark images that reflect “the turmoil and strife of human emotion when faced with the prospect of incarceration”.

It’s the least known house in modern literature’s most well-known school, but by the end of this show, you’ll be cheering for the underdogs of the Hogwart’s school of magic - the losers, the socially inept, the...well, the Puffs.

“We’re the Puffs, we’re just here to die I suppose.”