Reviews

There is a wonderful balance to Circa’s youth ensemble, Circa Zoo, that goes beyond the physical acrobatics of the show they are presenting to celebrate Queensland Youth Week in Brisbane.

On a practical level, the team of 10, aged from 11 to 17, are showcasing their talents through a series of choreographed segments, from tumbles, hula-hoops, and aerial silks, to rope work, human obstacle courses, contortion, and human pyramids.

Great Expatations is a show designed to share expat experiences and the sometimes-absurd nature of operating in a new culture. Both performers have very different intercultural experiences and are from very different racial and cultural backgrounds which provides a good breadth of material for this stand-up comedy routine.

Malanda Theatre Company's production of Cosi is about as professional a performance as you could get. Set in a 1970s Melbourne mental asylum, the play revolves around Lewis, a young inexperienced theatre director. Lewis is given the job of directing a motley band of inmates in Mozart's opera Cosi Fan Tutte. The comedy has crazy moments as well as some very serious ones. Issues like the Vietnam War and relationships play a big part in some of the character interactions.

The multi-talented Dirty Diana performs her new comedy show at this year’s Melbourne Comedy Festival, currently running until the 21 of April at the Storyville Cocktail Bar, in the CBD.

Dirty Diana pumps the crowd with ‘high fiver’ fever, bursts onto the stage heralding all the way from Springvale and reminds us that her story comes in three phases. Diana Nguyen weaves titular story-telling with a refreshing energetic flair that connects homegrown family dramas with perpetual boyfriend problems.