by Nikki Fort | Oct 1, 2015 | Adelaide Festivals, Film, Reviews
[INDONESIA] Mercury Cinema, Wed 30 Sep It is chilling testimony to the authenticity of this profound documentary that many of those credited on the film, from co-producers, co-director, some cameramen, line producers and researchers, right down to gaffers and drivers,...
by Catherine Blanch | Oct 1, 2015 | Adelaide Festivals, Dance, Multimedia, Music, Reviews, Theatre
[JAPAN] Rehearsal Room via Dunstan Playhouse Foyer, Wed 30 Sep I have no idea what just happened! But Iād do it again in a flash! This surreal OzAsia event is the brainchild of director, performer and choreographer Toko Nikaido. In what can only be described as...
by Rosie van Heerde | Oct 1, 2015 | Adelaide Festivals, Dance, Reviews
[JAPAN/AUSTRALIA] Space Theatre, Wed 30 Sep Mixing Australian contemporary dance techniques with the eerie subversiveness that typifies Japanese Butoh, Spectra certainly packs a visual punch that leaves its mark well after one exits the theatre. In a piece that seeks...
by Nikki Fort | Sep 30, 2015 | Adelaide Festivals, Film, Reviews
[HONG KONG] Mercury Cinema, Tue 29 Sep This powerful and important film was made in 1982 but it remains just as controversial, disturbing and pertinent today. In post-war Vietnam, (circa 1976) Japanese photojournalist Shiomi Akutagawa, beautifully played by George...
by Clayton Werner | Sep 30, 2015 | Adelaide Festivals, Multimedia, Reviews, Theatre
[JAPAN/FRANCE] Dunstan Playhouse, Tue 29 Sep. Walking into superposition at the Dunstan Playhouse you might be forgiven for thinking you were at a computer convention rather than a theatre. Screens and more screens, in two neat rows as well as large projection screens...