Tag: merrigong theatre company
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Reflections on a musical rendition of American Psycho
Last weekend I saw the Illawarra Performing Art Centre (IPAC) have a stab at adapting American Psycho. The IPAC’s version – which is sadly no longer showing – was musical theatre, and I left the auditorium feeling elated by all the cool critiques about contemporary society, nodding profusely like a pointy-headed doomer at its mention…
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Silence performs at Merrigong Theatre Company, sparking long overdue conversation about Treaty
Thomas E.S. Kelly, a proud Minjungbal-Yugambeh, Wiradjuri and Ni-Vanuatu man, choreographed, wrote and performed in thrilling dance-theatre performance Silence, continuing the decades-long conversations that Australian society has tried to silence. Silence features a combination of powerful contemporary dance, a complex musical composition and live music to address the muffled voices of the First Nations people…
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Merrigong Theatre Company presented Spiegeltent performances in Wollongong
Merrigong Theatre Company presented the Spiegeltent performances, with events happening every night over the course of 3 weeks from the 7th to the 25th of June. These performances included London Calling, Woody – The Ukulele Kids Show and Roxee Horror’s Movie Maniacs. I had the pleasure of interviewing some of the performers as well as…