A colourful aesthetic doesn't manage to disguise a slight lack of playfulness and cohesion in Lost in Translation's family-focused Hotel Paradiso. Stunts engage its young audience, but I'm unconvinced its narrative or characters capture many …
Black Cat: Bohemia sets Underbelly's Spiegeltent alight with an impressive international line-up, an endearing and charismatic MC and plenty of real searing flames - but one too many moments feel genuinely (rather than just aesthetically) reckless …
An often dazzling fusion of endurance, masochism and spectacle, Backbone's let down only by occasional misjudged 'acting' sequences. I'd argue there's no need to artificially create 'risk', when Gravity and Other Myths' show contains such …
Affirmative, fierce, fearless and dignified theatre, Hive City Legacy's nine-strong cast express their individual anger, bemusement, struggles and strengths with dynamism and heart. Hive City Legacy brings together the Australian creators of Edinburgh smash Hot Brown Honey (Lisa …
Taking over from SOAP as Underbelly Southbank's second Spiegeltent headliner of the summer, Circa's Peepshow is regrettably culpable of the same sins: imaginative ideas seem oddly infrequent, sequences often feel underehearsed and intended effect is somewhat incoherent. An …
Genuinely breathless and unique stunts are on offer in Circolombia's latest self-titled and relentlessly energetic Underbelly offering. The show shares one too many of the innovations, and misfired creative decisions, as the company's 2015 smash …
The next headliner in Underbelly Southbank's 2018 season, SOAP, splashes about but rarely makes waves in its endeavour to be the raunchy circus smash of the summer. Talent feels underused and underserved - and you …
Nikki & JD's Knot is intelligent, layered and often nothing short of exquisite - blending mesmerising acro and dance-theatre elements with humour and heart to navigate the ups and downs of interdependence. Last seen in Barely Methodical …
Circus Abyssinia: Ethiopian Dreams, the first headliner at this year's Underbelly festival, is an unstoppable and almost unbelievable hour of absolute joy. Underbelly's Southbank season kicks off with a bang this year, as Circus Abyssinia …
Prepare for laughs for the whole family in Absolute Theatre and Teatro Montemuro's The 4 Clowns of The Apocalypse, but keep an eye out for glimmers of 'blink or you’ll miss it' darkness. For those familiar with …
The Children Are Stinky duo are tremendously competent hand balancers, jugglers and acrobats. But - far more importantly - they also know exactly how to make kids gasp, cheer and feel confident. And that combination …
The 'second album' to the company's cult sell-out, Briefs: Close Encounters is tighter and more artistically ambitious than its antecedent. Outside of the ensemble numbers though, momentum and fluidity is not always sustained - and the …