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February 18, 2005

Keeping it in the Family

Filed under: Archive,Music

Rufus Wainwright
with Kate and Anna McGarrigle
and Martha Wainwright

Dunstan Playhouse
4 February

Murray Bramwell

We probably have Leonard Cohen to thank for the chance to see, at the one time, so many members of the Wainwright – McGarrigle clan. In Sydney recently for a tribute concert to the legendary Canadian poet and singer, Kate and Anna McGarrigle have included an Adelaide date for the first time in some years. Their son and nephew, Rufus Wainwright is listed as …

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Another New World of Music and Dance

Filed under: Archive,Womadelaide

Murray Bramwell , Rodger Lee and David Sly preview recent releases from artists appearing at Womadelaide 2005

Now an annual fixture, Womadelaide comes round faster than Christmas. Hardly have we absorbed the sights, sounds and general bouquet of last year and we are presented with enticements for the next one. And, with the festival’s emphasis on new and different programming, each year brings a fresh list of unfamiliar names and musical styles. Having acquired some grasp of tuva and son, …

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February 01, 2005

Identity Games

Filed under: Archive,Australian Texts,Theatre

Please Go Hop !
The Border Project

Fowlers Live
2 February, 2005

Murray Bramwell

The Border Project’s absorbing theatre game show Please Go Hop! thrives on fun, wit, frenetic energy, Eighties nostalgia and a very welcome serve of theatrical flair. Taking its name from Plastic Bertrand’s kitsch classic Ca Plane Pour Moi (or maybe the Captain Sensible translation, Jet Boy Jet Girl ) it adroitly brings together improvisation and theatrical set pieces in the random format of a dice and …

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