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July 22, 2005

Crime and Penitence

2005

Frozen
by Bryony Lavery
State Theatre Company of South Australia
Space, Festival Centre
6 July. Until 23 July, 2005

Murray Bramwell

Whenever we wonder about the nature of human nature we invariably turn to criminal behaviour, especially that of predatory serial killers, for speculation and explanation. Are such crimes, especially against children, proof of the existence of evil, or are they manifestations of derangement and illness ? And how do our judicial processes – and our personal moral reckonings …

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July 08, 2005

Cold comfort after difficult journey

7 July, 2005
Murray Bramwell

Frozen
by Bryony Lavery

State Theatre Company of South Australia.
The Space, Adelaide Festival Centre.
6 July. Tickets $ 16.70 – $ 49.
Bookings BASS 131 246.
Until 23 July, 2005

Are terrible crimes, such as those of serial killers, a proof of evil or an extreme aberration ? And how, judicially and personally, do we deal with such events ? How do we reconcile outrage with a need to understand and, even, to forgive …

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Cabaret Funnies – Fond and Furious

Filed under: Archive,Cabaret

iBob
Bob Downe

We Don’t have Husbands
The Kransky Sisters

The Big Con
Max Gillies and Eddie Perfect

Adelaide Cabaret Festival 2005
Festival Centre

Murray Bramwell

The Adelaide Cabaret Festival, in part, arose from the need to separate from the avalanche of stand-up comedy that dominates the Fringe. However, there has been no shortage of funny business in the Festival Centre recently in a program that has included the CNNNN jokers, Sandman and Flacco, Wil Anderson – and Bob Downe.…

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July 01, 2005

Horse Opera

Midnite
An Opera created by Raffaele Marcellino
and Doug McLeod based on the novel by Randolph Stow

Windmill Productions and OzOpera in association
with State Theatre Company of South Australia
Dunstan Playhouse
5 July. 2005

Murray Bramwell

Randolph Stow’s zany bushranger story, Midnite, is a very likely choice for a theatre work for children. Along with his quirky companions – Khat the talking Siamese pussycat, Major the cockatoo and Red Ned his trusty steed – Midnite (spelt that way , …

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