While the show is definitely moralistic, unafraid to make the audience reflect on their own nature, it is not devoid of the whimsy and humour that is characteristic of the Little Eggs Collective. Moments of lightness and laughter spliced into the tale showcase the cast’s talents in clowning, which is when I can feel just how glad they are to be making their work. Behind the seriousness and content requiring audience warnings  lies a true passion for craft that drives the performance style vigorously onward. 

In anticipating Symphonie Fantastique, one word I will give to it is dynamic. This show is surely going to be an excitement of many varieties. There are high highs and oozy cools, then, more than ever before, low lows and shades of darkness. When I didn’t understand what scene they were working on, I could tell by their sensibility how it was going to play out. There’s a bag and a half full of different moods hauled into this new work.

It seems as if the world we live in is plagued by one crisis after another. In these unprecedented times, many people are staying connected with the luxury of the internet, through social media in particular. There are so many advantages to the connections we maintain with others via social media, it feels as if any disadvantages would be heavily outweighed by everything good the internet is doing for us.

Over the weekend, Playwave Creative Jason Liu tuned into GENEXT Goes Online, an event organised and hosted by the MCA Youth Committee. He created an illustration in response to the experience. 

Recently, Playwave Creative Jason Liu went to see Hamlet at the Sydney Opera House, presented by Bell Shakespeare. He created an illustration in response to the show.

 

Recently, Playwave Creative Jason Liu went to see Così at the Sydney Opera House, presented by Sydney Theatre Company. He created an illustration in response to the show.

Recently, Playwave Creative Jason Liu went to see Two Weddings, One Bride at Riverside Theatres, presented by Opera Australia. He created an illustration in response to the show.

Gracing the Roslyn Packer Theatre this past week is Bonachela and Obarzanek’s Season Two with Sydney Dance Company. In celebration of 50 years of dance in Sydney, the stage is shared by the diverse and explorative style of Rafael Bonachela’s 6 Breaths, with the embracive and inspiring Us 50 by Gideon Obarzanek.

Safety and security are things we naturally seek, whether it’s through our habits, or our familiar routines. Throughout our lives the things we once were comforted by may no longer be enough. There are places we outgrow, or arms we move on from. This is explored in the play Safe, as we follow Carol, a homemaker who needs to move on from a place she used to call home.

Recently, Playwave Creative Jason Liu went to see Baby Doll at the Ensemble Theatre. He created an illustration in response to the show.

Recently, Playwave Creative Jason Liu went to see Fully Committed at the Ensemble Theatre. He created an illustration in response to the show.

Recently, Playwave Creative Jason Liu went to see Much Ado About Nothing presented by Bell Shakespeare at the Sydney Opera House. He created an illustration in response to a moment in the middle of the show. Just before Benedick hears that Beatrice is "in love" with him, he has a moment alone and proceeds to read a magazine about tanks.