The Irresistible Review by Cicely Binford 15.6.2017 It’s a match made in theatre heaven: The Last Great Hunt and Side Pony Productions have pooled their resources and produced one hell of a strange show called The Irresistible, which is running now … Continue reading REVIEW: The Irresistible | Side Pony Productions and The Last Great Hunt
The Advisors Review by Susie Conte 3.6.2017 Deep under the State Theatre Centre is a rehearsal room that occasionally serves as a black box theatre; currently the space is marked out with long pendant grey ribbons, creating a sort of boxing ring. The five actors enter, all in different coloured tracksuits, a pastel band of advisors. What follows is 75 minutes of intense, fast talking, nimbly choreographed words directed by Gita Bezard – words that come at you like a tsunami, bounce off the walls, and reverberate in the space. These words offer advice in many forms, about sex, murder, … Continue reading REVIEW: The Advisors | The Last Great Hunt
New Owner Reviewed by Cicely Binford 2.10.2016 Well, they’ve done it again. Arielle Gray and Tim Watts have created a new show called New Owner for The Last Great Hunt, which is presented at PICA for the Awesome International Arts Festival over the next two weeks. New Owner falls along the same lines as their other exceptional multi-media puppet features, but this time it’s made with dogs and kids in mind. New Owner follows a pound puppy’s adventures in life. He gets adopted by an elderly woman, who begins to have trouble with her memory, and while they’re out on a walk one … Continue reading REVIEW: New Owner | The Last Great Hunt
The Last Great Hunt are back to steal our hearts with the help of a few puppies puppets in their new work, New Owner. Created by the duo that gave us It’s Dark Outside, Arielle Gray and Tim Watts, New Owner takes us through a dog’s life from a dog’s perspective. The show will premiere at PICA as part of AWESOME International Arts Festival, which kicks off in October for the school holidays, but Arielle Gray tells us why New Owner is made for everybody. This is your first show you’ve made with a younger audience in mind, but it seems like many of your shows are young … Continue reading INTERVIEW: 7 Questions with Arielle Gray for New Owner
The Last Great Hunt‘s third Fringe offering, The Great Ridolphi, is a clever bit of theatre. Written by Chris Isaacs, directed by Adam Mitchell and starring Steve Turner, The Great Ridolphi is the story of a man running against time to solve an art heist. It’s a taut, swiftly-paced noir adventure that holds many treasures in its smoke-filled confines, with eccentric characters, magic tricks, hidden clues and train journeys across Europe. Steve Turner plays Victor O’Meara, son of a famous illusionist, the eponymous Ridolphi. Ridolphi did a disappearing act from O’Meara’s life long ago and upon his death, left his entire fortune not … Continue reading REVIEW: The Great Ridolphi | The Last Great Hunt
It’s night #2 of Fringe World/Summer Nights 2016, and we get along to two very different shows over at PICA: Being Dead (Don Quixote) from MKA and The Crossing from The Last Great Hunt. Being Dead (Don Quixote) | MKA & Kerith Manderson-Galvin Even though it’s only the first weekend, I’m predicting that this is likely to be one of the most divisive shows of the season. Deconstructivist, post-structuralist, feminist, transgressive, bizarre, confused/confusing, non-linear, provocative, brave, raw: these are the words that come to mind to describe this fascinating work by Melbourne artist Kerith Manderson-Galvin. My first challenge … Continue reading REVIEW: MKA Being Dead (Don Quixote) and The Last Great Hunt’s The Crossing
This Best of List was originally published in the app issue #1507 of X-Press Magazine on 30.12.15 2015 has been an interesting, roller coaster of a year for Perth performing arts. We’ve had some contentious decisions over government arts funding thanks to the not-so-dearly departed George Brandis, we’ve seen the cancellation of an entire half season by Perth Theatre Company (whose future still appears to be in limbo, though by all accounts it doesn’t look good), we’ve launched a whole new flagship contemporary dance company with Co3, and all the independents have been chugging away steadily, creating fabulous art … Continue reading ICYMI: 2015 in WA Theatre (Best of)
Click on the image for a bigger version. Originally appeared in X-Press magazine print issue 1488. Here is the ISSUU digital version. CICELY BINFORD Continue reading REVIEW: All That Glitters | The Last Great Hunt
The Last Great Hunt have been busy this festival season, with its members participating in no less than five Fringe World events in 2015: Elephents, Yoshi’s Castle, FAG/STAG, BRUCE, and Monroe & Associates. Two of the five, Elephents and BRUCE, … Continue reading REVIEW: The Last Great Hunt Fringe Binge! Yoshi’s Castle/BRUCE/Monroe & Associates
PICA Performance Space Wednesday, September 24, 2014 The Last Great Hunt, a theatre company that’s not even a year old but is wise and practiced beyond its years, has launched its second official show at PICA Performance Space. ‘Initiating Artist’ … Continue reading REVIEW: Falling Through Clouds | Last Great Hunt
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