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) Directed by: The Dust Palace Writing Contributors: Leighton Cardno & Jaimee Edward at TAPAC Theatre, Western Springs, Auckland From 15 Nov 2012 to 24 Nov 2012 [Thurs-Fri only] Reviewed by Paul Simei-Barton, 19 Nov 2012 originally published in New Zealand Herald |
The Dust Palace has brewed up a volatile concoction with circus acrobatics, contemporary dance and physical theatre shaken into a potent cocktail that is breathtakingly spectacular, sensuously lyrical and often funny.
With Love and Money, the company succeeds in integrating the circus spectacular into a dramatic narrative.
A series of vignettes coalesce into parallel stories about the lives of strippers, and in direct addresses to the audience, the performers frankly discuss the awkwardness of the stripper-client relationship, focusing on how the cash nexus destroys the possibility of genuine intimacy. [More]
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