Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring, his transgressive work that almost succeeded in burning down the theatre upon its premiere, erupts once more in Sacre, a new interpretation from Australia’s Circa. The production aims to mirror circus’ raw strength and Stravinsky’s brute ceremony. Artistic Director Yaron Lifschitz hopes to give the work a razored social edge and investigate the very nature of human experience....

The rules of the game are simple. Like and be liked. Kill or be killed. Under the direction of choreographer Alan Lucien Øyen, Norway’s dance/theatre company winter guests attempts to deconstruct contemporary pathologies of need and narcissism.  Taking inspiration from the performer’s real-life experiences, solo work and group dynamics try to lay bare the brutal cost of social rituals. With...

This mixed program includes Hofesh Shecter’s Dust, Matthew Neenan’s A Million Voices, Fernando Hernando Magadan’s (d)elusive minds and SNAP, Micaela Taylor’s take on social pressure and urban diversity.

When a sneaky bureaucrat undoes the corrupt officials of a provincial city, out of a heaping trash-pile of bad behaviour — lust, greed, fear and mendacity — emerges a warped yet prescient image of our current state. Revisor's aim is to be a funhouse mirror, a horror show, a comedy that is no longer funny. More than just an excoriating...