Witness Performance | James Jackson | Activity https://witnessperformance.com/members/jwjac1/activity/ Activity feed for James Jackson. Tue, 09 Jan 2024 00:24:08 +1100 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-AU 30 hourly 2 90e05d39dcdff977bf843d934fbe634e James Jackson posted a new activity comment https://witnessperformance.com/adelaide-festival-the-doctor/#comment-7364 Mon, 09 Mar 2020 11:56:02 +1100 Great riposte!
Thanks for taking the time to reply.
I’ll only maintain that we have to be careful.
We can’t immerse ourselves in a pessimism that has no future.

In reply to - Robert Reid wrote a new post ‘This is some of the best writing I’ve seen in a long time’: Robert Icke’s production of The Doctor at the Adelaide Festival leaves Robert Reid transfixed and enthr […] ]]> bd4e17e472a619bec61766923eb18f09 James Jackson posted a new activity comment https://witnessperformance.com/adelaide-festival-the-doctor/#comment-7359 Sun, 08 Mar 2020 13:58:38 +1100 Any group is heterogeneous. Although the “grey-haired middle class” might share some common economic and political views, I’m not sure we can assume very much about the thoughts that go through their heads during a performance. Laughter isn’t always a very good indicator, either. I’m often surprised by audiences. We like to speak about them and…[Read more]

In reply to - Robert Reid wrote a new post ‘This is some of the best writing I’ve seen in a long time’: Robert Icke’s production of The Doctor at the Adelaide Festival leaves Robert Reid transfixed and enthr […] ]]> 0ee367002c013752e3c790f391a6d6b7 James Jackson changed their profile picture https://witnessperformance.com/activity/p/1052/ Wed, 04 Mar 2020 12:39:36 +1100 0 7bcf88bc76846871ec82ffd499829162 James Jackson posted a new activity comment https://witnessperformance.com/complex-bodies/#comment-7335 Wed, 04 Mar 2020 12:37:20 +1100 Great review. Extraordinary show.

Not enough people saw it.

Can the Arts Centre position itself as a site for radical political performance? Is it possible? Can Opera and Ballet and Naturalistic dramas rub up against radicality? And in the same building? Or will an audience always say “that’s where THAT sort of work is made.” I remember…[Read more]

In reply to - Cher Tan wrote a new post Metal – an exciting collaboration between Lucy Guerin Inc and heavy metal choir Ensemble Tikoro – is a quest for harmony through incongruity, says Cher Tan Mention “metal” and most pe […] ]]> 731be118b8fa70bdccc572c7cfd773a6 James Jackson posted a new activity comment https://witnessperformance.com/adelaide-festival-requiem/#comment-7332 Wed, 04 Mar 2020 10:55:17 +1100 Castellucci Lite.
Diet Castellucci.
Castellucci Zero.

Castellucci reaching into his satin bag of tricks. The baby, the smashed car, the body disappearing into the bed, the faces stretching behind black satin. All of them pulled from previous works. The baby from ‘Tragedia Endogonidia,’ the car from ‘Paris,’ the melting/disappearing woman…[Read more]

In reply to - Robert Reid wrote a new post ‘I keep wanting to close my eyes and just listen to the music’: Mozart’s Requiem is magnificent, but Romeo Castelluci’s visuals leave Robert Reid cold I should preface this by say […] ]]>