REVIEW: WMBADx: Ideas Worth Spreading (Basement Theatre)

October 8, 2018

[Performers Worth Watching] WMBADx: Ideas Worth Spreading (WMBADx) is a perfect Basement show: a symbiosis of the weird and wonderful, with unexpected freaky twists and turns along the way. Billed as a ‘TEDesque’ experience, this show epitomises a TED Talk gone wrong in practically every way.  From the script, lighting, to the trolls, every aspect is pivotal in creating a […]

REVIEW: The Non-Surgeon’s Guide to the Appendectomy (and other games) (The Basement)

March 4, 2015

We lost the patient [by Matt Baker] Successfully transforming a performance space can win over your audience before the dialogue of a show even begins, and the combination Christine Urquhart’s foreboding set, stark lighting by Nicole Astrella, and ominous sound composition by Sinisha Milkovic has me immediately geared for Finnius Teppet’s (arguably) absurdist play. Even though the debate on the purpose […]