Salamander, a riveting fable of evolution and extinction, is a must-see Brisbane Festival highlight.
You don’t have to look very hard at the 2023 program to find Brisbane Festival’s big-ticket, gold-standard, flagship show.
The venue is the repurposed Associated Minerals Consolidated warehouse, a vast tin shed amid the industrial desolation of Northshore. After leaning over the balcony for 45 minutes, the audience is invited to take their seats at the northern end of the hangar, surrounding a lengthy dining table. The circular set here is lit from above by a halo of light that brings to mind Ken Adam’s designs for Stanley Kubrick’s apocalyptic filmEndless rain, rising ocean levels, civilisation on the brink: Salamander has powerful things to say
Rather, it offers sublime and harrowing images. The eight dancers, including members of Brisbane’s Australasian Dance Collective, give sinuous and gut-wrenching performances. The level of technical proficiency is very high – body strength and balance are put to some extreme tests here.
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