As with Perth Festival last month, a flying visit to a state mid-festival affords the opportunity to get a feel for the line-up and pick out any overarching themes and commonalities. But attending the following performances may have given just a taste of Ruth Mackenzie’s direction and intentions for the next couple of years, but not a big enough bite to really make any bold proclamations.
And the playful device of projected text messages relaying the flirtation between Darcy Carpenter and Charlie Wilkins in the fourth and final sequence brought some very welcome levity to the entire show.
