Review: One Single Action in an Ocean of Everything (Lucy Guerin Inc & Adelaide Festival)
An evening of highs and lows at Adelaide Festival. Sometimes, writes Deborah Jones, things just don't work out.
Deborah Jones is a writer specialising in dance. A former long-serving Arts Editor of The Australian, she is currently the newspaper’s national dance critic and also reviews musical theatre and theatre. She is the Sydney correspondent for London-based Opera magazine and Vancouver-based Dance International.
An evening of highs and lows at Adelaide Festival. Sometimes, writes Deborah Jones, things just don't work out.
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