Review: Capricorn (La Boite Theatre/QPAC)
An offbeat story about love and pet fish has moments of sharp humour and sincere vulnerability, but lacks clarity.
Elise Lawrence is a freelance writer and caffeine-based life form currently living in Brisbane, Australia. Her writing has been published in Limelight, Mous Magazine, Kyoto Journal and Hot Chicks with Big Brains, among others, and she blogs about her new home city at Backstreet Brisbane.
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