16 October 2008 Reviews of FOOD COURT 08
The Australian - 17 October 2008
By Alison Croggon
"Food Court is a triumph. It's the most emotionally overwhelming theatre I've seen since Ariane Mnouchkine's Le Dernier Caravanserail: a work of devastating honesty and, ultimately, extraordinary beauty that confirms Back to Back as a key player in contemporary theatre..."
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Theatre Notes Blog - 16 October 2008
By Alison Croggon
"Every now and then a show comes along and reminds you that theatre is a burning glass, that it can be an art that focuses experience into an emotional thermic lance which sears through the intellect into the tissue of deep feeling, right where it hurts. Such theatre reminds you that, as Artaud said in his final madness, being alive is difficult; it reminds you that existence is cruel and painful, and - crucially - that the only way we can experience beauty is if we also open ourselves to pain and sorrow..."
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Australian Stage - 11 October 2008
By Avi Lipski
"Emerging from the darkness of backstage, led to the orchestra pit by a dim torchlight, The Necks begin to play. Their unique blend of avant-garde improvised jazz slowly envelops the space. The audience is transfixed by their hypnotic cacophony of sound...
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