Review: And The Earth Will Swallow Them Whole (Perth Festival)
This new work is deeply compelling for those prepared to follow its slow unfolding and join the central figure in accepting all that transpires.
Assoc. Prof. Jonathan W. Marshall is an academic and arts critic currently based at the West Australian Academy of Performing Arts, Edith Cowan University.
This new work is deeply compelling for those prepared to follow its slow unfolding and join the central figure in accepting all that transpires.
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