Moments from #RiotTheShow

Inside the Spiegeltent

Ms Panty Bliss

Acrobatics

Balloon legs

The athletic stripper

Man and friend

Audience participation

Lit by smartphone

Ms Panty Bliss; down and personal

That's all folks

Riot

'Riot' is a performance at this year's Sydney Festival. This is an Irish troupe of eleven front house performers and presumably numerous behind scenes technical support. It is a variety show ranging from lewd suggestiveness to political and inspirational messages. They are singers, dancers, gymnasts, drag artists and rappers.

There is a little bit of something for almost everyone (as long as you are an adult). I found the preachiness of some of the elements disruptive to the tempo of the rest of the show but otherwise enjoyed the show.

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Briefs: The Second Coming

Another offering in the 2017 Sydney Festival.

This ninety minute performance piece is a type of gay Cirque du Soleil. Seven performers present a range of acrobatic, juggling and dance and drag pieces with mime. Briefs: The Second Coming tantalises, teases, shocks and delights in equal measures.

Be open-minded.

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Celia Pacqoula: The Looking Glass

Last night at the Sydney Festival 2017 we enjoyed an hour with Celia Pacquola.

I really like Celia in her television comedies such as Utopia and Rosehaven and also her serious work such as The Beautiful Lie.

In her standup presentation, 'The Looking Glass' Celia revels in explaining her relationships, friendships, loves and life as a contented single.

Very funny.

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Covered

Yana Alana

'Covered' is a performance piece by Yana Alana and her band in the 2017 Sydney Festival in which she sings, performs and quotes musical pieces by other artists.

Bawdy, funny, queer and confronting.

★★★1/2

Loving my city

The annual Sydney Festival is drawing to a close and today we saw '40 ways to love your city'.

An hour of cheerful banter and music celebrating Sydney in general and the forty years of Sydney Festivals in particular.

Raconteur Warren Fahey and Mic Conway's National Junk Band

The Famous Spiegeltent

Lots of fun.

Before the concert

The audience begins to arrive for a performance in the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall.

At the movies Cirque du Soleil style

What we didn't see from the Academy Awards ceremony I'm told;