Review: Love, Loss and Lattes

Adelaide Fringe

Love, Loss and Lattes is a solo dance, acrobatic and circus performance that explores the richness and culture of coffee as it intertwines with life. ★★★★

Thursday February 25, 2016 Comments

Comments Print article

The show is presented by “Missy”, whose beautiful hypnotic performance begins simply. She is writing at a desk, sipping from a mug of coffee which will become the central prop for each apparatus. She creates an intimate atmosphere, posing the question: Do our lives exist for coffee or does coffee exist for our lives?

From rhythmic gymnastics with fallen paper to pole dancing with a twist, Missy displays considerable balance, strength, flexibility and grace. She connects with the audience with an engaging smile and subtle facial expressions successfully displaying a range of emotions.

This is not in-your-face action. The audience has to be drawn in on a sensory and emotional level. You can almost smell the coffee.

Spectacular, fluid and graceful acrobatics on silks and a circus ring finish the 45-minute show, which passed in a flash. A double-shot performance with a smooth, rich crema.

Love, Loss and Lattes is a great change of pace for Fringe circus and physical theatre fans.

Four stars

Love, Loss and Lattes is on at the Tandanya Theatre until February 28.

Make a comment View comment guidelines

Jump to next article

Support local arts journalism

Your support will help us continue the important work of InReview in publishing free professional journalism that celebrates, interrogates and amplifies arts and culture in South Australia.

Donate Here

Comments

Show comments

Will my comment be published? Read the guidelines.

. You are free to republish the text and graphics contained in this article online and in print, on the condition that you follow our republishing guidelines.

You must attribute the author and note prominently that the article was originally published by InReview. You must also inlude a link to InReview. Please note that images are not generally included in this creative commons licence as in most cases we are not the copyright owner. However, if the image has an InReview photographer credit or is marked as “supplied”, you are free to republish it with the appropriate credits.

We recommend you set the canonical link of this content to https://inreview.com.au/inreview/adelaide-fringe/2016/02/25/review-love-loss-and-lattes/ to insure that your SEO is not penalised.

<h1>Review: Love, Loss and Lattes</h1>

<p><p>Love, Loss and Lattes is a solo dance, acrobatic and circus performance that explores the richness and culture of coffee as it intertwines with life. ★★★★</p>
</p>
																		<address><a href="https://inreview.com.au/contributors/jim-mack/" class="author">Jim Mack</a></address>
											
							<p>The show is presented by “Missy”, whose beautiful hypnotic performance begins simply. She is writing at a desk, sipping from a mug of coffee which will become the central prop for each apparatus. She creates an intimate atmosphere, posing the question: Do our lives exist for coffee or does coffee exist for our lives?</p>
<p>From rhythmic gymnastics with fallen paper to pole dancing with a twist, Missy displays considerable balance, strength, flexibility and grace. She connects with the audience with an engaging smile and subtle facial expressions successfully displaying a range of emotions.</p>
<p><a href="http://indaily.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Love-Loss-and-Lattes-Silks-2-Brig-Bee-Photos.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-226344 size-medium" src="https://indaily.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Love-Loss-and-Lattes-Silks-2-Brig-Bee-Photos-343x480.jpg" alt="Love-Loss-and-Lattes-Silks-2-Brig-Bee-Photos" width="343" height="480" /></a></p>
<p>This is not in-your-face action. The audience has to be drawn in on a sensory and emotional level. You can almost smell the coffee.</p>
<p>Spectacular, fluid and graceful acrobatics on silks and a circus ring finish the 45-minute show, which passed in a flash. A double-shot performance with a smooth, rich crema.</p>
<p><em>Love, Loss and Lattes</em> is a great change of pace for Fringe circus and physical theatre fans.</p>
<h3><a href="#four-stars" aria-hidden="true" class="aal_anchor" id="four-stars"><svg aria-hidden="true" class="aal_svg" height="16" version="1.1" viewBox="0 0 16 16" width="16"><path fill-rule="evenodd" d="M4 9h1v1H4c-1.5 0-3-1.69-3-3.5S2.55 3 4 3h4c1.45 0 3 1.69 3 3.5 0 1.41-.91 2.72-2 3.25V8.59c.58-.45 1-1.27 1-2.09C10 5.22 8.98 4 8 4H4c-.98 0-2 1.22-2 2.5S3 9 4 9zm9-3h-1v1h1c1 0 2 1.22 2 2.5S13.98 12 13 12H9c-.98 0-2-1.22-2-2.5 0-.83.42-1.64 1-2.09V6.25c-1.09.53-2 1.84-2 3.25C6 11.31 7.55 13 9 13h4c1.45 0 3-1.69 3-3.5S14.5 6 13 6z"></path></svg></a>Four stars</h3>
<p><em>Love, Loss and Lattes is on at the Tandanya Theatre until February 28.</em></p>
							<p>This article is republished from <a href="https://inreview.com.au" target=_blank  rel="canonical">InReview</a> under a Creative Commons licence. Read the <a href="https://inreview.com.au/inreview/adelaide-fringe/2016/02/25/review-love-loss-and-lattes/" target=_blank  rel="canonical">original article</a>.</p>
							<link href="https://inreview.com.au/inreview/adelaide-fringe/2016/02/25/review-love-loss-and-lattes/" rel="canonical">

<p><a href="https://inreview.com.au" target="_blank" rel="noopener">InReview</a> is an open access, non-profit arts and culture journalism project. Readers can <a href="https://artists.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2E9q0000008PVN/inreview-sa-20222023" target="_blank" rel="noopener">support our work with a donation</a>. Subscribe to InReview’s free weekly newsletter <a href="https://inreview.com.au/subscribe/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p>
							<img src="https://inreview.com.au/pixel2.png?cc_article=review-love-loss-and-lattes" width="1" height="1">

Copied to Clipboard