modmove » The Mathematics of Longing https://modmove.com Australian Entertainment and Popular Culture in Review Mon, 20 Apr 2026 16:57:20 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.4 The Mathematics of Longing Theatre Review https://modmove.com/reviews/the-mathematics-of-longing-theatre-review/ https://modmove.com/reviews/the-mathematics-of-longing-theatre-review/#comments Thu, 07 Jun 2018 16:37:00 +0000 http://modmove.com/?p=6608 Even with the power of the theatre, it’s quite the ask to equate human emotions like desire, grief, lust and euphoria to mathematic equations. Math, with it’s own unbending logic and beauty in precision runs counter to our ragged and imprecise human emotions.

The Mathematics of Longing tackles this conundrum head on with the kind of flourish that round out a multi-media rampage as only live theatre can. Lights and motion and sound sometimes coming at you from multiple sources all at once.

The cacophony of five voices battling for your attention and that one loan power chord to argument the truth. There are many equations that equal results that charge the mind with as much force as some of our baser instincts charge the body.

 

 

File it under what the @#$% and find a place for it in the recesses in your mind. It only makes literal sense, if you experience it with all your senses.

The Mathematics of Longing is playing at La Boîte Theatre – Brisbane from 2-23 June 2018. Visit www.laboite.com.au for more information and tickets.

Rob Hudson
www.laboite.com.au

]]> https://modmove.com/reviews/the-mathematics-of-longing-theatre-review/feed/ 0 The World Premiere of The Mathematics of Longing is coming to La Boîte this June! https://modmove.com/theatre/the-world-premiere-of-the-mathematics-of-longing-is-coming-to-la-boite-this-june/ https://modmove.com/theatre/the-world-premiere-of-the-mathematics-of-longing-is-coming-to-la-boite-this-june/#comments Fri, 18 May 2018 16:28:37 +0000 http://modmove.com/?p=6431 A life-affirming adventure of the sublime.

The Mathematics of Longing is a love story of whimsical delight and earnest gravity; a new work by internationally renowned Australian playwright Suzie Miller, with trailblazing Gold Coast based dance-theatre company, The Farm.

Physics and mathematical theorems intersect with the characters and stories they inspire in an explosion of art and science, exploring the infinite complexity of the human heart.

 

 

Bringing The Farm’s extraordinary physicality to the La Boite stage, The Mathematics of Longing is an algorithmic celebration of science and the poetics of modern relationships.

The Mathematics of Longing
2-23 June 2018
La Boîte Theatre – Brisbane
www.laboite.com.au

]]> https://modmove.com/theatre/the-world-premiere-of-the-mathematics-of-longing-is-coming-to-la-boite-this-june/feed/ 0