"As Lady Gaga is carted on stage atop a crinoline structure that resembles both a red velvet cake and a toilet roll doll cozy she states her dictum: Dance or die. Mother Monster's ruling sets into motion an operatic 150-minute show her first in Australia since the artRAVE in August of 2014. For the entirety of the Mayhem Ball, Gaga careens between dancing and dying in what she calls her gothic dream although it often reads more Halloween."
"She's had to fight for it. In the 11 years since she last performed in Australia, Gaga's course as an artist has been marred by her chronic pain, which developed after she broke her hip aged 26 on stage in Montreal during the Born this Way Ball. The song she was singing in that moment electroclash deep-cut Scheie, a song she sings in almost-German conlang is performed in the thrilling first act of Gaga's latest memento mori."
Lady Gaga performs a 150-minute Mayhem Ball in Australia, opening atop a crinoline structure while proclaiming 'Dance or die.' The show alternates between exuberant choreography and morbid theatrics, populated with skeletons and Hitchcockian wig changes. The setlist includes Abracadabra and Born This Way cuts such as Bloody Mary and Judas alongside the electroclash deep-cut Scheie. The production pays homage to Rick Genest and evokes Mugler-inspired chrome armour and dramatic chiffon reveals. Chronic pain from a 26-year-old hip fracture informs later moments, when Gaga returns on crutches before casting them aside in an act of theatrical, ironic triumph.
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