Review – Papillon
This show is just pure simple fun. Each component is delivered with a shot of comedy that keeps you giggling between gasps.
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Review – The Kransky Sisters: Piece of Cake
Musical comedy acts can be a bit of a risk – too often, performers have one or two well-known good songs and a lot of mediocre filler. This is assuredly not the case here.
Review – Wagons
Henry Wagons’ charisma is what really makes this show, so it will be interesting to see how it translates to a studio album. Next time they’re in town, I highly recommend catching their gig. Strap yourself in. Wagons is one helluva ride.
Review – The Umbilical Brothers: A KiDs ShoW (Not Suitable for Children)
Concluding that only “perverts” would attend a kids show without bringing their children along, the duo change up their show halfway through to make it appeal to perverted sensibilities, resulting in a night of drug use, mass-murder, incest, infanticide and child molestation jokes.
Review – Sameena Zehra: Tea With Terrorists
Tea With Terrorists is one of the more unique comedy shows going around this year, and with a little editing would be one of the best offerings around as well.
Review – Craig Hill: Tartan About!
it became apparent that [Craig Hill is] really not a fan of Aussie accents. Or maybe he is, but only as fodder with which to constantly insult the audience. As in, “Your accent couldn’t make you sound more like a knuckle dragger”, or, more simply, “Your accent is mingin'”
Review – Xanadu
David Gauci should be commended for his ambition of presenting shows that fail to come to Adelaide professionally. Such is his devotion to the productions that his amateur renditions are a mighty substitute for the original.
Review – Wake in Fright
Based on the novel by Kenneth Cook, Wake in Fright tells the story of a young and cultured teacher who is eager to escape the confines of the city over his summer break. Becoming stranded in the mining township of Bundanyabba, and gambling away his already meagre wages, audiences witness teacher John Grant quickly enter a booze-fuelled downward spiral.
Review – Amalgamy
Elja rarely misses a beat in her stagework; however, to sustain a show of this nature it requires that the performer be a very strong singer, and Elja is not flawless.
Review – Paul Foot: Words
[Paul Foot’s] minutely detailed rants revealed an intellectual acuity finely tooled to the deconstruction of the ridiculous habits and bigotries of polite society.
Review – Dumb Things: A Tribute to Paul Kelly
A troupe of playful, skilled local musicians led by Jimmy Meegan and The Mirrors paid tribute last Saturday to arguably Australia’s greatest songwriter. The night ran in two brackets, during which the group rotated singers almost...
Review – Adam Richard: Gaypocalypse
Adam Richard’s comedy career has been long and rich. Spanning over twenty years, and including stand-up, radio and now television, many fresh young comics would die to know what his secret is. It’s simple, he’s really funny.
Review – Notoriously Yours
After having sex with a man she met on Tindr, a woman is taken in by the government for questioning – her anonymous lover was a whistleblower, wanted for threats to national security. She finds herself embroiled in a contemporary spy drama, manipulated by agents to help them bring down a suspected crime ring in Singapore.
Review – #hashtag
#hastag provides the shy and introverted, but social-media extrovert, the ability to control a merry band of comediennes by commanding them to do your will with the tap of a key.
Review – Jamie MacDowell and Tom Thum
The two have obvious chemistry despite the occasional awkwardness, and it’s easy to see that they’re good mates having a laugh. This went down well with the audience, with plenty of laughs gained from their clumsy interactions, weird sounds (including a donkey smoking a bong) and clever lyrics.
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