Sure, this is essentially a series of stories about a couple that liked to get high a lot; however, Lisa-Skye seems to be using these stories to hint at the duality of a person’s character and the contradictions that may exist there.
I consider myself somewhat of a connoisseur of Pride and Prejudice adaptions, sequels, re-imaginings and homages… I mention this only to give myself some authority when I say that this was a really good adaption of the novel.
This is the kind of music that keeps you warm in winter. Or on a chilly February night in Adelaide.
The quality of the musicianship of the duo is not flawless, but the songs are performed with such earnestness and evident joy that these flaws can be overlooked. Music snobs that want exact replication can pay $150 to see the great man perform in person. Music lovers, however, will enjoy the history lesson and the mere enunciation of his lyrics by a pair of musicians that have been touched the power of those words.
A Simple Space strips its circus genre down to the very bones, leaving the audience to focus on the real main attraction – the absolute skill of the performers.
These goobers are pretty cute. Even pretty funny. Sure, some of their punch lines fall a little flatter than they’d hoped, but all in all it’s a good fun show that’ll keep you chuckling in your chair – or maybe even co-starring on stage.
The witty and entertaining songs are interspaced by fast-paced banter that sounds so natural and spontaneous that at times you’re not quite sure if they’re legitimately arguing or if it’s all part of the act.
All of the attempts to create intimacy within this play are highly successful – the audience will leave feeling as though they really known these characters, like they have truly spent this special day with them.
Alchemia is guaranteed to provide different performances each night, so you will have no idea what is coming at you. However, I can say this is a discerning group that only picks the A cuts, and they will guarantee you a wonderful night of cabaret goodness.
Limbo will tease and tickle you, caress you and spank you. These guys are so hot they make porn look like Play School.
Zelenyuk has an obvious classically-trained voice, and whilst quite dissimilar from the Piaf she claimed to be, her hearty, large and varied vocal range engaged the audience as she performed well-loved renditions of “La foule”, “Milord”, “Mon Dieu”, “L’accordéoniste”, “Non, Je ne regrette rien” and “La vie en rose”.
The title track on the new album is revealed to be inspired by Play School’s “Shake Your Sillies Out,” thanks to Taasha’s 2-year-old son. It’s a lush, sexy track (forget the Play School) that, if you’ve ever had to shake your sillies out, will speak to you like that talking hamster did that time you had an existential crisis and went on a three-week bender.
Like a charlatan psychic, Rob gently coaxes audience members to reveal personal details, from which he channels not dead spirits but the most astounding improvisational wordsmithery.
When a joke ten minutes in got an ‘ooh’ and then a hush, [Rob Pue] warned the crowd to buckle up, relishing at having made them uncomfortable. What he failed to understand was that the silence was not due to subject itself, but the fact that the joke just wasn’t very good.
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