Category: Adelaide Fringe 2013
Review – RESPECT
Covering early hits like “Chain of Fools” to eighties chart topper “Pink Caddillac” this group seemed hell bent on making sure everyone had a great time.
Review – Bushpig
This is exactly the sort of theatre the Fringe is for: small, crafted, ambitious, glamorous, dark, magical and profound.
Review – Oliver Tank
Oliver Tank plays smooth music. It’s reflective, romantic, aspiring – it exists on that other plane where emotions are intricate and overwhelming, to be wondered at and mourned for their evanescent beauty.
Review – 3 Acquaintances
Mixed feelings about this lacklustre improvised comedy; there were so many standard improvisation rules broken that the cast more or less shot themselves and each other in the feet.
Review – Comic Strip
The Garden of Unearthly Delights’ successful explosion over the years into a weekend bogan haven ensures the continuation of late-night strip-shows and lazy, boozy stand-up that may make any fan of ‘the arts’ dread to ever enter.
Review – I Wish I Was Him: A Ben Lee Tribute
‘I wish I were him’ is heart-warming, blundering and funny.
Review – Brazil Film Festival
Great to see this kind of event included in the Fringe Festival, reminding us that there’s more than predominantly white culture sitting on the fringe of Adelaide’s great city.
Review – Dave Callan: A Little Less Conversation
The story goes, Dave Callan once graced (or disgraced) the dance floor of Rhino Room and a concept was born….
Review – Tim Fitzhigham: The Gambler
Fitzhigham explodes on to the stage with the manic energy we’ve come to expect from British comedy.
Review – Stephen K Amos: The Spokesman
The Spokesman is the latest stand-up effort from British comic, Stephen K Amos. Sadly, it feels almost as though Amos has run out of material.
Review – Raton Laveur
The most vacuous platitudes have their place, and Raton Laveur is a rich and delightful comedy experience that really will sound that triad, and definitely ought not be missed.
Review – The Dead Ones
In The Dead Ones, Margie Fischer tells in fragments a story of family, culture, work, life and loss.
Review – Joanne Shaw Taylor
Joanne Shaw Taylor loves guitar, and you can tell. Her influences include Jimi Hendrix and she’s played with BB King, and you can tell.
Review – Dandyman
Physical comedy is a bit of a poisoned chalice. Audiences have largely come to accept that jugglers are for children and adults are only meant to enjoy bitter, observational stand-up.
