The overall impression is that too little attention has been paid to the staging and lighting… and the whole effect of the piece needs to be re-imagined and reworked with the audience firmly in mind.
Mickster the Trickster has an impressive confidence and stage presence. His quirky sense of humour and ability to surprise you, just when you think you’ve figured it out, are a good indication this up-and-coming magician is definitely a talent to watch out for.
The best laughs came from a squeaky kitchen door that interrupted proceedings, which on each occasion yielded nervous relief. When the furniture provides more laughs than the performers you know it’s a bad show.
Dion Teasdale’s Outback Homosexual Serial Killer attempts to take audiences on the journey of bank teller Devon Baxter’s descent into internalised madness, documenting his metamorphosis from a neurotic city dweller to an eccentric madman with sexually violent and homicidal tendencies.
Josh Ladgrove aka Dr. Professor Neal Portenza aka Jesus the Christ is bringing his shows to the Adelaide Fringe – one sacrilegious, and one a bit silly. We asked him the tough questions.
This is what theatre is all about: witnessing actors perform seemingly impossible portrayals of raw emotion, where a man or woman can speak, act and perform lightning-quick costume changes on the fly while making you laugh, cry, cringe and laugh all again in such a short space of time. And space, for that matter.
A good show to keep you kicking on into the wee hours of the weekend. Be entertained by a well-curated set of the Fringe’s finest and lesser-known comedy acts.
While the ladies offer audiences plenty to admire, do not expect them to gyrate for your entertainment. Centre stage is instead given to eight trashy, fun and/or romantic texts – a range that includes celebrity biographies, Marquis de Sade, Stephen King and Chuck Palahniuk.
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.
