Review – Ladynerd
Both performers are hugely energetic and their clear enthusiasm is highly infectious, making for a captivating performance.
Category: Melbourne Fringe 2013
Review – Canvases
A combination of contemporary dance, live art and video art, this performance piece was well-paced and specific while remaining open to interpretation.
Review – 12 Angry Men
The Victorian Supreme Court is not the kind of place you would immediately think of as a theatre venue, but it’s rather fitting that it would be the performance space for Bottled Snail’s production of 12 Angry Men.
Review – Come Heckle Christ
Before Christ had said a single word nervous titters were bouncing around the room and triggering more nervous laughter. Taboo was the theme and it was being kicked around the room like a soccer ball.
Review – Papillon
If the Romans had it right, all we need in life is bread and circuses. I had a sandwich before seeing circus-cabaret mash-up Papillon and was thus halfway to a fulfilling life. That’s about as close as I got.
Review – Charmingly Useless
The show is a pleasing journey through Neil’s reflections on life, antics he has gotten up to, hypothetical outcomes to real life scenarios, and a litany of one-liners.
Review – This is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things
Aside from the fact that she is incredibly musically gifted, her easy-going, lightly self-deprecating humour draws the audience in and leaves them audibly sighing for more. Literally.
Review – Winter is Coming
[Winter is Coming] was a fun show; unfortunately the old, obvious, unoriginal references outweighed the witty, unexpected and new.
Review – Pronounced L-O-V-E of the Man Đ
Emily Tomlins gives an astounding performance as the troubled, stuttering, androgynous Đ (pronounced ‘dj’), swinging from mood to mood with intensity and depth through an excitingly devastating emotional journey.
Review – Andy and Darcy are Home Alone
The performance is a variety show of sorts; as Darcy and Andy amuse themselves, we’re presented with comedy songs, sing-a-longs, hopelessly silly magic tricks, puppet plays and pranks.
Review – String Theory
Andy’s near-victory in Raw Comedy National Finals this year was no accident – he is annoyingly good for someone so fresh to the scene.
Review – My Soul Mate is out of my League
We witness a man at war with himself, and what results is a deeply personal and truly original concoction of tragedy, comedy and pathos.
Review – The Last Temptation of Randy
We are all victim to temptation; even if our heads are purple and made of felt.
Review – Don’t Kiss the Weird Girl
Sonia is a storyteller in the same vein as Mike Birbiglia or Simon Keck, her show largely consisting of a long-form anecdote that builds comedic tension.
Review – Game of Themes
Adam Rudegeair uses his considerable skills on the piano to serenade his audience with renditions of iconic music from science fiction and fantasy TV shows and films.
