Latest Reviews
10 Quick Qs – Catherine Alcorn
Christine McVie is an integral character in the Fleetwood Mac mythos, and in Go Your Own Way rock diva Catherine Alcorn tells the hidden history of one the greatest song-writers of the seventies. Heckler asks Catherine 9 Quick Questions!
10 Quick Qs – Lady Rizo
Lady Rizo isn’t afraid to call it how she sees it, but what does she have to say about Christina Aguilera? Find out!
10 Quick Qs – Sarah-Louise Young
What does one do with a Child Prodigy Midget Accordion? Heckler finds out!
10 Quick Qs – Miles and Simone.
Simone Page Jones is an opera singer, cabaret star and, with Miles O’Neil, is performing as Miles and Simone for the Adelaide CabFest – we asked her 10 Quick Questions!
Review – Two Lives
Georg Maas’s script is dark and engaging and the film’s depiction of the GDR is terrifyingly believable.
Review – Josh Earl is a Librarian
If you doubted that a library was a good source of comic material Josh Earl is here to prove it is – one catalogue at a time.
Review – Three High Acrobats: Knock Off
In this fantastic acrobatics show, three young tradies lead the audience through instructions on how to make your own circus show.
Review – Yon and His Prism of Sexy Thoughts
Yon (Simon Hall), the third leg of Tripod, shares with us the less sexy side of sex, navigating such leitmotifs as vomit sex, pity sex, incest, pornography and paedophilia.
Review – Sammy J: Potentially
On the giant Arts Centre Stage Sammy J appears in his dapper suit, all sharp edges and angles, looking very small. But his performance fills the stage.
Review – Capital Punishment
The comedy festival is as much a platform to nurture emerging talent as it is an opportunity to spend an hour desperately clinging to your seat and laughing so hard that you wish you’d worn a nappy.
Review – The Fairytale Cookbook
As parents we have all sat through excruciating performances of unfunny child humour. The Fairytale Cookbook is not like that. I liked this one.
Review – Dave O’Neil: 33 Things I Should Have Said No To
Don’t arrive late to this one unless you have some good heckling lines. This would be my advice as Courtney and the Dutch backpacker would attest to from the performance I attended, who became part of the show in a way that for some could be uncomfortable.
Review – Exploding Heads Impro: Explosions!
I certainly wouldn’t call it sophisticated humour, but if you’re after side-splitting laughter you just might get it (after a pint or two) and you may or may not leave feeling guilty about it afterward.
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