The Brothers Pitt is advertised as family friendly – truer words could not be said of it. A light-hearted and amusing family circus based act, the show is largely aimed at children, but hits home for the parents too, with the occasional “wink-wink nudge-nudge” moment that will (hopefully) go over the heads of the little ones.
The music is high octane, big band inspired and loud. The props, costumes, staging are all very akin to a travelling circus. The brilliant use of everyday objects to create larger than life babies or a swarm of bees is also very clever.
Morgan and West are time travellers. But they’re not just your ordinary run-of-the-mill temporal passengers, no ma’am, they are also spiffing magicians.
If all science was taught this way at school, maybe I’d be working for NASA today.
While the concept isn’t completely unheard of, theatre in the dark is still a rarely used technique. And even rarer still is the correct execution. But under Martha Lott’s direction, this performance is completely, even unnaturally so, in the dark.
Amuse-Bouche has brilliant production values. There’s multiple screens, different camera angles and funny and interactive games. The band is also very good with their timing. This show almost feels like a talk show on TV.
Heckler can safely say that we were out-heckled by the people in this audience – the kids! They just loved Dr. Brown.
Imagine a small child at play in his room pretending to be a squid, jumping from one whimsical adventure to the next. Now swap that small child with a towering, bearded actor, and you have Squidboy.
Using a variety of performance mediums in his highly energetic show, Simon tries to show his love for all things mathematical, and keeps the entertainment going using iconic musical hits such as Baby Got Maths.
Shakespeare and Greek tragedy rolled into one and spat back out in the reality of Glasgow gang life and lingo.
What do you want to be when you grow up?
We have a vision to cultivate a new generation of artists and audiences, by producing extraordinary work in unusual locations. So when we’ve grown up, we want to be doing that, all the time.
2. Describe your show Twitter style, 140 characters or less.
An oddly charming squid fills the stage with imaginary friends, flora and fauna until the tentacles of his mind get tangled.
FIND poets boring, do you?
Well, what if they passionately recited homoerotic West Wing fan fiction? Or blasted industrial metal at you while roaring about grammar?
THE Fringe is all about taking a punt. About going to see shows or artists you’ve never heard of. And I’m extremely glad I did.
Hannah Williams’ alter ego, Mercedes Benz, is just like any other ‘girl next door’ – affable, quirky, pretty and cute. Except, she’s a stripper.
It’s late at night, you’re at the Old Adelaide Goal.
The beautiful, yet eerie, sounds of a violin float out into the night sky, while you look around at the other shadowy figures in the the courtyard.
What the masses said