Peter Maddern

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FRINGE 2016 – CIRCUS – VELVET – The Garden – 4K

As always, with Velvet as their headline Circus act, The Garden producers have delivered a great show. 4K

FRINGE 2016 – National Maestro Impro Games

By Julia Cudsi   If you’re anything like me, pretty much the most impressive thing that anybody can do is make something up, on the spot, in front of an audience. If you somehow manage to make your improvised performance funny, or filled with pathos, or even halfway entertaining, you’ve got my vote. Described by hilarious MC Jarrad Parker as …

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FRINGE 2016 – CABARET – Peter Goers in Actors Drunks etc – 4.5K

Peter Goers is great and this show is a gem. 4.5K

The Garden of Unearthly Delights 2016 Preview

By Peter Maddern No matter the sometimes lame efforts of the Fringe Office to promote otherwise (where is this year’s street parade going?), The Garden of Unearthly Delights is well entrenched as the spiritual home of the Adelaide Fringe. As the years have gone on, so it seems the Garden continues to grow, now nearly …

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THEATRE – Labels – Holden Street – 3.5K

Excellent theatre except for a five minute polemic near the end. 3.5K

THEATRE – Echoes – Holden Street – 4.5K

Both women give compelling performances. Sure to be a Fringe 2016 theatre highlight. 4.5K

CABARET – Club Swizzle – Space – 4K

For great fun this holiday season Club Swizzle is the place to be. 4K

THEATRE – The Lost WW1 Diary – Damian Callinan – 5K

Callinan wit, observations and sentiments are razor sharp.

THEATRE – Company – Stirling Community Theatre

Company is a fine way to spend an evening and enjoy the fruits of a local musical group that continues to produce the most entertaining shows.

THEATRE – Eurydice – Plant One – 3K

Yasmin Gurreeboo’s Eurydice is ambitious and she should only draw strength and courage from this production as her game plan turns to future works. 3K