The Fringe always brings some extremely unique talent, and ‘Basketball Man Can Fly’ certainly delivers. The show follows the extremely affable BasketballMan (aka Rashaun Daniels), who dreamed of playing for the NBA but, in his own words ‘came up short’. Instead, he focused his energies on perfecting his handling of the basketball, and honed his …
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Feb 28
ADLFRINGE2021 – Shake It – Gluttony – 3.5K
Nothing screams Friday night like a variety burlesque show deep in the heart of Gluttony, and this show certainly delivers. ‘Shake It’ is a combination of the most raucous, wild and titillating acts of the 2021 Fringe. Not for the faint of heart, there is nonetheless something for everyone (over the age of 18 at …
Feb 26
ADLFRINGE2021 – 1000 Doors: Door within A Door – Garden of Unearthly Delights – 3K
Following on from the huge success of House of Mirrors, 1000 Doors: Door within a Door is an entertaining art installation where the devil is in the detail. Based on the queue to get in, clearly this is a show that people are interested in, as they should be. However, calling it a maze with …
Feb 26
ADLFRINGE2021 – ELIXIR – Wonderland Spiegeltent, Festival Hub – 4.5K
The Adelaide Fringe has a long and wonderful history of providing fabulous “adult” circus acts, so one would be forgiven for feeling that this kind of show has become a little stale. This is most emphatically not the the case for the delightful ELIXIR, presented by Head First Acrobats. Set in a futuristic lab, the …
Feb 23
ADLFRINGE2021 – Faulty Towers The Dining Experience – Adelaide Oval Pavilion – 5K
Faulty Towers: The Dining Experience is exactly as the name implies: Based on the classic British TV series, this immersive show aims to pull you through the television screen and into the chaotic life of Basil, Sybil and Manuel as they run their tired old hotel. As someone who has watched Fawlty Towers a million …
Feb 21
ADLFRINGE2021 – Don’t Mess with the Dummies – Gluttony – 4K
By Julia Loipersberger The socially distanced 2021 Adelaide Fringe has well and truly kicked off, starting with the delightful “Don’t Mess with the Dummies”, housed in the beautiful Cornucopia tent at Gluttony. This all-female trio presented a show for young kids featuring three hapless adventurers setting out on a jungle trip into the unknown. Featuring …
Feb 21
FRINGE 2021: The Bakers – The Mill – 5K
Allons-y! We’re off La Boulangerie de Gustav (which coincidentally resides in The Mill on Angas Street), a French bakery run by Gustav himself along with his two hapless sons, Jean-Pierre and Jean-Claude. Flour will fly, cigarettes are smoked, and you better duck before the deadly slices of bread get smack you right on your forehead. …
Feb 21
FRINGE 2021: The Kaye Hole – Gluttony – 5K
Raucous, hedonistic host of the night Reuben Kaye professes that this late night cabaret club, The Kaye Hole, is a safe place for dangerous individuals. A place where “women, LGBTQIA+ people, and even *gag* heterosexual men” can be free to be themselves. The Kaye Hole is certainly that – free from the social confines of usual Fringe shows …
Mar 12
Fringe 2020 – Daniel Connell – Cheers Big Ears – 3.5k
By Riccardo Barone “When you go shopping, what’s in others baskets? In one of them there was chicken breast, mars bars and a lub.” I am not going to write here the rest… (wink). Daniel Connell works hard on his comedy show with inspirational improvisations and solid ideas at the base. Hilarious is the reading …
Mar 11
FRINGE 2020 – Renfield : In the Shadow of the Vampire – 4K
Is it madness to want to live forever? What lengths would you go to in order to postpone death? To maintain your youth, strength, vitality? This darkly funny production poses these questions and more. Nominally set in a lunatic asylum of the late 1800s the ideas it contains are pertinent to today’s world where we …
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