Category: Performing Art

Performing Art

Feb 18

Paradise Lost – Henrietta’s – 4.5K

One of the most celebrated and critically acclaimed pieces of English theatre told through the medium of Japanese Butoh. Butoh, of course known for it’s ‘crude’ and ‘uncouth’ movements, allowed the many faced star – Christopher Samuel Carroll – to portray a trove of emotions throughout the 55 minute performance. And what a performance! Carroll draws …

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Feb 18

FRINGE 2017:SOAP – The Peacock – Gluttony – 4K

By Tom Eckert Previous festival winner SOAP returns to Gluttony’s The Peacock and had no trouble selling tickets managing to sell out their very first show of the season. Whether this is because their reputation precedes them or the ubiquitous appeal of the promise of acrobatics, and the promise of a watery novelty remains to …

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Feb 17

FRINGE CABARET – Triskster – La Boheme – 4K

It’s all deliciously camp, catastrophic and calculating and sure to delight after a night out. 4K

Feb 15

FRINGE THEATRE – Signifying Nothing – 3.5K

Set in Perth, Western Australia, Greg Fleet has drafted a mash up of Shakespeare’s Macbeth with a tale about contemporary Australian politics. Nicola Bartlett as Lainey Macbeth (get it?) comfortably out shines Fleet in this two hander; her firey nature set off by her silver streaked hair presents equally self-destructive and calculating

Feb 15

FRINGE THEATRE – Scorch – HST – 4.5K

McAllister produces a vibrant and compelling account of a child’s developing and confusing years. On the circle stage of Holden Street’s Studio she works all corners of her space, sometimes frightened of her character’s self, sometimes frightening members of her audience with piercing stares. 4.5K

Feb 14

TWIST – Tea Tree Players – Tea Tree Players Theatre – 4K

It certainly won’t surprise to hear at year’s end that Lamerton winners have come from this production; it’s all rollicking great fun

Dec 08

THEATRE – Singing in the Rain – Festival Theatre – 4K

It all makes for an enormously enjoyable night with women very much in the majority in the audience; so men be prepared to sail along with the tide. 4K

Nov 14

THEATRE – Ross – Independent Theatre – The Space – 3.5K

Ross is an ambitious production from Adelaide premier theatre group that perhaps indicates that there are limits to what even this team can deliver with its usual high grade impact. 3.5K

Nov 12

THEATRE – Equus – Bake House Theatre -3.5K

By Rupert Hogan-Turner A challenging and thought provoking play, Equus has recently been brought back to the limelight through the pulling power of Daniel Radcliffe. This production, put on by Arrangement with Origin theatrical, did the play justice. Equus follows a psychiatrist as he attempts to understand and rehabilitate a young boy, Alan Strang, who …

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Nov 11

THEATRE – Don Parties On – Red Phoenix – HST – 4K

It’s all great fun but mostly for those of Don’s generation but Williamson’s biting humour aided by Eustice’s deft handling of the brewing farce keeps the whole rollicking along and richly enjoyable for all. 4K