“She Was Probably Not a Robot” is an endearingly funny absurdist comedy featuring music, dance and minimalist props about surfing through an apocalypse and coming out the other side.
Category: Performing Art
Performing Art
Feb 28
FRINGE 2016: THEATRE – Defrosted – Le Cascadeur, The Garden of Unearthly Delights – 3K
by glen r johns As you can tell from the title, Defrosted is a pastiche of the megahit Frozen. A simple set, designed for touring: just a screen (reminding me of the Paramount Pictures mountain logo) hiding a swag of props, a cheap freezer & a guitar. Cat and Nicko are onstage bantering about favourite …
Feb 27
FRINGE 2016: THEATRE – Chopin’s Last Tour – The German Club – 3K
Phillip Aughey performs this one man show about the final days of popular Polish composer Frédéric Chopin. In the lead up to what would be his last public recital, Chopin escapes the drudgery of another night in the company of his Scottish hostess, Jane Stirling, and her guests to hide in his room and decide …
Feb 27
FRINGE 2016: THEATRE – Moonlight After Midnight – Tuxedo Cat – 4K
A man sits in a hotel room, lost in thought. A woman enters; maybe she’s expected, maybe not. Maybe the two people know one another, maybe they don’t. Maybe this is the beginning of the story, maybe it’s the end, or maybe it’s the middle. This is a piece of theatre that requires its audience …
Feb 26
Fringe 2016: Nicole Henriksen is Makin it Rain – 4.5K
Makin it Rain is unlike any show you have seen before. An upfront and confronting look at the sex work and stripping industries in Australia interlaced with laugh out loud comedy and a frank discussion of a dancer’s portrayal in society. Nicole takes the audience on a journey through her life, a very personal and …
Feb 26
FRINGE 2016: Gym Junkie – 4K
By Anthony Nguyen Dressed in brightly coloured, tight-fitting activewear, Lisa-Marie Ryan represents the modern woman (and man) who has a complicated love-hate relationship with going to the gym. Ryan’s one-woman cabaret show, befittingly titled Gym Junkie, presents a hilarious 12-step guide to help start your gym experience; going through all topics from workout clothes to …
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