Category: Performing Art

Performing Art

FRINGE 2016 – Puddles Pity Party – Garden – Rating 4.5K – Review by Julie Robins

The queue that formed after the show to wait for Puddles cuddles showed just how many hearts this show won. 4.5K

FRINGE 2016: FAG/STAG – 4K

By Anthony Nguyen Based in Perth, Jeffrey Jay Fowler and Chris Isaacs debut at the 2016 Adelaide Fringe with their award-winning show FAG/STAG. Narrated separately between the two performers, the story tells of the troubled struggles of two best friends (gay and straight) from different and sometimes conflicting perspectives. As told through the eyes of …

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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 – Yeti’s Demon Dive Bar – The Garden of Unearthly Delights – The Deluxe– 4K

By Tom Eckert Yeti’s Demon Dive Bar, a production from EastEnd Cabaret and Dead Man Comedy who also brought us East End Caberet, presents us with another exercise in the delightfully absurd. You soon give up on following the narrative of this show for, whilst it is there, it swings so rapidly between the earnest and …

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FRINGE 2016: THEATRE – The Last Time I Saw Richard – Bakehouse Theatre – 4.5K

The Last Time I saw Richard is a quirky, well-paced, exploration of a romantic relationship. Written by Cat Commander, it’s an eloquently penned series of encounters between two people, which is often funny, sometimes moving and always engaging. When we first meet them, April and Richard are newly acquainted and clearly hitting it off. The …

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FRINGE 2016: THEATRE – A Gambler’s Guide to Dying – Holden Street Theatres – 5K

As the winner of Holden Street Theatres’ Edinburgh Award, A Gambler’s Guide to Dying has a reputation to live up to, and it does so with ease. This unusual coming of age tale, focuses on an eleven year old’s relationship with his grandfather, as he is introduced to the world of gambling; to the thrill …

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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

FRINGE 2016: Theatre – The Adventures of Alvin Sputnik: Deep Sea Explorer – The Royal Croquet Club – 5K

The Adventures of Alvin Sputnik: Deep Sea Explorer, is a family show about death; and it’s a wonderful experience. Through cute animation, deft puppetry, and a delightfully whimsical soundtrack, theatre company The Last Great Hunt, and specifically performer Tim Watts, have crafted an engaging show that has both adults and children alike in rapture. The …

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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