Category: Performing Art

Performing Art

Jun 07

CABARET FESTIVAL – Adam Hills – 1K

One can only speculate what led to this cock-up. 1K

Jun 06

Karrin Allyson Quartet – Dunstan Playhouse -Cabaret Festival – 3K

By Tom Eckert Karrin Allyson and her quartet really know how to fill a room. Her reputation clearly precedes her – practically packing the Dunstan Playhouse. Going for a run through the modern American jazz influence, dipping from time to time into Latin grooves and the French songwriters.This quartet is clearly practiced with each other …

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Jun 06

CABARET FESTIVAL: My Vagabond Boat – Banquet Room – 3.5K

Three highly talented Australian cabaret artists, Rowan Witt, Gillian Cosgriff and Nigel Ubrihien, have come together with fellow writer Stephen Anderson, under the direction of Andrew Ross, to bring the world premiere of My Vagabond Boat, to Adelaide audiences, this Cabaret Festival. Opening with a delightful mash-up of songs relating to “rocking”, the scene is …

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Jun 01

THEATRE – Reasons To Be Pretty – Bakehouse – Preview – From 11th June

Love should be blind, shouldn’t it? The Bakehouse Theatre celebrates the return of award winning Director Joh Hartog (who also directed The Shape of Things) in this brutal examination of the male/female relationship . From11th June

May 19

THEATRE – Small Gods – Bakehouse – Til 30th May – 4K

Always a delight for Pratchett fans and good fun for those who aren’t with Tedmanson a name worth noting for the future. 4K

Apr 29

THEATRE – Summer of the Seventeenth Doll – Playhouse – 3.5K

The shortcoming in what is otherwise a terrifically enjoyable evening is Geordie Brookman’s attempts as director to modernise the setting of the play. 3.5K

Apr 25

You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown – Hills Musical Company – Stirling Community Theatre – 2015 – 4K

By Tom Eckert Heading into The Hills Musical Company’s rendition of Clark Gesner’s 1967 musical “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown”, I personally can’t help but be nervous about small cast productions. Whilst logistically they may be somewhat easier, on the flipside it only takes a single element to pull the entire production down. I …

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Apr 25

THEATRE – Le Noir – Festival Theatre – Til May 2 – 4K

It is doubtful circus has ever been this daring and sensual with Le Noir rather more thrilling than its title may suggest. 4K

Apr 14

THEATRE – Small Gods – Bakehouse – From 15th May – Preview

Small Gods has all the usual comedy, action, and drama that we have come to expect from Sir Terry Pratchett, one of the most insightful minds of our era. It will also make you think about….well…everything, long after you have left the theatre!

Apr 13

THEATRE – The Good Son – Bakehouse – Til 25th April – 3.5K

The often fraught and anachronistic relationship that can develop between Greek mothers and their sons has become in recent years a source of good humour but in The Good Son we see how it can also all become quite destructive. 3.5K