This National Theatre of Great Britain production has won many accolades since it opened 12 months ago and certainly writer Richard Bean has felt no constraints about him in his comedy with just about all forms of the genre incorporated from farce and slapstick, messy alliterations, groan inspiring puns to discomforting audience participation. 4.5K
Category: Performing Art
Performing Art
Feb 28
FRINGE 2013 The Angry Cabbie – The Maid – 3K
by Alana Massalsky When you’ve been working in a job for 16 years there’s likely to be a few things that piss you off about it, regardless of what you do. If you’ve spent those years working as a cabbie it’s probably a miracle you don’t have occupationally induced anger management issues. Mark Martin, the …
Feb 27
Freefall Town Hall 4.5K
Freefall is an acrobatic based show which, using sarcastic and awkward comic undertones, explores the subject of fear. From the instant the lights go up, the stage is a flurry of movement. The six performers move so quickly and so constantly that watching the show is similar to peering through a kaleidoscope, so beautiful but …
Feb 27
FRINGE 2013 Victoria Healy’s Anatomy – Gluttony – 2.5K
By Vincent Coleman Victoria Healy is a female comedian. There is an awful stereotype around female comedians, that being that they are either a) not funny, or b) they are funny, at the expense of their own dignity. Personally, I disagree with both of these sentiments. Women can be, and often are, funny as fuck. …
Feb 27
ADELAIDE FRINGE 2013 – A Circus Affair – 3K
By Anthony Nguyen Weaving in a mix of circus, comedy and romance, comes the whimsical story of A Circus Affair, produced by the Australian-based circus company, Circosis. A duo performance from lovable characters Mr Kiko (Andrew Cook) and Sarita (Sarah Mason), it tells the story of two aspiring performers who take on the world whilst …
Feb 26
Adelaide Fringe 2013 – The Good, the Bad and the Ethnic – The Arkaba
If you come from an ethnic background, have a partner who comes from an ethnic background or have ever met somebody from an ethnic background, then you will surely find this show hilarious. Featuring internationally acclaimed Joe Avati, Tahir and Rob Shehadie (both from side-splitting TV show Fat Pizza) and Greek American comedian Basile, this …
Feb 26
ADELAIDE FRINGE 2013 – Windy the Wombat in ‘There’s No Place like Home’ – Carrick Hill
Last year, I took my kids to go and see Fairies are Saving The Planet, a prequel by On the Fly Impro featuring, amongst other characters, the gorgeous, naive – and smelly – Windy the Wombat. Given the enormous turnout of children and parents on this occasion, I was disappointed (but not overly surprised given …
Feb 26
FRINGE 2013: Theatre – Bane – Tuxedo Cat – 4.5K
A mysterious man is killing the friends and acquaintances of hit man Bruce Bane. While Bane is no stranger to enemies, having found himself on the opposite side of a feud to many an unsavoury character over the years, he’s at a loss to determine who this current adversary is. As the bodies pile up …
Feb 25
Altar Ego, The Bakehouse Theatre 4K
What truly governs a relationship? Is it honestly a series of decisions made equally by two people thinking rationally? Altar Ego is a play about seven characters, each who views marriage, love and monogamy differently. Can any portrayal be any less true or real than any other? The first half hour of the play fills …
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