Two people, an old Ford Laser, and the expansive area of a sound stage at the Chanel 9 Studios combine to provide what is really a staple of any Fringe Festival – some abstract theatre. The blurb for the show describes the characters as clowns and, while they are certainly very funny at times, …
Category: Theatre
Feb 26
FRINGE – Wake – Arcade Lane – 3.5K
Wake is a re-staging of an original one act musical (formally called Problems of Definition – the reason for the title change is unclear) from new Melbourne company, Cryptophasia. The creation of sisters Felicia and Natasha King, it is set in the waiting room of a hospital where Laura (Brittany Lewis) has been waiting for …
Feb 23
FRINGE – Stuart Bowden: She Was Probably Not a Robot – Tuxedo Cat – 3.5K
Stuart Bowden: She Was Probably Not a Robot, is an endearing mix of silly, sweet and macabre. The end of the world is not nigh, it’s here. The apocalypse is upon us and everyone is dead. If you’re lucky, you might even find out how you died. Well, almost everyone is dead; there is a …
Feb 21
FRINGE – Virtual Solitaire – RiAus – 5K
To watch a man transition between five characters – all very distinct, with their own mannerisms and voices (including accents) – in a conversation with each other, is both awe inspiring and more than a little disconcerting. There is no confusion about who is saying what, there is no pause between each character’s interjections, no pieces …
Feb 20
FRINGE – The Bunker Trilogy: Agamemnon – The Bunker – 4.5K
Two soldiers take shelter in a bunker, both wounded. The superior officer, Agamemnon (James Marlow), is quite seriously injured. There is no response on the phone line and little choice remains but to wait out the battle, with the company of a little medicinal rum, to either be rescued, captured or die. As he struggles …
Feb 20
FRINGE – The Bunker Trilogy: Macbeth – The Bunker – 4K
Unlike the other two offerings in The Bunker Trilogy, Morgana and Agamemnon, Macbeth is not a modern rewriting of the story – the original Shakespearian text is used, the language retained. It is however presented in a contemporary manner with the action once again shifted to World War I. While this is an interesting backdrop …
Feb 19
FRINGE – Now We Can Talk – Adina Grand Treasury – 4K
By torch-light, five individuals slowly wake up. In shadow you see another snippet of their stories. Devoid of sight, you are encouraged to meditate on the lives being lived above your head. Now it is time to talk, to share your own thoughts on various topics with one of these characters and, finally, to take …
Feb 17
FRINGE – Bitch Boxer – Holden Street Theatres – 4.5K
When we first meet Chloe Jackson (Holly Augustine), she’s managed to lock herself out of the house. This is particularly bad considering she was already running late and can’t risk her Dad finding out that she’s been slacking off all weekend with her new boyfriend, Jamie. Bitch Boxer is all go from the very first, as …
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