Category: Performing Art

Performing Art

Mar 09

FRINGE – Adelaide Comedy Debate – Arkaba – 2.5K

At nearly four hours long, it was perhaps a little drawn out, but it was an enjoyable evening. 2.5K

Mar 07

FRINGE: Your Days Are Numbered: The Maths of Death – Comedy – The Science Exchange – 3.5K

You don’t have to love statistics for this show to be entertaining, though it is likely to appeal most to those with at least a passing interest. So if you enjoy your comedy a little intellectual and don’t mind a graph or two, get along to the Science Exchange. Chances are, you’ll have a good time. 3.5K

Mar 07

FRINGE – Deanne Smith – Livin’ the Sweet Life – Gluttony – 2.5K

With so much good stuff good stuff there about her 10 day meditation retreat, her nerdy love song and a very funny rant about how the making of cell phones should get every true blue tree hugger on the planet up in arms, fellow lesbians will rate this a 4 to 4.5 star hour. The rest of us may just leave shaking our heads and wondering why those ten minutes about lesbian fantasies needed to exist at all. 2.5K

Mar 07

FESTIVAL OF ARTS: School Dance- Theatre – 4K

It is a brave aim to produce a play aimed at teenagers but this production should attract any child of the 80s or fan of comedy theatre. A real treat for Festival goers who have ever or are currently living the teenage experience. 4K

Mar 07

FRINGE – Mangina – Spare Room – Garden – 3.5K

Anyone who is, was or who wonders about the plight of the ‘misfits’ of our society should take Mangina in. 3.5K

Mar 07

FRINGE – Tony Roberts – The Gambler – The Cupola, Garden – 2.5k

‘The Gambler’ isn’t the best show you will see at the Fringe, and needs some work to improve the continuity of the show and avoid some of the lengthy pauses while Tony sets up his next trick. However, it’s impossible to deny that Tony is phenomenal at what he does. 2.5K

Mar 07

FRINGE – The Beast – Stuart Bowden – Tuxedo Cat – 3K

‘The Beast’ is a beautiful, touching story presented competently and making for a wonderful foray into the Fringe. 3K

Mar 07

FESTIVAL – Instructions for an Imaginary Man – Adelaide Gaol – 3.5K

Theatre that truly removes you from one’s comfortable world and places you in that of the production is rare and this aspect was a triumph. However, more attention to the needs of the audience may have helped round out a most emotive experience. 3.5K

Mar 06

FRINGE: One Flesh – Theatre – Town Hall – 3K

With the portrayal of the younger generations in the media tending to focus on those getting into trouble, drinking and being promiscuous, it’s sometimes easy to forget that there are swathes of young adults making very different life choices. To see these people represented on-stage is even rarer. This is an original and insightful play from Macharne Cloughley. 3K

Mar 06

FRINGE – The Axis of Awesome World Tour 2006 – 4K

Mixing the usual great banter with much loved favourites and some new, the Axis of Awesome offer safe and enjoyable fare for those who have seen them before and a treat for first timers. 4K