by Clayton Werner | Mar 1, 2024 | Adelaide Festivals, Adelaide Fringe 2024, Live Music, Music, Reviews
[MUSIC/Acoustic ~ AUS ~ WORLD PREMIERE] Tin Shed at The Wheatsheaf Hotel, Thu 29 Feb, 2024. The Tin Shed at the Wheatsheaf Hotel is a perfect venue for the mainly acoustic sounds of Fred Smith and band. Fred has had a few different stages to his life as an ‘itinerant...
by Clayton Werner | Feb 23, 2024 | Adelaide Festivals, Adelaide Fringe 2024, Interactive, Live Music, Music, Reviews
[MUSIC/Interactive ~ SA] The LAB at ILA, Thu 22 Feb, 2024. The stage set-up at the Lab, a couple of mics, a couple of keyboards, pedals galore and the musician’s space is surrounded by instruments (it’s a bit like Adam Page’s favourite...
by Clayton Werner | Mar 4, 2023 | Adelaide Festivals, Adelaide Fringe 2023, Children's Entertainment, Family Entertainment, Musical Theatre, Reviews
[Kids & Family/Musical Theatre ~ SA] Norwood Concert Hall, Sat 4 Mar, 2023. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is a mammoth undertaking by Theatre Bugs and Adelaide Theatre Academy; it’s clear that there has been an enormous amount of work gone into props and costumes for...
by Clayton Werner | Feb 27, 2023 | Adelaide Festivals, Adelaide Fringe 2023, Live Music, Reviews
[MUSIC ~ SA] Main Room at The Gov, Sun 26 Feb, 2023. Läther presented the music of Frank Zappa at what looked to be a full room at the Gov and from the faces in the crowd – there was the joy of music shared all around! While Frank might have left the planet quite some...
by Clayton Werner | Feb 26, 2023 | Adelaide Festivals, Adelaide Fringe 2023, Children's Entertainment, Comedy, Family Entertainment, Musical Theatre, Reviews
[Kids & Family/Comedy ~ AUS] The Virago at Gluttony – Rymill Park, Sat 25 Feb, 2023. You Are a Doughnut is what happens when you mix musical theatre, comedy, physical comedy, our body’s organs and excretions together! It’s a riot of fun from ingestion right...