by Kate Battersby | Mar 8, 2019 | Adelaide Festivals, Adelaide Fringe 2019, Live Music, Music, Reviews
[MUSIC ~ AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE ~ RUS] RCC Fringe – Maths Lawns, Thu 7 Mar. We’re not naïve; we know music alone cannot win a war for social justice. But shots of courage are essential for the troops. We come weary, parched, battle-scarred to gatherings like this and...
by Kate Battersby | Feb 23, 2017 | Adelaide Festivals, Comedy, Reviews
Garden at The Producers, Wed 22 Feb. The conundrum of whether or not democracy doesn’t work is hard to tackle with so much politics going on – not that we should be talking about it so much! – a paradox not lost on Pat McCaffrie. He starts off gently enough but the...
by Kate Battersby | Feb 21, 2017 | Adelaide Festivals, Comedy, Reviews, Theatre
Treasury Tunnels at Adina Apartments Hotel Adelaide Treasury, Mon 20 Feb. Ola is definitely weird, and wired. Delivered, just, by a malfunctioning transdimensional time travel machine to the oddly appropriate Treasury Tunnels (whatever did they do in that spooky...
by Kate Battersby | Feb 18, 2017 | Adelaide Festivals, Cabaret, Reviews
La Bohème, Fri 17 Feb. The only certainty in a piano chick’s life is that she will eventually be sacked from every single job. It’s a brutal truth perhaps, but in this show it seems far from tragic as Ms Becky Blake romps us through scenarios routinely encountered by...
by Kate Battersby | Feb 21, 2015 | Adelaide Festivals, Comedy, Reviews
Comedy SuperNova’s Venus Room, Fri Feb 20 The great thing about a smorgasbord is there’s something for every taste, and this evening’s three-course bill covered a fair range of comedic fare. Starter John Hastings tackled the difficult warm-up role with a handful of...
