by Adelaide Fringe Contributor | Mar 8, 2018 | Adelaide Festivals, Comedy, Reviews
The Speakeasy at Gluttony, Wed 7 Mar. [COMEDY – UK] With nearly 20 years nursing experience, Georgie Carroll has plenty of material to draw from in her one-woman stand-up comedy blast. She is in ten places at once, has her hands in all sorts of places, and definitely...
by Michael Coghlan | Mar 8, 2018 | Adelaide Festivals, Reviews, Theatre
The Arch at Holden Street Theatres, Wed 7 Mar. [THEATRE – SA] That Daring Australian Girl is the story of Muriel Matters, an Adelaide born woman who became a leading figure in the UK suffragette movement in the early 20th century. Her story is remarkable in its own...
by Rosie van Heerde | Mar 7, 2018 | Adelaide Festivals, Comedy, Reviews, Theatre
Queen’s Theatre at The Lab, Tue 21 Feb. [THEATRE/COMEDY – QLD] When a psychiatrist needs help, to whom does he turn? A ‘positive reinforcement’ calendar? A set of ‘self-help’ tape recordings? Nup. It’s actually all about the drugs. And if you can’t get it on the...
by Dave Bradley | Mar 7, 2018 | Adelaide Festivals, Cabaret, Reviews, Spoken Word
The Bally at Gluttony, Tue 6 Mar. [CABARET/SPOKEN WORD – SA] Various incarnations of NGR have played at the Fringe and beyond for a fair few years now, and they’ve garnered some high praise and peculiarly profound socio-political insights, and yet certain members of...
by David Robinson | Mar 7, 2018 | Adelaide Festivals, Reviews, Theatre
Mainstage at Bakehouse Theatre, Tue 6 Mar. [THEATRE/SPOKEN WORD – UK] BETWEEN THE CROSSES sees Will Huggins tell the story of his great-uncle Edgar’s experiences during the First World War with the Durham Light Infantry. He is assisted by the recorded voice of Edgar...
by Dave Bradley | Mar 5, 2018 | Adelaide Festivals, Live Music, Music, Reviews
Band Room at Grace Emily Hotel, Sun 4 Mar. [MUSIC/WORLD MUSIC – SA/VIC] A crowd partially composed of shamelessly proud ukulele devotees was on hand to welcome the Ukulele Death Squad at the Grace Emily, and although this show began rather quietly with a lovely...