Award-Winning Egyptian-Born Comedian Akmal Saleh Likes His Legs Unbroken And In One Piece… So At Least He Can Walk On Stage at Dunstan Playhouse – Interview

by Catherine Blanch | Jul 7, 2016 | Comedy, Interviews

by Catherine Blanch. Hot topics? He’s got it covered. An affinity with the ridiculous? He sure does. Slightly offensive at times? Yeah, he can do that too. With more than 25 years of award-winning comedy, TV and acting experience to his credit, Egyptian-born Akmal...

Miss Behave’s Gameshow: High-Energy Spontaneous Hilarity and Communal Mayhem at Space Theatre – Adelaide Cabaret Festival 2016 Review

by Bobby Goudie | Jun 17, 2016 | Adelaide Festivals, Cabaret, Comedy, Reviews

Space Theatre, Thu 16 Jun The sparkly Miss Behave and her fabulous assistant Harriet have, as they said tonight, ‘slipped in the back door of the Adelaide Cabaret Festival’. Some might wonder what a show with no live music or singing is doing in a cabaret festival,...

Margaret Thatcher – Queen Of Soho: Matt Tedford Turns Britain’s Iron Lady into a Disco Diva at Space Theatre – Adelaide Cabaret Festival 2016 Review

by Contributor | Jun 16, 2016 | Adelaide Festivals, Cabaret, Comedy, Reviews

Space Theatre, Wed 16 Mar. “Children are being taught they have an inalienable right to be gay. All of those children are being cheated of a sound start in life.” — Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, October 9, 1987. Based around the controversial UK bill Section...

The Wharf Revue: Celebrating 15 Years of Political Satire and Mockery at Her Majesty’s Theatre – Adelaide Cabaret Festival 2016 Review

by Bobby Goudie | Jun 16, 2016 | Adelaide Festivals, Cabaret, Comedy, Reviews

Her Majesty’s Theatre, Wed 15 Jun For the past 15 years The Wharf Revue has been leading the way in political mockery in live theatre. For the Adelaide Cabaret Festival 2016 they have gone back over their previous material to pick their most successful songs and skits...

Nailed It! – Andrew Strano: Songs Inspired by the Weird and Wonderful Aspects of Love – Adelaide Cabaret Festival 2016 Review

by Nikki Fort | Jun 12, 2016 | Adelaide Festivals, Cabaret, Comedy, Reviews

Artspace Gallery, Adelaide Festival Centre, Sat 11 Jun Andrew Strano and Loclan Mackenzie-Spencer have written a bunch of award winning songs inspired by the weird and wonderful aspects of falling in or out of love… and then there’s one about Hogwart’s. The songs are...

Tripod & The ASO – This Gaming Life: A Musically Comedic Tribute to Gamers and their Oft-Neglected Loved Ones – Adelaide Cabaret Festival 2016 Review

by Matt Saunders | Jun 12, 2016 | Adelaide Festivals, Cabaret, Comedy, Music, Orchestra, Reviews

Festival Theatre, Sat 11 Jun We were promised the musical comedy of Tripod, accompanied by the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, and conducted by gaming composer Austin Wintory, all in concert to examine the world of video gaming, and This Gaming Life exceeded any...