by David Cronin | Mar 11, 2024 | Adelaide Festivals, Adelaide Fringe 2024, Circus & Physical Theatre, Comedy, Reviews
[CIRCUS/Comedy ~ CAN ~ AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE] The Roundhouse at The Garden of Unearthly Delights, Sun 10 Mar, 2024. Bringing live animals all the way from Canada would be ridiculous, and anyway, these are not your usual circus animals. Instead Cirque Alfonse (BARBU,...
by Michael Coghlan | Mar 11, 2024 | Adelaide Festivals, Adelaide Fringe 2024, Cabaret, Comedy, Reviews
[CABARET/Comedy ~ VIC ~ SA PREMIERE] Dom Polski Dwa at Dom Polski, Sun 10 Mar, 2024. FRANKLY declares at the outset that she is a ‘professional artiste’ with a considerable range of skills that she will demonstrate during her show. She warns us not to expect any...
by Adelaide Fringe Contributor | Mar 10, 2024 | Adelaide Festivals, Adelaide Fringe 2024, Cabaret, Magic/Illusion, Reviews
[CABARET/Magic ~ UK] The Peacock at Gluttony, Sat 9 Mar, 2024. London Calling is a show that all ages will enjoy, and as 2023’s Pick Of The Fringe my expectations were high. The British-themed show had it all; dancing, magic, stunts and puppets. Following a very...
by Adelaide Fringe Contributor | Mar 10, 2024 | Adelaide Festivals, Adelaide Fringe 2024, Comedy, Reviews
[COMEDY/Compilation ~ INTERNATIONAL] The Piglet at Gluttony, Sat 9 Mar, 2024. Vladimir McTavish and Gill Cordiner have returned for this year’s Adelaide Fringe with their talk show-styled ‘sit-down’ comedy show. Despite the extreme heat – it...
by Adelaide Fringe Contributor | Mar 10, 2024 | Adelaide Festivals, Adelaide Fringe 2024, Comedy, Reviews
[Comedy/Stand Up ~ VIC ~ WORLD PREMIERE] The Piglet at Gluttony, Sat 9 Mar, 2024. Camper Van Go is an hilarious tale all about Lehmo’s holiday from hell. Lehmo (a.k.a. Anthony Lehman) had the audience in the palm of his hand throughout the entire show as he ran...
by David Cronin | Mar 10, 2024 | Adelaide Festival 2024, Adelaide Festivals, Reviews, Theatre
[THEATRE ~ AUS] Latvian Hall, Wayville, Sat 9 Mar, 2024. This show could be sub-titled ‘A brief history of theatre,’ as it condenses the seminal scenes, those theatrical moments that mattered most to the actors, into a new form. The result is by definition a mishmash,...