At this year’s Adelaide Fringe, Fred Smith and band will be presenting the world premiere of ‘Domesticity’ – a show that touches you where you live: at home!
After years either working in or singing about Afghanistan, including ‘Sparrows Of Kabul‘ at last year’s Adelaide Fringe, Fred Smith returns with something completely different: reports from the domestic frontier!
This concert is a collection of Smith’s love songs for middle-aged people, described as “a stunning cycle of deeply personal songs about marriage, babies, love, tolerance, decency and the complexity of modern life…sublime study in tenderness and vulnerability”. BRUCE ELDER (SMH).
Backed by some of Adelaide’s most sensitive musicians (Jen Lush, Stevie Pederson, Mark Seddon, Paul Angas), Fred Smith brings his trademark subtlety, wit and observation to bear on the quiet struggles in our little lives: the homes we live in, the children we raise, the marriages we hope to sustain, and the dishwasher we wish would work.
Fred Smith is much loved by audiences around the country through his appearances on ABC radio, the Australian Story documentary on his work in far flung conflict zones, and his wide touring of the Afghanistan shows Dust of Uruzgan and Sparrows of Kabul.
He is a gifted songwriter and raconteur who describes the world we live in with humour and a vivid accuracy that touches the heart.
Audiences who loved Fred’s Dust of Uruzgan and Sparrows of Kabul shows will want to see a more personal side of the artist as he muses on the nuts and bolts of our lives: the homes we live in, the children we raise, and the marriages we hope to sustain.
The show draws on songs from Fred’s more personal albums: Home, Domestic, Into My Room, Lovethongs – much loved by those who know them – as well as his new album Look.
Fred Smith performs at The Wheatsheaf Hotel on 29 Feb at 6:30PM and at Stone Pony on 1 Mar at 7:30PM. Tix available HERE.
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