Mar 08
I love a good circus (who doesn’t). If a circus does what it is supposed to do, there is a guaranteed amount of acrobatics, clowning, magic and general mayhem. CIRCUS, presented by Showmen Productions, certainly doesn’t disappoint, even featuring an old-fashioned ringmaster with a top hat and tails (ambitious for Adelaide’s March weather, if you …
Mar 08
Taking in a Fringe show with two kids on a Saturday morning is a task for only the bravest of parents or caregivers. Anybody who has ever tried it will surely agree with me, and I can’t have been the only adult in the long queue at The Flamingo feeling the same as me. Nonetheless, …
Mar 01
The Fringe always brings some extremely unique talent, and ‘Basketball Man Can Fly’ certainly delivers. The show follows the extremely affable BasketballMan (aka Rashaun Daniels), who dreamed of playing for the NBA but, in his own words ‘came up short’. Instead, he focused his energies on perfecting his handling of the basketball, and honed his …
Mar 01
By Ben Watson A blood-stained bed idles the stage floor as the audience awaits the hard-hitting two-hander to come, Lost Lives. The vacant mattress marks the brutal death of a young woman, Jane Kelly. On the verdict day of her murder trial, an unlikely forensic cleaning duo begin their work – an elderly lady nearing …
Feb 28
Nothing screams Friday night like a variety burlesque show deep in the heart of Gluttony, and this show certainly delivers. ‘Shake It’ is a combination of the most raucous, wild and titillating acts of the 2021 Fringe. Not for the faint of heart, there is nonetheless something for everyone (over the age of 18 at …
Feb 26
By Ben Watson Following a very gloomy 2020 for performance-based creatives, Collision is a pleasant reminder of what talent remains prevalent within the Australian arts sector. The show bustles and weaves through a myriad of hip-hop moves, circus skills and cheap gags. With their six-person team, several wonderfully fast and engaging scenes unfold. The choreography …
Feb 26
Following on from the huge success of House of Mirrors, 1000 Doors: Door within a Door is an entertaining art installation where the devil is in the detail. Based on the queue to get in, clearly this is a show that people are interested in, as they should be. However, calling it a maze with …
Feb 26
The Adelaide Fringe has a long and wonderful history of providing fabulous “adult” circus acts, so one would be forgiven for feeling that this kind of show has become a little stale. This is most emphatically not the the case for the delightful ELIXIR, presented by Head First Acrobats. Set in a futuristic lab, the …
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