For top flight theatre, there will be few other productions that will come close to Thursday – anytime, anywhere – in Adelaide this year. 4.5K
Category: Theatre
Feb 26
ADELAIDE FRINGE 2013 – Windy the Wombat in ‘There’s No Place like Home’ – Carrick Hill
Last year, I took my kids to go and see Fairies are Saving The Planet, a prequel by On the Fly Impro featuring, amongst other characters, the gorgeous, naive – and smelly – Windy the Wombat. Given the enormous turnout of children and parents on this occasion, I was disappointed (but not overly surprised given …
Feb 26
FRINGE 2013: Theatre – Bane – Tuxedo Cat – 4.5K
A mysterious man is killing the friends and acquaintances of hit man Bruce Bane. While Bane is no stranger to enemies, having found himself on the opposite side of a feud to many an unsavoury character over the years, he’s at a loss to determine who this current adversary is. As the bodies pile up …
Feb 25
Altar Ego, The Bakehouse Theatre 4K
What truly governs a relationship? Is it honestly a series of decisions made equally by two people thinking rationally? Altar Ego is a play about seven characters, each who views marriage, love and monogamy differently. Can any portrayal be any less true or real than any other? The first half hour of the play fills …
Feb 24
FRINGE 2013: Theatre – Agnes of God – Holden Street – 3K
Following the death of a baby, born to a novice nun in a convent, Dr Martha Livingstone (Nicole Rutty) is brought in by the court to ascertain whether young Sister Agnes (Michaela Burger), who claims to have no knowledge of having born the child, is sane and should face charges of murder. Agnes is a …
Feb 23
FRINGE 2013: Theatre – 3 Tales of Woe – Ayers House – 2K
Shadow puppetry is not often presented nowadays and it’s nice that there are still young people out there who are taking the time to keep it going as an art form. Amber Forbes and her assistant present three tales via this medium. Each of the stories is pre-recorded with backing music added to heighten the …
Feb 23
FRINGE 2013 – Shakespeare for Kids – Romeo and Juliet – Holden Street Theatres
I’m a Shakespearean purist. With the single exception of Ethan Hawke’s 2000 version of Hamlet and maybe one or two Kenneth Branagh adaptations floating around here or there, if it’s not adhering strictly to the Shakespearean script it’s generally not good enough for me. So I was a little anxious about how a show could …
Feb 23
FRINGE 2013 – Mr Badger tells The Wind in the Willows – Adelaide Botanic Gardens
Everyone knows that kids are the hardest critics to please. Judging by this criterion, Chris John as Mr Badger won the 2013 Fringe Festival critics choice award, because he managed to enthral a very picky pair of 4 and 6 year old sisters and their stepmum and daddy. Presented under the shade of an enormous …
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