Thomas Eckert
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Mar 03
Fringe 2016 – Amelia Ryan is Lady Liberty – The Garden of Unearthly Delights – 3K
By Tom Eckert Amelia Ryan returns to present another evening of song, comedy and personal anecdote. Capitalising on her charm and musical abilities that are not to be sneered at she excites audience members of a more conservative leaning with the thrills of a more lascivious life that could have been. With no shortage of …
Feb 26
Fringe 2016 – PHIA – The Grace Emily Hotel – 4K
By Tom Eckert Settling into the intimate confines of the Gracy Emily Hotel under the watchful eye of the mother Mary hanging from the wall, PHIA takes the half step up onto stage which is the most removed she’ll be from her audience both physically and figuratively for the whole set. Hailing from Melbourne but …
Feb 24
Fringe 2016 – Beowulf: The Blockbuster – The German Club – Showroom One – 4K
By Tom Eckert If we are talking minimalism, this is almost as there as it gets. With nothing more than a square frame of light with adjustable hue, the black T-Shirt on his back and a charming Irish accent, Bryan Burroughs strides, soars and floats his way across the stage and single-handedly brings you into …
Feb 17
Fringe 2016 – Yeti’s Demon Dive Bar – The Garden of Unearthly Delights – The Deluxe– 4K
By Tom Eckert Yeti’s Demon Dive Bar, a production from EastEnd Cabaret and Dead Man Comedy who also brought us East End Caberet, presents us with another exercise in the delightfully absurd. You soon give up on following the narrative of this show for, whilst it is there, it swings so rapidly between the earnest and …
Feb 14
Fringe 2016 – Hotel Tokyo – Gluttony – The Octagon – 2K
By Tom Eckert Hotel Tokyo are giving nothing away with their title or description and so you are left to draw your own conclusions before walking into The Octagon. However, upon taking your seat and letting your eyes wander over the Pokémon-onesie clad cast bounding around the edge taking selfie’s with the audience decked out …
Aug 08
Music: James Morrison with Special Guests Megan Washington and Marian Petrescu – The Festival Theatre – 4K
By Tom Eckert It is always dangerous to perform small group jazz to an audience of thousands in a hall more suited to Don Giovanni than Duke Ellington. But somehow, through clever sound engineering or force of sheer virtuosity, this quintet with the indomitable James Morrison at its head manage it comfortably and in fine …
Jun 20
CABARET FESTIVAL – The Glen Miller Orchestra – The Festival Theatre – 2K
By Tom Eckert The Glen Miller Orchestra, a Goliath from an era past. As a young jazz lover I must admit I was glad to have the chance to see this band (or at least the band ten or so iterations away from the original 1938 lineup). A sentiment, it would seem, that was shared …
Jun 15
Hannah Gadsby: Art Lite – Artspace – Cabaret Festival – 4K
By Tom Eckert Hannah Gadsby; a self deprecating, paradoxically self-effacing every-woman has hit onto a winning format here. Capitalising on the fact that she is over-qualified for a comedian but under-qualified as a lecturer she recognises the niche and creates the happy medium. What you are left with is ‘Art Lite’ a quasi-lecture (including the …
Jun 14
Under the Influence – Class of Cabaret Grads – Cabaret Festival – Artspace – 4K
By Tom Eckert For the uninitiated, the Class of Cabaret is a project of Kim Spargo; a name we are seeing more and more due to her own shows as well as high profile collaborations with people such as the directors of Adelaide’s festivals. A program where hand-picked high-schoolers who are already displaying burgeoning talent …
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