Tag: HST

Fringe Theatre: Post Mortem – Holden Street Theatres – 3K

If they can be coaxed away from their devices, younger audiences will find this engaging fare without it ever being likely to shake them up. 3K

Fringe Theatre: Tartuffe – Holden Street Theatres – 3.5K

Squeezed into an hour this show seems a bit truncated; Still it makes for a fun hour at Holden Street. 3.5K

FRINGE THEATRE – Damian Callinan: The Merger – Holden Street – 4.5K

The Merger is great fun and even out of season it can only get the juices flowing for the winter competitions ahead. 4.5K

FRINGE THEATRE – Build a Rocket – HST – 4.5K

Manteghi delivers what will surely be one of the best performances to be witnessed this Fringe; she is masterful as she dances round, over and under the set turning from cynic to sad, tired to triumphant in flashes. The energy sustained is formidable, the passion for her character unflinching. 4.5K

FRINGE THEATRE – Games By Henry Naylor – HST – 4.5K

It all amounts to great theatre and not to be missed by serious theatre-goers this Adelaide Fringe. Tessie Orange-Turner is quite brilliant. 4.5K

FRINGE THEATRE – Signifying Nothing – 3.5K

Set in Perth, Western Australia, Greg Fleet has drafted a mash up of Shakespeare’s Macbeth with a tale about contemporary Australian politics. Nicola Bartlett as Lainey Macbeth (get it?) comfortably out shines Fleet in this two hander; her firey nature set off by her silver streaked hair presents equally self-destructive and calculating

FRINGE THEATRE – Scorch – HST – 4.5K

McAllister produces a vibrant and compelling account of a child’s developing and confusing years. On the circle stage of Holden Street’s Studio she works all corners of her space, sometimes frightened of her character’s self, sometimes frightening members of her audience with piercing stares. 4.5K

THEATRE – A Steady Rain – Lost in Translation – HST – 4K

For intense theatre, the aptly named A Steady Rain delivers a punch and if one missed it in March, do not again now. 4K