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FRINGE – Stuart Bowden: She Was Probably Not a Robot – Tuxedo Cat – 3.5K

Stuart Bowden: She Was Probably Not a Robot, is an endearing mix of silly, sweet and macabre. The end of the world is not nigh, it’s here. The apocalypse is upon us and everyone is dead. If you’re lucky, you might even find out how you died. Well, almost everyone is dead; there is a …

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FRINGE – Virtual Solitaire – RiAus – 5K

To watch a man transition between five characters – all very distinct, with their own mannerisms and voices (including accents) – in a conversation with each other, is both awe inspiring and more than a little disconcerting. There is no confusion about who is saying what, there is no pause between each character’s interjections, no pieces …

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FRINGE – The Bunker Trilogy: Agamemnon – The Bunker – 4.5K

Two soldiers take shelter in a bunker, both wounded. The superior officer, Agamemnon (James Marlow), is quite seriously injured. There is no response on the phone line and little choice remains but to wait out the battle, with the company of a little medicinal rum, to either be rescued, captured or die. As he struggles …

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FRINGE – Now We Can Talk – Adina Grand Treasury – 4K

By torch-light, five individuals slowly wake up. In shadow you see another snippet of their stories. Devoid of sight, you are encouraged to meditate on the lives being lived above your head. Now it is time to talk, to share your own thoughts on various topics with one of these characters and, finally, to take …

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FRINGE – Albert Einstein: Relativitively Speaking – Holden Street Theatres – 4.5K

Anyone who didn’t catch John Hinton’s last one man scientific musical journey (focusing on the life of Charles Darwin), when it was on at the 2012 Fringe, really missed out. Hinton is a likeable, energetic performer with a passion for academic history, a deft control of the English language, a sizable chunk of musical ability …

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FRINGE – The Bunker Trilogy: Morgana – The Bunker – 5K

In the trenches of World War I, three young officers celebrate the brief period of respite offered by the Christmas Day ceasefire. Despite their surroundings they are full of life, teasing one another and jokingly reminiscing about home and their days together at school. Gawain (James Marlowe) claims to have seen a girl out in …

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THEATRE: Maggie Stone – STCSA – Space Theatre – 4K

Maggie Stone (Kris McQuade) works for a bank, evaluating potential borrowers for small loans. She has quite clearly been around the block a couple of times and knows that life isn’t all puppies and rainbows. After her refusal to grant Precious Deng (Shedrick Yarkpai) money leads to him making a decision that has tragic consequences, …

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THEATRE – Crusoe: No Man is an Island – GMT Productions International – The Forge, Marryatville – 4.5K

Crusoe: No Man is an Island, is a charming and interesting meld of mime and monologue, telling the stories of a series of males, each battling with the thing that distances them from the rest of the world. A mysterious man stands in a doorway, watching as others run from the rain. An elderly gent …

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THEATRE – Bond! An Unortharised Parody – GMT International Productions – The Forge, Marryatville – 4K

Bond. James Bond. Hear those words and you know what you’re in for. Bond has been called back from retirement (shock!). He’s maybe not the fittest he’s ever been but he’s none-the-less on the job. Then of course there’s the obligatory attractive female with a ridiculous name, the shady and mysterious villain, the slap-you-in-the-face-with-a-wet-haddock foreshadowing, …

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THEATRE – Nelson:The Sailor’s Story – GMT Productions International – The Forge, Marryatville – 3.5K

In the centre of London stands a column, atop which a man surveys all that is in front of him as tourists take pictures, feed pigeons and celebrate the ringing in of another new year. The man is Lord Nelson, Vice Admiral of the British Navy; a hero of the British people. In Nelson: The …

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