For once, I can agree with the official blurb for a 2009 Fringe show. This is indeed a “wicked black fat-heartedcomedy about love, loss and the mourning after”. Bowengabbie is a fictitious, regional town that has lost is young people to…

I have discovered a little venue of treasures for the 2009 Adelaide Fringe – The Tuxedo Cat, on the rooftop of 15-19 Synagogue Place in the city. There is a superb array of shows running up in the clouds and…

Shakti’s Swan Lake is one of those “to be missed” shows. Yes, there is precision, yes it is a good idea to explore this classic ballet, but no, this is not the way. Shakti’s obvious skill is lost in this…

Rich Hall is an Adelaide Fringe legend. And he keeps getting better with age. His opening segment as Rich Hall is pure stand up gold. Yes, I am gushing a bit as I write this, but he is just so…

This is pure Fringe brilliance. A troupe of young actors, I Must Not Theatre, transport us to another world, in fact, into the inner world of a young John Lennon through a play written in 1968. This play is based…

James Galea dubs himself Australia’s Number One magician and I can live with that. He has a warm presence on stage and oozes confidence in what he does. So what does he do? He does tricks! It really is an…

George Catsi has a great idea buried in this show. His character, Rev Slim, is a “disturbed evangelist, dishing out songs, salvation and spit”. When his deep, southern, US accent is on full throttle, it is good. When it slips,…

The premise for this show is that Germans are not known for having a sense of humour, at least one that embraces subtlety, irony, and whimsy. We were all expecting awkwardly delivered jokes and brutal slapstick, all with a nod…