Here it is – my first five-star show of Adelaide Fringe 2008. Prepare for a late night and book in for the last remaining shows to catch this Fringe’s big surprise event, ’20 Something’. Apart from superb voices and steadfast…

“Mrs Winifred Tickletext, widow and past president of the Pembleworth Ladies Society, is travelling Europe in the footsteps of Apostle Paul. Very British, very prudish and totally starved of sex, she causes chaos wherever she goes.” Thus reads the blurb…

Akmal is a naturally funny man and he uses his size and personality to great effect. This show seems largely improvised, using a foundation of some standard routines that have the feeling of being used many times before. If you…

This show perplexed me greatly and left me asking why it was written. It wasn’t because the writing was poor, nor was it because the acting was poor, it was because the story lacked drama. Chiefly, it is the story…

It’s not every day I review a comedian with cerebral palsy, and I am so glad I have now had that opportunity. Laurence Clark has the most wicked sense of humour, possibly rating higher than 12% evil. His show is…

This young troupe of puppeteers from the VCA, has brought a mixed bag of experimental puppetry that is intriguing and fresh. It seems you are served three shows from the repertoire of six, per performance. And each show tries something…

Mark Watson personifies the polite, self-deprecating stand up comic, bumbling through life stumbling from one rich vein of comic material to another. He is careful to manage our expectations, playing down his comedic skills so as to surprise us time…

I’m afraid I do not agree with the publicity blurb for this play, which claims it can, “touch our heartstrings without them going out of key.” For this reviewer, this tribute to Vivaldi had too much Boston Pops sweetness. The…

These two crazy Canadians (self-proclaimed) have delivered much of the promise of the ancient, theatrical art of Commedia Dell’Arte. This style of theatre, most popular in Italy from the 1400s to the 1800s, involves creating scenarios for stock characters to play…

I am a fan of the many works Guy Masterson brings to the Adelaide Fringe but this show disappointed me on a number of counts. Firstly, unlike other productions where focus is given to the artistic development of a theatrical…