Category: review
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REVIEW: Heathers the Musical, Adelaide Fringe 2018
Originally published in Glam Adelaide Colour-coordinated croquet bats have never looked so good. In fact, the last time primary colours were used to this effect was The Wiggles. Fans of the original 80s teen flick (slasher flick? I guess it defies genre) will not disappoint in this musical update, which features all of the violent…
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REVIEW: Orpheus, Adelaide Fringe 2018
Originally published in Glam Adelaide There’s something sort of comforting about Orpheus. It’s like a hot cup of a tea at the end of a big, seedy night out. This modern adaptation of the ancient Greek legend weaves dirty pubs, backstreets and karaoke into the fearful Underwood of Hades. It’s simple in its concept, and features…
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REVIEW: Vale, STCSA
Originally published in Glam Adelaide Thumbnail image credit: Chris Herzfeld Welcome to Vale indeed. Being presented with this wickedly dysfunctional family is less of a welcome, and more like ten rounds in a boxing ring. Taking place in the penthouse suite of a premier Vale hotel, the New Year celebrations of the Vale family are interrupted by…
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REVIEW: La Vida Breve/Gianni Schicchi, SOSA
Originally published in Glam Adelaide Thumbnail image credit: Bernard Hull First, a quick admission—I’ve never seen an opera in my life. I’ve never even had the impulse to go and see one. I’ve listened to a few choice selections, mostly Maria Callas, but it has never crossed my mind to actually go to the opera.…
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REVIEW: The Last Five Years, Segue Productions
Originally published in Glam Adelaide The Last Five Years is not an atypical musical—there’s no flash, no show-stopping numbers, no ostentatious costuming or choreographed dancing. There’s not even much of a plot to speak of, but don’t let that put you off. It is much more intimate (and all the more rewarding for it), as the…
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REVIEW: Enoch Arden
Originally published in Glam Adelaide John Bell and Simon Tedeschi’s imagining of Lord Alfred Tennyson’s Enoch Arden seems, at first, to be a bawdy sailor’s tale, told in the back corner of a smoke-laced pub and set to piano. It doesn’t take long, however, to realise what is really on display here is a stripped-back account of…
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REVIEW: Calamity, Adelaide Fringe 2016
Originally published in RIP IT UP The heat, the claustrophobia and the uneasiness of Calamity sets in almost immediately as you enter the cellar. The immediacy of this part-theatre, part-art performance piece is not only inspired, but inspiring. The Adelaide Independent Theatre Collective premier piece is a beacon of hope for emerging Adelaide artists, whilst telling a valuable story. Directed by…
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REVIEW: Kate Miller-Heidke, Adelaide Fringe 2016
Originally published in RIP IT UP First, a negative: the seats at the Spiegeltent are bloody uncomfortable. Phew. Glad that’s out of the way. Kate Miller-Heidke is a master. In voice, ability and presence, she is unparalleled on the Australian music scene. She emerged on stage last night with little fanfare – I mean, of course the…
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REVIEW: Drag Queen Stole My Dress, Adelaide Fringe 2016
Originally published in RIP IT UP Don’t let the title fool you – a drag queen may well have stolen her dress on an occasion, but that is only a small part of an expansive story that is expertly told by Gillian English. This wonderfully crafted one-woman show about sticking it out in a terrible…
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REVIEW: Hannah Gadsby – Dogmatic, Adelaide Fringe 2016
Originally published in RIP IT UP Hannah Gadsby’s 1978 World National Tour is in town. If you pray at the altar of Gad-Gad, it’s time to get down on your knees. Gadsby’s latest comedy offering sees her awkward comic style momentarily suspended, as she takes a leaf out of the book of America’s current pop princess, Taylor Swift, and tries her…
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