If you are looking for a quiet, sensible Fringe show where you can sit and let the entertainment wash over you…think again! This hilarious, interactive sketch starts from the moment you walk into the venue with the ditsy Bronwyn welcoming guests and discussing their hair styling needs.
Pamela’s Palace is set in the cheesy beauty salon run by the very vain and slightly self-centred Pamela, assisted by her head stylist, Tiffany and assistant, Bronwyn. These 3 girls dance and sing, trip and stumble and adlib their way through the dramas of being in the finals of the local hair styling competition.
As the events unfold, we get to know each character more intimately and begin to warm to their quirkiness. Throughout the performance, the audience members are prompted by sounds to carry out certain tasks, which adds to the sense of being part of the show. Together the audience and the actors make it to the beauty salon grand finals, where the show ends with an absolutely hilarious climax.
There is a very subtle message about self-love amongst all the fun, which truly warms your heart. I haven’t laughed so much at a Fringe show this year. Lots of clever choreography, funky costumes, and a frantic fight scene thrown in for good measure, this show will really appeal to audiences both young and old.
I’m giving this show a side splitting 5 stars and recommend it to anyone who is looking for some good old-fashioned fun. Seen at the A Club Adelaide, Waymouth Street, this was a great venue for parking and access, well away from the busy East End of the Superloop Adelaide 500 motor race and crowded Fringe gardens. See this show nightly at this venue from 1st March – 16th March 2019.
Purchase tickets here:
https://adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix/pamela-s-palace-af2019
Last month Sam About Town visited this zany salon. Read all about it here:
https://www.samabouttown.com/adelaide-fringe-2019/pamelas-palace/
