The Hipster: A Musical For People Who Don’t Like Musicals
Reviewed by Brigitte Rennie The Hipster premiered in an iconically Australian venue – a brewery. Run by the Little Bang Brewing Company the site/venue is stylishly industrial. An inspired choice. I’ll avoid repeating the production notes as the show plot does what it says. Setting up a pretentious laneway bar in Hindley Street next to a strip club is a recipe for disaster. There is a happy ending where all the characters resolve...
Winefulness
Reviewed by Brigitte Rennie Tash York loves to entertain. No doubt. From the moment she entered until she left the The Parlour tent her enthusiasm exuded forth and touched the audience. Tash also loves to drink wine and the show is all about this aspect of her life with a brief foray into relaying her reunion with her birth father and her happiness in finding love. If you do not like drinking wine, being tea total or just a...
YUCK Circus
Reviewed by Emma Kew. The only thing packed tighter than space at Gluttony this Adelaide Fringe is whatever is smuggled in the briefs of the YUCK Circus gals. With bulges brimming, six young female performers strut into the tent as hyper-masculine Aussie parodies with the seediest little moustaches you’ll see this side of the Torrens. With a quintessentially Australian sense of humour we are shown several, all too familiar,...
Frankenstein: How to Make a Monster
Reviewed by Brigitte Baden-Rennie Battersea Arts Centre won an off West End award when Frankenstein: How to Make a Monster first premiered at the Centre in 2018. Seeing this Australian premiere on Tuesday night made it apparently clear why. An audience comprising a wide scope of ages did not just view this production, they were immersed in it. Beginning and ending the evening with a showcase of beatboxing from BACs workshops at...
Hearing Loss – The Musical! 3.5 stars
What do you do when you’re a music critic losing their hearing? Write a musical about it, of course. At least, that’s what Tom GK has done and it makes for an entertaining if unusual show. Tom lets us know early what not to expect – no bursting into song for no reason, no theatre poses or Garland-esque extravagance. It’s just Tom, his keyboard and the occasional recorded track. Tom’s story starts with him growing up living and...