Église Royale Sainte-Marie
Brussels is a strange place. Strange in a good way. Strange that so few people consider this beautiful city a tourist gem. As an Australian, I believe that most Australians see Brussels as one thing; a stopover on the way to Bruges. I have done that trip. The Grand Place – spectactular, but not as big as it looks on photos – and Mannekin Pis. It was my perception that that was all there was in Brussels – and the...
Adelaide Fringe Review – Shit-faced Shakespeare – 4.5 stars
Pardon my ignorance, but I didn’t know of the existence of a thing called Shit-faced Shakespeare, but having said that, it’s apparently a worldwide phenomenon. The idea is to get 5 classically trained Shakespearean actors performing Shakespeare (of course), with one of the actors being, well, shit-faced. Prior to the show, one the actors at random is chosen to have a 4 hour drinking session before the performance. So how does this...
Rouge – Adelaide Fringe Review – 4 stars
It’s a full house in the Octagon and that in itself presents problems for the running of the show. They are struggling to fit us all in, and eventually my partner and I are seated off to a corner of the stage at the back with people obscuring our view. It’s certainly going to affect our perception of the show. The difficulty with getting people in also makes the show late, very late. Twenty minutes after the scheduled time it finally...
Danny Bhoy – Adelaide Fringe Review – 5 Stars
It’s a hot Saturday evening and we’re in the Urban Cow Art Gallery at the back of the Howling Owl Gin Bar, just off Rundle Street. Danny Bhoy starts out by mentioning how hot it is, at 36 degrees. Then lets us know that when he has said this to Adelaidians, the response he gets is, “You think this is hot? This is nothing. Laaarrrst month – laaaaaaaaarst month, it was fuckin’ 48 degrees mate”. And right away you’re laughing. He’s...
6 quick dick tricks – Adelaide Fringe Review – 5 stars
Hmmmm. I was expecting a different kind of show… OK, now we have got past that obvious little joke (which by the way, the performer made reference to as well), let me tell about this show. First off the good. It’s a little gem. May as well state that right off the bat. It is rare that I give a show a 5 star rating, but this show is one of the few that is worthy. So what goes into a 5 star rated show for me? Well it has to grab...