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...
Disco Conversion Therapy
4.5 stars Under the dark cloud of gay conversion therapy this show was born, and while Jonny’s ‘conversion’ was not only inappropriate, and clearly ‘failed’, we are healed and restored by the Disco rainbow under the ministrations of Aunty Jonny and Mikala. “Because we’re in a University we thought we should give you a lecture” says Jonny, but this isn’t traditional learning. We’re taken back to the roots of the genre around a...
Charlie Caper – Magical
Charlie Caper lives up to the show’s title ‘Magical’. If I wasn’t an adult or wasn’t trying to be rational, I’d be pretty confident in saying that he really does perform actual magic, such is the spellbinding atmosphere he creates and his indecipherable tricks. Dictionary definitions of ‘magical’ include: “Beautiful or delightful in a way that seems removed from everyday...
Passengers
Passengers, a compelling show of physical theatre and storytelling is aptly named as I begin to question being a passenger in my own life as I contemplate the stories expertly told by the 3 charismatic characters. Am I driving my life? Am I merely a passenger while supporting others’ needs and dreams? Am I truly engaged in my life? What influences my direction in life, my reactions and my plans? It is so easy to become caught up in...
Shit-faced Shakespeare
Preshow occupational health and safety: A gong for an audience member to strike when they feel drunk actor is unsafe; a bugle for an audience member to blow when they feel drunk actor is sobering up; a bucket in case drunk actor needs to vomit. Not in a manual, anywhere. When the show begins and the actors appear, everyone is searching for a clue to find the drunk in disguise. It doesn’t take long. Wet lipped, smirking and swaying,...
It’s getting a little hot in here!
Adelaide Fringe is all about the experience. Sometimes it’s a lucky dip and that’s definitely all part of the fun. Hearing from someone who has seen a show is a brilliant way to make a choice for yourself. Enthusiastic Fringe-goer and friend, Brucie Logan and his partner, Vanessa, saw, Tropical Heat’ last night. Described as being “on fire with sexy bods, exotic rhythms and hot moves parading extravagant...