Adelaide Fringe 04: Little Adelaide, God Inc
Fri, 27 Feb 2004, 01:41 pmtomasford2 posts in thread
Adelaide Fringe 04: Little Adelaide, God Inc
Fri, 27 Feb 2004, 01:41 pmAnyone out there from Adelaide? There's heaps of great indi theatre going on but little in the way of reviews on this site, so I thought I'd contribute some while I'm wasting some time :) There's heaps of other showsthat have been good (Lano and Woodley, BritCom... both stupidly, ridiculously funny), but I'll just do two of the better indi ones I've seen so far. (here comes a plug, sorry) If yer in Adelaide, come down and see my show TRIP DOWN THE GUTTER at Fad which everyone seems to think is good :)
LITTLE ADELAIDE
Unstoppable Huxtable
FAD Lounge, Waymouth Street
This cute little show from local artist collective Unstoppable Huxtable combines realistic dialogue with multimedia to interesting effect. The show is broken up into short sketches, the best of which are very emotionally effecting in some unexpected places. Their entry in the Fringe guide gave the impression that it would give me an idea about what was going on in Adelaide "as seen through the eyes of it's emerging artists" and that is certainly what I got. On opening night the actors could have used a little projection and the scene changes do run a bit long, but this doesn't damage the charm of this show. Cute.
GOD, INC.
ECLIPSE, FringeHUB
This show deconstructs culture and modern corporate politics using a smashed up, Tartantino-type-tripping storyline that has half of your brain guessing what's coming next while the other half is absolutely wetting itself with laughter. It's a solo performance full of about 50 characters, most of which appear via video screen. I've seen a lot of sucky theatre/video stuff over here but this rocked. For the most part, he managed to keep it feeling sponteneous. Engaging, confounding, hilarious, fun fun fun fun fun. :)
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LITTLE ADELAIDE
Unstoppable Huxtable
FAD Lounge, Waymouth Street
This cute little show from local artist collective Unstoppable Huxtable combines realistic dialogue with multimedia to interesting effect. The show is broken up into short sketches, the best of which are very emotionally effecting in some unexpected places. Their entry in the Fringe guide gave the impression that it would give me an idea about what was going on in Adelaide "as seen through the eyes of it's emerging artists" and that is certainly what I got. On opening night the actors could have used a little projection and the scene changes do run a bit long, but this doesn't damage the charm of this show. Cute.
GOD, INC.
ECLIPSE, FringeHUB
This show deconstructs culture and modern corporate politics using a smashed up, Tartantino-type-tripping storyline that has half of your brain guessing what's coming next while the other half is absolutely wetting itself with laughter. It's a solo performance full of about 50 characters, most of which appear via video screen. I've seen a lot of sucky theatre/video stuff over here but this rocked. For the most part, he managed to keep it feeling sponteneous. Engaging, confounding, hilarious, fun fun fun fun fun. :)
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Re: Adelaide Fringe 04: Little Adelaide, God Inc
Fri, 27 Feb 2004, 02:29 pmI'm here :) Haven't seen either of the shows you've just reviewed, nor yours (sorry) but will be heading out to a few over the next few weeks. I may even review them :p
BTW, my theatre co's show is "Men Behaving Badly", which sold out its initial run before opening night - so we're putting on 4 more shows :)
(I'm not actually doing very much for this show... in fact, tonight's performance will be the first time I've actually seen it (TV show included)!)
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BTW, my theatre co's show is "Men Behaving Badly", which sold out its initial run before opening night - so we're putting on 4 more shows :)
(I'm not actually doing very much for this show... in fact, tonight's performance will be the first time I've actually seen it (TV show included)!)
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