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Fringe Shorts.
Movin’ Melvin
A Fringe stalwart, song and dance man Movin’ Melvin Brown comes
dancing back to Adelaide with his show ‘A Man, A Magic, A Music,’
singing, dancing, laughing and tapping his way through fify
years of black music. But this time he’s doing it for more than
just the artistic rewards: he’s raising money for his Change
The World project and has nearly finished buying 100 acres of
land in Austin, Texas to build a special home for the homeless
and disadvantaged aged people and children in his home state.
So simply by getting along to the show you’ll be helping people
in our sister city of Austin: catch him at the FringeHUB Feb
25-29 and March 3-7 and 10-14.
Ariadne’s Thread
Written and performed by prize winning Montreal
poet Talya Rubin, ‘Ariadne’s Thread’ is a "classic piece of
theatre by genuine talent," or says producer Nick James. Written
by Rubin after her self-imposed exile living in a cave on a
Greek island, she slides from one character to the next, each
one created to keep her company in her solitude. Catch this
Island odyssey at the North South Dining Room, FringeHUB, at
6pm until Sun 29 Feb.
Shakti
Japanese dancer Shakti is another familiar Fringe face, blending the modern and the erotic with the traditional in her often-controversial pieces. She returns to Nexus Cabaret with three performances: ‘Creation Myth of Japan - Tales of the Kojiki,’ ‘Dances Of India’ and ‘The Pillow
Book,’ the last of which is billed as her most innovative work yet, culminating in "a performance art finale celebration of the female beauty, body painting and sheer ecstasy." And you could be celebrating with her at the Garage International at Nexus Multicultural Arts Centre fron Feb 25-29 and March 4-7 and 9-13
Let’s Do It
Lovers of lounge should be sure to catch
Sydney’s rising cabaret star Robert Green is ‘Let’s Do It,’
a tribute to Noel & Cole (Coward and Porter, respectively).
Green will wend his way through the songbooks of two of the
20th Century’s most well-loved composers, with Alexander Sussman
on ivory-tickling duties in the FringeHUB from March 4-7.
X-Ray
Camp Xray, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba: alleged South Australian terrorist David Hicks sits in the cell he has been held in for the past two years, still yet to be charged. ‘X-Ray’ takes the audience into the human experience of the War On Terror as it explores Hicks’ evolving relationship with his only human contact: his American prison guard. Written with the co-operation of the Hicks family, and featuring Nathan O’Keefe as Hicks and James Edwards as the Guard, ‘X-Ray’’s exploration of concepts of justice and the legal presumption of ignorance promises to make it one of the most topical and controversial productions of 2004. Catch it at the Acting Studio at AIT Arts each Friday, Saturday and Sunday evening until Sun 14 March.
Spinning Wheel
It’s a Friday or Saturday night. It’s midnight.
You’re still feeling Fringed up but don’t know where to go.
Wonder no more: check out Spinning Wheel at the Regal Tent in
the Garden of Unearthly Delights, with an ever-changing mix
of guest comedians working on new and experimental material,
flanked by DJs and a live band each night. Kick back, have a
bevvy and enjoy something fresh.
Apathy
Are you sick of Reality TV? Then maybe you need some Reality Theatre! Melbourne/Adelaide theatre group (eks-per’-i-ment) are running ‘Apathy’ upstairs in the Weimar Room (in what used to be Downtown’s dodgem car space, as it happens) for ten performances over the Fringe: all they need is you for the starring role! It’s an intimate piece of experimental theatre-installation challenging the conventions of traditional performance from Feb 28 - March 1, March 7-10 and 12-13.
Waiting For Godot
This year the Fringe offers another fantastic
theatrical classic. Fourdoors Theatre Company have recently
returned from working with the Actors’ Ensemble in New York
on their production of ‘Waiting For Godot.’ Watch the beautiful
text of Beckett’s infamous, absurdist play about existence come
to life whilst you wait with Estragon and Vladimir in the Promethean
Theatre at 7pm over the period Feb 24-28 and March 2-6.
I Was Here
American playwright Jane Beachy’s ‘I Was Here’ is the collective view from women’s toilets all over the world in the package of a play when she became interested in the fact that so many women "consciously chose to place their words in such an uncensored and yet silent environment." This new work was workshopped and is performed by Adelaide emerging artists Carolyn Ramsey, Sarah Lockwood and Ali Gordon, and you can see ‘I Was Here’ at the Weimar Room at 9.30 on Feb 25-26 and 6pm on March 4-6.
Sulis Productions
Sulis Productions has two shows on offer
for this Fringe with something for the almost-teens (8-11) and
their parents (‘Smashed Eggs’ by award-winning writer Phil Porter)
and ‘Finding Laura’ (written by Steve Carley and dealing with
the themes of love, divorce and a little bit of soul searching).
See ‘Smashed Eggs’ at 5.30pm March 2-11 Mar and 4pm on March
12-13. ‘Finding Laura’ shows at 10pm on Feb 21-25 and 8.30pm
Feb 26-March 4 and March 12-13 Mar, both at Nexus Multicultural
Arts Centre.
Ghosts in the Arch
Ghosts is this year's Fringe production from Rough Magic Theatre and Film, intriguingly set in The Arch, Hindmarsh. "Ibsen's realism is juxtaposed with the surreal environment of a half renovated/ decaying venue," suggests 'Ghosts' Director Alice Teasdale in trying to explain the setting and eerie atmosphere of the Arch which boldly sets the mood for Ghosts. Written in 1881, touching on every taboo subject of the time, S.T.D's, women trapped in loveless marriages and affairs of the naughty kind which, astonishingly enough, are still relevant today, to the point that it makes you "want to get up and punch the character". Preview 8pm 23rd Feb, performances 8pm 24, 26-28 Feb, and 3-6, 10-13 Mar at The Arch.
The Obcell
Dance / Theatre / multimedia- technology:
looking for a performance involving the whole lot plus more,
well look no further. With each element dependant on the other
and working in total amalgamation The Obcell. has been created.
In a cell of confinement, stands one socially deprived test
subject, performed by Adelaide's Ninian Donald, ready and waiting
to be manipulated and regulated, all whilst being observed by
you.
In The Obcell, Director/Choreographer, Fiona Malone, aims to
provoke issues about confinement and question the thought process
of humanity ëis it ok?'. Though this seems on the heavy side,
Fiona does try to relieve the audience through the imaginary
world, the longer the isolation the more fantastic the journey
into his psychic.
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