The Astrofest is back! March 24th 2018 5:30 - 9:30pm!
Preregister to have a chance to win great stuff. No, wait, that decreases my chances...
http://www.astronomywa.net.au/astrofest.html
Tuesday, 27 February 2018
Monday, 26 February 2018
Early days yet, but GRADS is sallying forth with one of the most exciting Shakespeare tragedies.
Early days yet, but GRADS is sallying forth with one of the most exciting Shakespeare tragedies.
I'm even more excited because I've seen the cast list!
Get your tickets here http://www.ticketswa.com/event/william-shakespeares-macbeth and hold on to your seats because it's going to be a wild, wild ride.
Sunday, 25 February 2018
Saturday, 24 February 2018
Looks like I've caught Rob's cold. Yesterday and today look like washouts.
Looks like I've caught Rob's cold. Yesterday and today look like washouts.
Friday, 23 February 2018
Snacks - A Musical Tasting Plate brings together a well selected trio of short musicals, completely unrelated but...
Snacks - A Musical Tasting Plate brings together a well selected trio of short musicals, completely unrelated but well matched.
In just 1 hour's performance we were transported to a hillside corn farm, to Whitechapel, 1888 and to Long Island!
Ludicrous Display's performance was great. In a musical (unlike opera) it's kind of important to be able to hear the words, and so often diction isn't clear or the music overshadows it. But we were left in doubt as to the narrative. The highly skilled and dynamic John McPherson on keyboard "I'll be your pianist tonight!" spun out the sprightly music for the other performers and kept everyone on track, as well he should, being also the Musical Director.
Strawman
Music by Jinhee Kim
Book and Lyrics by Cal Silberstein
This piece had my favourite characters - the wonderful Anzu, played by James Marzec and his attendant crows. The performers must have been studying the antics, playfulness and intelligence of real crows, because they sure nailed it. A lot of fun to watch, and I'm sure, in the end, something could be worked out to everyone's satisfaction.
Ben Thomas and Olivia Everett were a strong duo as the star crossed lovers.
Darling Jack
Music by Nick Stephens
Book and Lyrics by Rebecca Hart
This was the most intense of the productions. Antonina Heymanson as Wendy Maybrick's innocence intelligence against the knowing Ben Thomas as Johnny Gill and Thomas Owen as the powerful and looming Dr Maybrick.
The inversion of a popular tale about another Wendy (and if you've read it, you'll recognise the darkness in the original) melded with the darkest legend of Whitechapel is a powerful one, and the performers make it resonate.
Completely chilling if you know anything at all about Whitechapel and 1888.
Schooled & Lettered
Music by Jacinth Greywoode and Lyrics by Chase O'Neill
Book by Jacinth Greywoode and Chase O'Neill
Wisely ending on a humorous note after the intensity of the second work, this comedy of manners had us all laughing - just the right delivery. Michaela Sheehy as the matter of fact farm girl was a great contrast to Olivia Everett as the ever so proper Barbara Ross, her Long Island estate hostess. James Marzec comes back as the highly eligible bachelor Charles Scott.
This was an interesting way to experience musicals - and what was interesting was that there was no movement of the props on set between the performances, the entire thing was set up to be useful to all three very different musicals. Some clever thought has gone into that.
Solid and well performed!
This is being performed at the Subiaco Arts Centre twice an evening, tonight and tomorrow night.
10/10 entertaining and finding a box of chocolatier chocolate that no one else has been at on the Sid and Nancy Scale.
#fringeworld #fringeworld2018 #perth #review
https://fringeworld.com.au/whats_on/snacks-a-musical-tasting-plate-fw2018
In just 1 hour's performance we were transported to a hillside corn farm, to Whitechapel, 1888 and to Long Island!
Ludicrous Display's performance was great. In a musical (unlike opera) it's kind of important to be able to hear the words, and so often diction isn't clear or the music overshadows it. But we were left in doubt as to the narrative. The highly skilled and dynamic John McPherson on keyboard "I'll be your pianist tonight!" spun out the sprightly music for the other performers and kept everyone on track, as well he should, being also the Musical Director.
Strawman
Music by Jinhee Kim
Book and Lyrics by Cal Silberstein
This piece had my favourite characters - the wonderful Anzu, played by James Marzec and his attendant crows. The performers must have been studying the antics, playfulness and intelligence of real crows, because they sure nailed it. A lot of fun to watch, and I'm sure, in the end, something could be worked out to everyone's satisfaction.
Ben Thomas and Olivia Everett were a strong duo as the star crossed lovers.
Darling Jack
Music by Nick Stephens
Book and Lyrics by Rebecca Hart
This was the most intense of the productions. Antonina Heymanson as Wendy Maybrick's innocence intelligence against the knowing Ben Thomas as Johnny Gill and Thomas Owen as the powerful and looming Dr Maybrick.
The inversion of a popular tale about another Wendy (and if you've read it, you'll recognise the darkness in the original) melded with the darkest legend of Whitechapel is a powerful one, and the performers make it resonate.
Completely chilling if you know anything at all about Whitechapel and 1888.
Schooled & Lettered
Music by Jacinth Greywoode and Lyrics by Chase O'Neill
Book by Jacinth Greywoode and Chase O'Neill
Wisely ending on a humorous note after the intensity of the second work, this comedy of manners had us all laughing - just the right delivery. Michaela Sheehy as the matter of fact farm girl was a great contrast to Olivia Everett as the ever so proper Barbara Ross, her Long Island estate hostess. James Marzec comes back as the highly eligible bachelor Charles Scott.
This was an interesting way to experience musicals - and what was interesting was that there was no movement of the props on set between the performances, the entire thing was set up to be useful to all three very different musicals. Some clever thought has gone into that.
Solid and well performed!
This is being performed at the Subiaco Arts Centre twice an evening, tonight and tomorrow night.
10/10 entertaining and finding a box of chocolatier chocolate that no one else has been at on the Sid and Nancy Scale.
#fringeworld #fringeworld2018 #perth #review
https://fringeworld.com.au/whats_on/snacks-a-musical-tasting-plate-fw2018
Thursday, 22 February 2018
G'day folks.
G'day folks. Rob has been sick all week so we're going to take a break from rpging on Friday. So your Friday evening is your own this week! We should be back to your usual program next week.
Elaine Walker, Garry Winterton Stephen Gunnell just give me a response so I know you know.
Elaine Walker, Garry Winterton Stephen Gunnell just give me a response so I know you know.
Wednesday, 21 February 2018
Michelle Zahner takes us through a fun and thoughtful journey through the life of a modern day superhero, and how...
Michelle Zahner takes us through a fun and thoughtful journey through the life of a modern day superhero, and how they're perceived by others. What transformations may occur during this process? The pressure of the public gaze - sometimes helpful, but what will it do to you?
Using a combination of poetry, The Evening Standard, journals, some cool acrobatics, delicious looking bakery products, the eager and ever willing* Australian theatre volunteer from the audience, a neat projector system and overhead markers Michelle describes the inner turmoil of her heroine, her friend or is it nemesis - and what legacy the Shadow leaves the world.
When a disaster creeps rather than pounces, when people make tiny adjustments to their life rather than doing something about it - when somebody notices and does something about it is when heroism occurs. I did very much like that line, and I hope I'm remembering it right - ~Noticing is the gateway drug to Heroism~.
Zahner's changes of character and associated body language and voices were exceptionally good - highly skilled! Enough for myself as one of the hapless and unskilled volunteers to easily lip-synch the cartoon heroine's voice when needed with the projector, all without seeing the screen or the actor.
At the start of the show you're asked to request something of the superhero by writing in her request book - I asked for a cure for coeliac disease for +Rob Masters who originally wanted to see the show and suggested we go, but he ended up getting a virus and couldn't attend. So I asked on his behalf. But alas, there are some things that superheros can't do. She did apologise.
The show asks questions but doesn't answer them. If you're like me, this makes you go and look up the answers.
I now know what the plural to nemesis is.
I knew what gluten is, of course with poor coeliac husband.
And I also now know what the male equivalent to a damsel is.
~there is a word and it's in the OED ~
A thought provoking and inspiring show, thoroughly entertaining.
10/10 Kapow! Watching "The Tick" monolog on the bus on the way to the City for the first time in The Tick Vs The Idea Men, on the Sid and Nancy Scale.
*this is irony.
#fringeworld #fringeworld2018 #perth #AModernHero
https://fringeworld.com.au/whats_on/a-modern-guide-to-heroism-sidekickery-fw2018
Using a combination of poetry, The Evening Standard, journals, some cool acrobatics, delicious looking bakery products, the eager and ever willing* Australian theatre volunteer from the audience, a neat projector system and overhead markers Michelle describes the inner turmoil of her heroine, her friend or is it nemesis - and what legacy the Shadow leaves the world.
When a disaster creeps rather than pounces, when people make tiny adjustments to their life rather than doing something about it - when somebody notices and does something about it is when heroism occurs. I did very much like that line, and I hope I'm remembering it right - ~Noticing is the gateway drug to Heroism~.
Zahner's changes of character and associated body language and voices were exceptionally good - highly skilled! Enough for myself as one of the hapless and unskilled volunteers to easily lip-synch the cartoon heroine's voice when needed with the projector, all without seeing the screen or the actor.
At the start of the show you're asked to request something of the superhero by writing in her request book - I asked for a cure for coeliac disease for +Rob Masters who originally wanted to see the show and suggested we go, but he ended up getting a virus and couldn't attend. So I asked on his behalf. But alas, there are some things that superheros can't do. She did apologise.
The show asks questions but doesn't answer them. If you're like me, this makes you go and look up the answers.
I now know what the plural to nemesis is.
I knew what gluten is, of course with poor coeliac husband.
And I also now know what the male equivalent to a damsel is.
~there is a word and it's in the OED ~
A thought provoking and inspiring show, thoroughly entertaining.
10/10 Kapow! Watching "The Tick" monolog on the bus on the way to the City for the first time in The Tick Vs The Idea Men, on the Sid and Nancy Scale.
*this is irony.
#fringeworld #fringeworld2018 #perth #AModernHero
https://fringeworld.com.au/whats_on/a-modern-guide-to-heroism-sidekickery-fw2018
Some more photos from Club Swizzle.
Some more photos from Club Swizzle.
#clubswizzle #lasoiree #fringeworld2018 #fringeworld #perth
https://photos.app.goo.gl/WuIt7ArcaTfjefNG3
#clubswizzle #lasoiree #fringeworld2018 #fringeworld #perth
https://photos.app.goo.gl/WuIt7ArcaTfjefNG3
The sizzle factor is hot in this one!
The sizzle factor is hot in this one! If you go, expect coarse language, a bit of female toplessness and quite a bit of rudeness. But also expect extreme skill and good times.
Welcome to Club Swizzle! With a cast of amazing performers, from acrobats, reverse strip tease artists, musicians, dancers, rollerskate artists, tap dancers and the extraordinary and outrageous Reuben Kaye this cabaret is so polished you can see your face in it, from 10 years ago.
The transformation of a bar that's serving drinks into a performance stage where, indeed, a performer will leap onto a table that people are sitting at (if you're on the table at the end of the bar you are going to have company) or steal a drink.
But it's all in good fun - watch the antics of the waiter acrobats during the breaks, watch the interplay between characters and above all enjoy!
10 out of 10 slick, and Rocky Horror meets Rollerskate Derby at the Restaurant and the End of the Universe on the Sid and Nancy Scale.
#fringeworld #fringeword2018 #perth #clubswizzle #lasoiree
Patrick Hercamp (you might know him from Sound & Fury) has a fresh look for the Scottish Play with his 30 minute...
Patrick Hercamp (you might know him from Sound & Fury) has a fresh look for the Scottish Play with his 30 minute Macbeth. But don't be fooled, it's respectful of the work, and you can't do it this well without a full understanding of the nuance of the original.
Full of audience participation, an unusual point of view and a masterful soliloquy in the midst of otherwise frantic narrative declaiming, it's one I'll try to see again if I can. Because not only is it funny, it's extremely well polished.
It also has a huge narrative power of the oral tradition, the repeated phrases becoming hypnotic and bringing us into the limnal world of story, the supernatural and the forces of destiny. It's really powerful, and hilarious at the same time.
Watching him assume the identities of all the characters, male and female is a masterclass in the art of roleplaying.
My regular readers, all two of them, may recall that Hamlet is the play I'm most familiar with. I've only seen Macbeth once or twice, but it's so much more interesting than Hamlet - full of sound and fury and actually signifying quite a lot.
The first time I saw it I was really favourably impressed and I've had quite the soft spot for it ever since. Patrick has further distilled the story, given it modern language and his enthusiasm for the whole thing infects the audience. You can't help but be impressed.
2-4-1 Sessions for Fringe Friends are available. Highly recommended and
there are sessions on every night from now until the end of Fringeworld Perth.
10/10 Ebullient and a solar powered filigree steampunk wrist television on the Sid and Nancy Scale. Everyone should have one!
#fringeworld #fringeworld2018 #perth
https://fringeworld.com.au/whats_on/30-minute-macbeth-fw2018
Full of audience participation, an unusual point of view and a masterful soliloquy in the midst of otherwise frantic narrative declaiming, it's one I'll try to see again if I can. Because not only is it funny, it's extremely well polished.
It also has a huge narrative power of the oral tradition, the repeated phrases becoming hypnotic and bringing us into the limnal world of story, the supernatural and the forces of destiny. It's really powerful, and hilarious at the same time.
Watching him assume the identities of all the characters, male and female is a masterclass in the art of roleplaying.
My regular readers, all two of them, may recall that Hamlet is the play I'm most familiar with. I've only seen Macbeth once or twice, but it's so much more interesting than Hamlet - full of sound and fury and actually signifying quite a lot.
The first time I saw it I was really favourably impressed and I've had quite the soft spot for it ever since. Patrick has further distilled the story, given it modern language and his enthusiasm for the whole thing infects the audience. You can't help but be impressed.
2-4-1 Sessions for Fringe Friends are available. Highly recommended and
there are sessions on every night from now until the end of Fringeworld Perth.
10/10 Ebullient and a solar powered filigree steampunk wrist television on the Sid and Nancy Scale. Everyone should have one!
#fringeworld #fringeworld2018 #perth
https://fringeworld.com.au/whats_on/30-minute-macbeth-fw2018
Tuesday, 20 February 2018
Ticket taken, hooray!
Ticket taken, hooray!
One Free ticket available for tonight - Rob has a cold and it would be a shame to waste it. First come, first served.
Club Swizzle - This production is on at The Ice Cream Factory 100 Roe Street, and is the main big venue - the old Kailis fish factory. Collect the ticket from me some time after I come out of the 30 minute Macbeth at the nearby Ramp. The Club Swizzle performance starts at 8.00 but me and mum will be seated well before then.
These are general tickets, not standing or posh. https://fringeworld.com.au/whats_on/club-swizzle-fw2018
Dinner options for GF are not present at the Icecream Factory, so I'll be eating at home with Rob beforehand, but don't let that stop you enjoying what's there.
https://fringeworld.com.au/whats_on/club-swizzle-fw2018
One Free ticket available for tonight - Rob has a cold and it would be a shame to waste it. First come, first served.
Club Swizzle - This production is on at The Ice Cream Factory 100 Roe Street, and is the main big venue - the old Kailis fish factory. Collect the ticket from me some time after I come out of the 30 minute Macbeth at the nearby Ramp. The Club Swizzle performance starts at 8.00 but me and mum will be seated well before then.
These are general tickets, not standing or posh. https://fringeworld.com.au/whats_on/club-swizzle-fw2018
Dinner options for GF are not present at the Icecream Factory, so I'll be eating at home with Rob beforehand, but don't let that stop you enjoying what's there.
https://fringeworld.com.au/whats_on/club-swizzle-fw2018
Sunday, 18 February 2018
We saw Hands Some Feet briefly in a taster during the Showman's Dinner, where at 7pm in the Urban Orchard performers...
We saw Hands Some Feet briefly in a taster during the Showman's Dinner, where at 7pm in the Urban Orchard performers get on the table and demonstrate some of their show, or something else or their abilities.
I've never seen anybody juggling ~with someone else's hands~ before or behind their own back, so I was intrigued. This proved to be the mere snowflake at the tip of the iceberg.
The show is in the impressive Opticum at the Showman's Fair, and it's just about the sweetest and most lyrical use of juggling, music, skipping rope, wire and acrobatics I've ever seen. It's like a narrative symphony of beautiful human movement and it tells a story. It's all of a piece - flowing as naturally from one movement to another like a symphony - it's certainly hard to know when to applaud because you don't want to interrupt the story.
The two performers, Liisa Näykki and Jeromy Zwick, are in complete simpatico with one another during the performance, their interactions are entirely unaffected and naturalistic. A daring exploration totally out of the box with the more traditional forms of juggling and wire work.
See it, it's extraordinary and very sweet.
A word of warning though - the Showman's Dinner at 7:00 might detract from the gentle music of the performance (the Dinner show is LOUD) so go to the 6:00pm session if you can manage it. You can then go to the Showman's dinner afterward!
10 out of 10 poignant and on the Sid and Nancy Scale: Torville and Dean's Fire and Ice, if the ice were icecream, and the Fire hot chocolate and peppermint sauce.
#fringeworld #fringeworld2018 #perth
https://fringeworld.com.au/whats_on/hands-some-feet-fw2018
I've never seen anybody juggling ~with someone else's hands~ before or behind their own back, so I was intrigued. This proved to be the mere snowflake at the tip of the iceberg.
The show is in the impressive Opticum at the Showman's Fair, and it's just about the sweetest and most lyrical use of juggling, music, skipping rope, wire and acrobatics I've ever seen. It's like a narrative symphony of beautiful human movement and it tells a story. It's all of a piece - flowing as naturally from one movement to another like a symphony - it's certainly hard to know when to applaud because you don't want to interrupt the story.
The two performers, Liisa Näykki and Jeromy Zwick, are in complete simpatico with one another during the performance, their interactions are entirely unaffected and naturalistic. A daring exploration totally out of the box with the more traditional forms of juggling and wire work.
See it, it's extraordinary and very sweet.
A word of warning though - the Showman's Dinner at 7:00 might detract from the gentle music of the performance (the Dinner show is LOUD) so go to the 6:00pm session if you can manage it. You can then go to the Showman's dinner afterward!
10 out of 10 poignant and on the Sid and Nancy Scale: Torville and Dean's Fire and Ice, if the ice were icecream, and the Fire hot chocolate and peppermint sauce.
#fringeworld #fringeworld2018 #perth
https://fringeworld.com.au/whats_on/hands-some-feet-fw2018
So yesterday we rolled on down to the Icecream Factory and attended the premier of the Acapocalypse - the Fringe...
So yesterday we rolled on down to the Icecream Factory and attended the premier of the Acapocalypse - the Fringe season for them has ended, just the two shows - so The Baden Street Singers don't need me to drum up business for them right now, but you should know that they were excellent. The Edith Spiegeltent was full - the show was sold out on the Saturday, and I'm not surprised.
If you like A capella music then try to catch them - they're a large group and they're very accomplished and do various shows around the place. This was the story of two groups of singers competing for glory in the A capella finals, one Millenial, and one 80's. The amusing storyline of secret identities and romance (and live bees) kicked along jauntily as the carrier for some great numbers, and the highlight for me was the riff-off - an a cappella medley switching from Millenial to 80's and back with precision, passion and lovely voices.
Great singing, snappy costumes and good humour will have me looking for their other events with anticipation. #fringeworld #fringeworld2018 #perth
10 out of 10 Impressive and finding the Philharmonic Orchestra is standing in as your mobile phone ringtone on the Sid and Nancy Scale.
https://fringeworld.com.au/whats_on/acapocalypse-fw2018
If you like A capella music then try to catch them - they're a large group and they're very accomplished and do various shows around the place. This was the story of two groups of singers competing for glory in the A capella finals, one Millenial, and one 80's. The amusing storyline of secret identities and romance (and live bees) kicked along jauntily as the carrier for some great numbers, and the highlight for me was the riff-off - an a cappella medley switching from Millenial to 80's and back with precision, passion and lovely voices.
Great singing, snappy costumes and good humour will have me looking for their other events with anticipation. #fringeworld #fringeworld2018 #perth
10 out of 10 Impressive and finding the Philharmonic Orchestra is standing in as your mobile phone ringtone on the Sid and Nancy Scale.
https://fringeworld.com.au/whats_on/acapocalypse-fw2018
Thursday, 15 February 2018
It's 10'oclock on a #fringeworld2018 night in #perth and you find yourself with some time before your next thing.
It's 10'oclock on a #fringeworld2018 night in #perth and you find yourself with some time before your next thing.
Perhaps you've enjoyed the Showman's Dinner and Show and have been relaxing a bit, looking at the buskers in the Cultural Centre, maybe taken a ride on the tiny Ferris Wheel. Perhaps you've seen our very own Tim McDougall's Cabinet of Curiosities nearby at Cafe IK in the Showman's Fair.
But now you wander into the Showman's Fair, and grab yourself some tokens (4 for this show - $20) and stroll up to the rear of the Fair. A strange but compelling structure of wood awaits you - The Opticum - climb the stairs to the inside where you find yourself in a miniature Octagon style theatre.
This is the performance space of the exciting Thunderdog Circus!
This is an energetic performance and an extraordinary melding of music and acrobatic work. Zen knife throwing is very exciting. Some wow with the foot dexterity too!
Mainly springboard and ropework but perhaps the springboard is the most rivetting, jump on the springboard - wheee and onto the musician's gallery and play the drums all without missing a beat!
The springboard guys get hot during the performance, but they don't stop the performance just to remove their attire, they just keep on bouncing, and they're in the air long enough to make it look relaxed!
A vital and remarkable performance in a very cool venue with live band supplemented by the acrobats dropping in to play their bit.
Highly recommended 10 out of 10 and the first time you watched the Boans amazingly convoluted donut machine crank out donuts on the Sid and Nancy scale.
https://fringeworld.com.au/whats_on/circus-thunderdog-fw2018
Perhaps you've enjoyed the Showman's Dinner and Show and have been relaxing a bit, looking at the buskers in the Cultural Centre, maybe taken a ride on the tiny Ferris Wheel. Perhaps you've seen our very own Tim McDougall's Cabinet of Curiosities nearby at Cafe IK in the Showman's Fair.
But now you wander into the Showman's Fair, and grab yourself some tokens (4 for this show - $20) and stroll up to the rear of the Fair. A strange but compelling structure of wood awaits you - The Opticum - climb the stairs to the inside where you find yourself in a miniature Octagon style theatre.
This is the performance space of the exciting Thunderdog Circus!
This is an energetic performance and an extraordinary melding of music and acrobatic work. Zen knife throwing is very exciting. Some wow with the foot dexterity too!
Mainly springboard and ropework but perhaps the springboard is the most rivetting, jump on the springboard - wheee and onto the musician's gallery and play the drums all without missing a beat!
The springboard guys get hot during the performance, but they don't stop the performance just to remove their attire, they just keep on bouncing, and they're in the air long enough to make it look relaxed!
A vital and remarkable performance in a very cool venue with live band supplemented by the acrobats dropping in to play their bit.
Highly recommended 10 out of 10 and the first time you watched the Boans amazingly convoluted donut machine crank out donuts on the Sid and Nancy scale.
https://fringeworld.com.au/whats_on/circus-thunderdog-fw2018
Tuesday, 13 February 2018
Swancon says the Tin Duck Award Nominations close tomorrow (Wednesday) at 11:59pm.
Swancon says the Tin Duck Award Nominations close tomorrow (Wednesday) at 11:59pm.
Please send them via email to info@swancon.com.au - if there's anything you'd like to draw my attention to or remind me of that you think is worth putting up, let me know asap.
I was very grateful that A Matter of Scale was nominated for the Tin Duck last year and quite astonished to have it then win, so perhaps don't trust your own instincts, ask someone whose opinion you respect, and go for it if they tell you to!
Originally shared by Lyndon White
Tin Duck Award Nominations close tomorrow (Wednesday) at 11:59pm.
Please send them via email to info@swancon.com.au
Please send them via email to info@swancon.com.au - if there's anything you'd like to draw my attention to or remind me of that you think is worth putting up, let me know asap.
I was very grateful that A Matter of Scale was nominated for the Tin Duck last year and quite astonished to have it then win, so perhaps don't trust your own instincts, ask someone whose opinion you respect, and go for it if they tell you to!
Originally shared by Lyndon White
Tin Duck Award Nominations close tomorrow (Wednesday) at 11:59pm.
Please send them via email to info@swancon.com.au
Sunday, 11 February 2018
Friday, 9 February 2018
Throughout this #fringeworld2018 in #perth we have the opportunity to go to the Showman's Dinner at the Urban...
Throughout this #fringeworld2018 in #perth we have the opportunity to go to the Showman's Dinner at the Urban Orchard (just opposite the Art Gallery in the Cultural Centre).
We enjoyed it very much last night, taking a stroll around the Urban Orchard, enjoying a peeled & sliced while you wait with cinnamon and sugar apple from a lady with a trike and dress as red as her apples, and seeing a remote controlled table and chairs go by as a personalised tour for two - the showmen spruiking their shows - The Surfer, Het, Grit & Glitter all full of fun and ones we tried and enjoyed.
Wander up to HotMammaHot, make enquiries about whether they can cater to your dietary needs (they were able to do us lovely gf on the night, but polite to check) pay your 20 dollars, and get a blue ticket. At 7:00pm plonk yourself down at the long table, maybe get yourself a drink (but people may come from Gage Roads and take orders) and wait for the show.
I expect it changes from night to night depending who's available, but you're likely to see lariat, whip, acrobatics and other entertainment leap up onto the table. Servers bearing hanging planks arrayed with plates full of dinner will come to you. If it's anything like what we had, it'll be delicious cubed bbq'd meat and salad with bun or potato, with a very cosmopolitan feel for sauce and veggies.
Entry into the area is free, so you can just wander in and catch the show from the other tables if you're not feeling hungry and soak up the ambience.
But $20 for a meal and a variety show, with a backdrop of city and the whole feel of it? Highly recommended.
10 out of 10 delicious to all senses and on the Sid and Nancy Scale, well that's a bit tough but perhaps a catered family bbq at the Circus sideshow. If your family was cool.
https://fringeworld.com.au/whats_on/the-showman-s-dinner-fw2018
We enjoyed it very much last night, taking a stroll around the Urban Orchard, enjoying a peeled & sliced while you wait with cinnamon and sugar apple from a lady with a trike and dress as red as her apples, and seeing a remote controlled table and chairs go by as a personalised tour for two - the showmen spruiking their shows - The Surfer, Het, Grit & Glitter all full of fun and ones we tried and enjoyed.
Wander up to HotMammaHot, make enquiries about whether they can cater to your dietary needs (they were able to do us lovely gf on the night, but polite to check) pay your 20 dollars, and get a blue ticket. At 7:00pm plonk yourself down at the long table, maybe get yourself a drink (but people may come from Gage Roads and take orders) and wait for the show.
I expect it changes from night to night depending who's available, but you're likely to see lariat, whip, acrobatics and other entertainment leap up onto the table. Servers bearing hanging planks arrayed with plates full of dinner will come to you. If it's anything like what we had, it'll be delicious cubed bbq'd meat and salad with bun or potato, with a very cosmopolitan feel for sauce and veggies.
Entry into the area is free, so you can just wander in and catch the show from the other tables if you're not feeling hungry and soak up the ambience.
But $20 for a meal and a variety show, with a backdrop of city and the whole feel of it? Highly recommended.
10 out of 10 delicious to all senses and on the Sid and Nancy Scale, well that's a bit tough but perhaps a catered family bbq at the Circus sideshow. If your family was cool.
https://fringeworld.com.au/whats_on/the-showman-s-dinner-fw2018
Thursday, 8 February 2018
Perth was lucky enough to have Welcome to Night Vale visit us again this week with their current show, All Hail.
Perth was lucky enough to have Welcome to Night Vale visit us again this week with their current show, All Hail. This time the Astor Theatre was the venue, which is nestled in the temptations of Mt Lawley's many food and drink offerings. With its lovely deco architecture it's always lovely to visit this theatre.
The musical support act and the Weather (this is a NightVale thing) was a powerful and skilled singer by name of Erin McKeown - http://www.erinmckeown.com/ Amazing guitar, and friendly and sociable, I particularly enjoyed her song Where did I go but all of them were great and I'm looking forward to listening to the albums I picked up from her after the show.
All Hail brings into the spooky, creepy, funny and just plain weird desert town, with its golden voice, the dapper Cecil Baldwin. Like their other productions you don't need to be a follower of the podcast (which is up to many, many episodes) as most things can be picked up as you go along. Clever writing and some fine acting as well as well modulated voices made it a great night!
Audience participation is necessary. However, if your curiosity is peaked, then DO listen to the podcasts in order.
10 out of 10 hugely entertaining, and Wallace Greenslade with supporting Neddy & Co. do Stranger Things on The Sid and Nancy Scale.
http://www.welcometonightvale.com/live/
The musical support act and the Weather (this is a NightVale thing) was a powerful and skilled singer by name of Erin McKeown - http://www.erinmckeown.com/ Amazing guitar, and friendly and sociable, I particularly enjoyed her song Where did I go but all of them were great and I'm looking forward to listening to the albums I picked up from her after the show.
All Hail brings into the spooky, creepy, funny and just plain weird desert town, with its golden voice, the dapper Cecil Baldwin. Like their other productions you don't need to be a follower of the podcast (which is up to many, many episodes) as most things can be picked up as you go along. Clever writing and some fine acting as well as well modulated voices made it a great night!
Audience participation is necessary. However, if your curiosity is peaked, then DO listen to the podcasts in order.
10 out of 10 hugely entertaining, and Wallace Greenslade with supporting Neddy & Co. do Stranger Things on The Sid and Nancy Scale.
http://www.welcometonightvale.com/live/
Hi!
Hi! Just got back from an alternate timeline where the song Blue Monday from New Order was written 50 years earlier than it was in our one. Especially for Rob Masters
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHLbaOLWjpc&feature=share
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHLbaOLWjpc&feature=share
Wednesday, 7 February 2018
Sunday, 4 February 2018
Danger Dave Ruebens gave us a great show!
Danger Dave Ruebens gave us a great show! He's got one more show tomorrow night, so if you like some thrills with your magic, then he might be the one for you.
With entertaining patter, multiple card tricks and a truly chilling feat involving 5 industrial stapleguns, Danger Dave is not for the faint hearted! Whilst not in the juggling chainsaw sort of over the top display level, Danger Dave gives us a sideshow feel with his British voice and everyday tools and his Evel Knieval type getup.
Good magic and sideshow tricks utilising hammers, nails, cruel animal traps, and yeah, that thing with the staple guns still has me going "Phew!". I appreciate a good mechanic, and I was thoroughly entertained.
8/10 Rivetting, and David Copperfield doing Backyard Blitz on the Sid and Nancy Scale.
https://fringeworld.com.au/whats_on/stunt-magician-danger-dave-reubens-fw2018
With entertaining patter, multiple card tricks and a truly chilling feat involving 5 industrial stapleguns, Danger Dave is not for the faint hearted! Whilst not in the juggling chainsaw sort of over the top display level, Danger Dave gives us a sideshow feel with his British voice and everyday tools and his Evel Knieval type getup.
Good magic and sideshow tricks utilising hammers, nails, cruel animal traps, and yeah, that thing with the staple guns still has me going "Phew!". I appreciate a good mechanic, and I was thoroughly entertained.
8/10 Rivetting, and David Copperfield doing Backyard Blitz on the Sid and Nancy Scale.
https://fringeworld.com.au/whats_on/stunt-magician-danger-dave-reubens-fw2018
The season has ended for this show at #fringeworld #fringeworld2018 #perth but Soothplayers deserve a huge mention...
The season has ended for this show at #fringeworld #fringeworld2018 #perth but Soothplayers deserve a huge mention for their hilarious ability to pick up on the most banal (or should that be anal?) suggestions from the audience. A medical student was chosen from the shouted suggestions "The Tribulations of Dyschezia" and after being prompted by the main Soothplayer for the meaning of the word, the Soothplayers let rip with a positive stream of fecund creativity.
Plop, John, Bucket and other characters fertilised our imagination with the terrible rivalry between two Mayors of towns linked by a river. Mylantia and Arnot, with a blockage in trade constipating the prosperity of both towns.
Although hilarious what's pretty darn cool about the whole thing are a) the whole thing is improvised and very immersive and b) the real Shakespeare tropes - disguises that anyone should be able to see through, letters, plots, kinda gravedigger scenes, misunderstandings and they're just throwing it all out there and it's very, very Shakespeare!
10 out of 10 Hilarious, and watching the cast of Clue performing The Scottish Play for laughs on the Sid and Nancy Scale.
https://fringeworld.com.au/whats_on/completely-improvised-shakespeare-fw2018
Plop, John, Bucket and other characters fertilised our imagination with the terrible rivalry between two Mayors of towns linked by a river. Mylantia and Arnot, with a blockage in trade constipating the prosperity of both towns.
Although hilarious what's pretty darn cool about the whole thing are a) the whole thing is improvised and very immersive and b) the real Shakespeare tropes - disguises that anyone should be able to see through, letters, plots, kinda gravedigger scenes, misunderstandings and they're just throwing it all out there and it's very, very Shakespeare!
10 out of 10 Hilarious, and watching the cast of Clue performing The Scottish Play for laughs on the Sid and Nancy Scale.
https://fringeworld.com.au/whats_on/completely-improvised-shakespeare-fw2018
Friday, 2 February 2018
If you're in the city around 5:00pm tonight, look out for the huge busking event that will be running from tonight,...
If you're in the city around 5:00pm tonight, look out for the huge busking event that will be running from tonight, and Saturday and Sunday at various stages around the city.
#fringeworld #fringeworld2018 #perth
https://fringeworld.com.au/whats_on/hubs/city-of-perth-fringe-world-buskers-weekender
#fringeworld #fringeworld2018 #perth
https://fringeworld.com.au/whats_on/hubs/city-of-perth-fringe-world-buskers-weekender
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