the adelaide review - fringe 2015

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FEATURE

CONTENTS

Fear & Delight (26)

Listings (27)

Smashed (28)

Camille O’Sullivan (34)

Puddles (37)

Too Much Light (40)

Since launching in 1960, the Adelaide Fringe has grown to become one of the world’s biggest and best festivals of its kind.In 2015, The Adelaide Fringe hosts around 1110 events in 376 different venues covering cabaret, music, comedy, circus, dance, fi lm, design, theatre and visual art.The Adelaide Review proudly presents its inaugural Adelaide Fringe feature.

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A’ Sheela & Nayima Show

240 Franklin Street

Sheela Langeberg & Nayima HassanA spellbinding Tanzanian and Egyptian dance showcase presented by two masters of the cultural dance of their ancestry. A story like no other as their poetry in motion captures the divine female spirit in sacred dance devotion. An awakening from ancient lands that the circle of life begins and ends with the hypnotic drum beat that immerses our hearts and souls. Be transcended as these desert � owers take you on a journey to the exotic night of Cairo and heights of Kilimanjaro. ‘The African Queen’ meets ‘The Jewel of the Nile’.

Friday, February 20 & Friday, February 27, 8pm

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BY DANIELA FRANGOS

Gastronomical Circus

The company that gave us smash hit shows Limbo and Cantina will deliver the world premiere of an immersive and multi-sensory

theatre and dining experience this Fringe season.

Marrying elements of live music,

circus performance, culinary

art and a nighttime club setting,

Fear & Delight is a literal feast

for the senses. Show creator and Strut & Fret

director Scott Maidment tells The Adelaide Review he wants to offer a multi-dimensional

experience.

“It all started from the type of experience that I’d like to have – go out for a super

funky meal, see a show and party on after

that,” he explains. “I started exploring these

types of shows; I went to New York, Vegas,

London, just seeing different shows that were

combining different experiences and then

I started developing the concept of Fear & Delight.

“Having done shows like Cantina and Limbo we’ve had quite a good track record

of creating shows that Adelaide audiences

have loved, and I really just wanted to push

the envelope a little bit further.”

Described as “Willy Wonka meets Heston

Blumenthal in a burlesque bar” the show

will meld the talents of boundary-pushing

food architects the Dutch Food Slingers

(Didier Prince and Roy Wiggers), who will

create sensory-based courses from entree

to dessert, and culinary scientists Bompas

& Parr, known for their immersive, flavour-

based installations.

“There’s going to be some crazy things that

are inspired by the terms ‘fear’ and ‘delight’,”

Maidment hints.

“[Bompas & Parr] do things like cooking with

lava and lightning, and they did a scratch and

sniff version of Peter Greenaway’s The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and her Lover. They’ve also

done things like a walk-through mist of gin and

tonic, and hallucinogenic tea.”

Maidment describes Adelaide as a town

of “good food and good drink” and says he

wants to offer something completely new to

the gastronomically spoilt city.

“We know what an amazing food culture

South Australia has, and we wanted to tap

into that with Fear & Delight and give local

audiences something they’ve hopefully never

experienced before.”

Restricted to 100 people per night, the

innovative dining experience will take place

under the stars before the 14-metre square

dining table transforms into a stage, giving

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Miniatures and small scale works produced by 19 visual arts and craft practitioners.

Opening: 2pm - Sunday 8 February 2015Exhibition Dates: 11 February - 21 March

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Fear & Delight

Garden of Unearthly Delights

Friday, February 13 to Sunday, March 15

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Tangentleman

Thebarton Theatre

Ross NobleRoss Noble is back showcasing his talent in his brand new show, Tangentleman. With an on-stage presence like no other, his exuberance, spontaneity and cerebral style have established him as one of the world’s best-loved comedians. The master surrealist uses an in� nite imagination and plenty of tomfoolery, which is sure to have

audiences in � ts of laughter. Famed for his � ery and � uid freewheeling style, Noble creates comedy gold from tiny particles of random nonsense. Known for improvising vast swathes of his act from night to night depending on what, or more likely, who, sparks his fertile imagination. This is your chance to see one of the world’s most critically acclaimed stand-ups in a hysterical night with Tangentleman.

Tuesday, March 10, 8pm

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guests front row seats for the show. The show

itself will feature an international cast of

performers including renowned dancer Anne-

Caroline Boidin, aerialists Nick Beyeler and

Saulo Sarmiento (La Soiree), acrobatic trio

15ft6 and clown Spencer Novich (Cirque du Soleil).

“There’s performers fl ying in from Paris,

the Ancillary Islands, Zurich and Belgium,”

Maidment says.

The performances will be backed by the music

of electro-swing duo The Correspondents,

ex-Adelaide vocalist Simone Page Jones and

drummer Holly Madge (Cee Lo Green, Robyn,

Duran Duran).

Fear & Delight guests will be able to

choose from three ticket levels: The Complete

Experience, The Show, and the Devil’s

Lighthouse.

The premium ticket includes a decadent

and sensorial journey of dinner, drinks and a

show, and entry to an after party at The Devil’s

Lighthouse – a plank-by-plank reconstruction

of a deep south gospel church, located at the

northern entrance of Rymill Park. The late

night haunt will feature a line-up of DJs and

bands and a specially curated cocktail list by

Bompas & Parr.

“It’s a multi-layered experience and once

people know what it is it’s going to be super

exciting,” Maidment says. “It’s not just like

going to see a show for an hour – if you do

the complete experience you could possibly

be there from 8pm till 1am or later.”

Fringe veteran Maidment has been coming

to the festival since his debut as a performer in

1994. In 2002 he, with Buxton Walker, started

the Garden of Unearthly Delights.

Maidment says he has seen many changes over his 20 years with the festival, including a

shift from the west to the east end of the CBD.

“When I fi rst started coming to the Fringe

it was all in the west end, near the Lion Arts

Centre, and there was nothing near Rundle

Street,” he says.

“Now it’s been – in the last few years –

really focused in the East End, but I think

Adelaide has grown big enough where it can

have a really strong east end, it can have

stuff in Victoria Square, and I think there’s

going to be a big push to have stuff in the

west. The audiences are big enough where it

can really take over the whole city, I think.”

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Café Zimmermann V

Burnside Town Hall BallroomCnr Greenhill & Portrush Roads, Glenside

adelaide baroqueCafé Zimmerman recreates the music and atmosphere of 18th century café life in leipzig. At his café, Gottfried Zimmerman hosted the Collegium Musicum, a society for chamber music and pleasure. At

Zimmermann’s café, Bach and Telemann often performed their recent secular compositions. They had an appreciative audience for both their music and the new elixir, coffee! enjoy shared tables with BYO supper and drinks while experiencing great Baroque music including the exhilarating Brandenburg Concerto No v of Bach and orchestral works by Telemann and Graupner.

Saturday, February 14 and Sunday, February 15, 7.30pm

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Donkey

Comedy Super Nova, Palace Nova, 250 Rundle Street

Hannah GadsbyMulti-award nominee hannah Gadsby returns to Adelaide with a brand new hour of stand-up about her new bike, donkey, and how she will never ride the same way again. last year, Gadsby sold out shows in Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, hobart, Canberra and Brisbane before heading over to perform in the edinburgh Fringe and record her own BBC radio series. She also gave the small screen a whirl with her brilliant ABC arts series Hannah Gadsby’s Oz receiving rave reviews and her acting debut on Josh Thomas’ Please Like Me. Donkey is classic Gadsby… but not as you know her.

Tuesday, March 3 to Sunday, March 15, 7pm (excl Mondays)


Faulty Towers the Dining Experience

Ambassadors Hotel, 107 King William Street

Produced by Interactive Theatre InternationalThey’re back! Basil, Sybil and Manuel return for their eighth “food snortingly funny”(Fringe) with a fresh format and a souped-up menu (Australian Stage). in a show that’s two-thirds improvised, no two performances are ever the same... so expect the unexpected as these three infamous hoteliers serve a three-course meal along with trademark Faulty service and a good dollop of mayhem. “laugh till you cry through two riotous hours of food, wine and impeccable comic timing,” (The Great Aussie Bite, Sydney Opera house 2014). “it is brilliant,” (Adelaide Now).

Saturday, February 14 to Sunday, March 15 daily (excl wednesdays), various times

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With its use of contemporary dance, theatre and mathematical notations, Smashed is a juggling experience like no other.

Sean Gandini and his wife’s (Kati Yla-

Hokkala) troupe, Gandini Juggling,

has been breaking juggling boundaries

for more than 20 years, and Smashed

is the first show the UK company will bring to

Australia. An homage to famed German dancer

and choreographer Pina Bausch, the award-

winning production has been running since

2010 and explores conflict with its nine jugglers

on stage who not only juggle crockery and apples

but smash them as well.

“We open with one of these Pina Bausch

parades where the performers do a simple bit

of juggling but everybody is very much in time,”

Gandini says about the opening of Smashed.

“We look out at the audience and there’s a kind

of hello and welcome. One shouldn’t give it away,

but in a way that welcome is promising a world

we’ll go to. The first 15 minutes of the show sets

up an environment that we then break.”

Smashed explores gender politics, as the male performers tease and harass the two

female jugglers.

“That doesn’t come in until about 20 minutes

into the show. I think there’s one scene in

particular, which is a real breaker, where you

go, ‘Well, okay, I’m not watching a variety show

anymore’. In a way I quite like that because it’s

a little bit like, I think, a horror movie or where

you’re watching one kind of film and then all

of a sudden you’re like, ‘Ahhhh’.”

Gandini was raised in Havana by his

communist parents who moved to Cuba when

he was four. From an early age in Cuba, Gandini’s

interests were in the seemingly disparate fields of

magic and mathematics. Why maths and magic?

“I was thinking about this the other day,

and ever since I was about five or six I just

had this yearning to perform and it has

kind of been with me my whole life. My dad

is a scientist, so I guess I got maths from

him and in a way ironically there’s a lot of

recreational jugglers who are mathematicians

or physicists and I don’t know why that is.”

Maths plays a part in Smashed.

“We use mathematical tools to compose

juggling – that sounds a bit complex but there’s

been a mathematical notation called Site Swap

that has been around for about 25 years. It’s just

a marvellous tool for quickly writing juggling

sequences. Since we present Smashed with

nine jugglers, there’s a scene where everybody

is sitting on chairs and the juggling is all in time

with the music and it’s very easy to score with

these mathematical systems but it’s no more

mathematical than, say, music notations.”

Gandini says that the audience won’t

necessarily get this sense of mathematics when

watching Smashed but the latest show they

premiered (4x4: Ephemeral Architectures)

is more imbued with mathematical structures.

“That one is more pure than Smashed,

whereas Smashed has a theatrical side and

this is, in a sense, almost a dance piece. It

has four ballet dancers and four jugglers and

we commissioned a string quintet. It is very

beautiful and we are very happy with it.”

The art and science of juggling

Smashed

Royal Croquet Club

Saturday, February 14 to Sunday, March 14

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13 Feb–15 Mar 2015 Royal Croquet Club – The Panama Club

Victoria Square/Tarntanyangga

“Bubbling over with invention... Just fantastic.” Metro (UK) “A fruity mix of maths, movement and mayhem.”

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You are cordially invited to a tea partythat you will never forget… A mesmerising mix of circus

and theatre, inspired by the work of Pina Bausch.

14 Feb –14 Mar 2015Royal Croquet Club – The Panama Club

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“When he plays, melodies tumble out e� ortlessly, as he slides from theme

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of Thelonious Monk.”The Guardian

Revered pianist and composer, Abdullah Ibrahim has been hailed as the greatest exponent of Cape jazz. His solo concerts create a very special and intimate atmosphere, heart-stopping melody combined with a powerful spirituality.

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13 Feb–15 Mar 2015 Royal Croquet Club – The Panama Club

Victoria Square/Tarntanyangga

“Bubbling over with invention... Just fantastic.” Metro (UK) “A fruity mix of maths, movement and mayhem.”

The List

You are cordially invited to a tea partythat you will never forget… A mesmerising mix of circus

and theatre, inspired by the work of Pina Bausch.

14 Feb –14 Mar 2015Royal Croquet Club – The Panama Club

Victoria Square/TarntanyanggaBOOK NOWadelaidefringe.com.au

Abdullah IbrahimADELAIDE EXCLUSIVE

Presented by Arts Projects Australia in association with Adelaide Festival.

Tuesday 10 March, 8pmAdelaide Town Hall

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“When he plays, melodies tumble out e� ortlessly, as he slides from theme

to theme like a laid-back South African reincarnation

of Thelonious Monk.”The Guardian

Revered pianist and composer, Abdullah Ibrahim has been hailed as the greatest exponent of Cape jazz. His solo concerts create a very special and intimate atmosphere, heart-stopping melody combined with a powerful spirituality.

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Hahndorf Academy, 68 Main Street, Hahndorf

astra ParkerAstra Parker’s steel forms are derived from a fascination with species regeneration, life cycle and the interdependence of natural forms. her sculptures embody patterns of growth and cycles of regeneration existing within life forms and interpret processes of seed germination,

cell division and the release of new life. She considers the creation, or self-replication of seeds and cells and their predetermined biological blueprint and external environment changes in the generation of new life. This is reflected in the making processes of the work in finding the relationship of one part to another and how each fits within the greater whole.


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Germein Sisters - Because You Breathe

Aurora Spiegeltent, The Garden of Unearthly Delights

2014 saw South Australia’s Georgia, Clara and ella (aka Germein Sisters) take their unique brand of pop/folk/rock around the world and promote their album Because You Breathe, which was recorded in ireland with The Corrs producer Billy Farrell to audiences far and wide. Now preparing for their Adelaide Fringe show, these local girls will inspire and entertain the audience with their well crafted songs, intricate melodies, topped off by their beautiful sibling harmonies. Tickets to their last three Spiegeltent Fringe shows sold out.

Friday, March 6, 7pm

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Helpmann Academy Graduate Exhibition 2015Drill Hall, Torrens Parade Ground, Victoria Drive

The helpmann Academy Graduate exhibition is the landmark exhibition for graduates from South Australia’s tertiary art institutions. This unique exhibition showcases the talent of our top emerging artists from Adelaide Central School of Art, Adelaide College of the Arts (TafeSA) and School of Art, Architecture and design (UniSA).

Friday, February 13 to Sunday, March 8, 10.30am to 4.30pm

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Shane Howard CD Launch, 6pmwith Halfway to Forth dramatix.com.au/trinity tix $30/$25Shane’s 13th solo album, ‘Deeper South’, features songs full of music and poetry that are deep and dark yet illuminated by great shafts of light. From Solid Rock in 1982 to the unique southern coast in 2015.

Feb 08

Jo Quail (UK), 7:30pm110 mins . adelaidefringe.com.au tix from $23Jo Quail plays a bespoke electric cello combining traditional playing methods with extended technique to create rich orchestration, and percussive sounds added to create ‘majestic soundscapes’.

Feb 20, 21

Ruth Moody (CAN), 7:30pm120 mins . adelaidefringe.com.au tix from $28Australian-born, Juno Award winning songwriter from Winnipeg, Canada and a founding member of the internationally-renowned trio The Wailin’ Jennys.

Feb 26

Edwina Hayes (UK), 6pmwith The Fiddle Chicksdramatix.com.au/trinity tix $25Beautifully written songs, charming stage presence and voice of an angel – Edwina has opened for Jools Holland and Van Morrison.

Mar 22

Trinity SessionsADELAIDE’S INTIMATE CONCERT VENUE

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“the only thing you hear is the music”

G E N E R AT I O NBotanical inspired sculptures by Astra Parker

FEBRUARY 13 – MARCH 22OPENING FRIDAY 13 FEBRUARY AT 6PM Hahndorf Academy, 68 Main Street, Hahndorf

10am – 5pm 7 daysContact: 08 83887250

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Jo Quail

Church of the Trinity, 318 Goodwood Road, Clarence Park

Presented by Trinity Sessionslondon-based Jo Quail plays a bespoke electric cello combining traditional playing methods with extended technique to create rich orchestration, and percussive sounds added to create ‘majestic soundscapes’. each performance is a journey, an invitation to explore a musical landscape that Quail

creates fearlessly from her interaction with the cello. Those that have witnessed one of Quail’s concerts will know that she is a musician with a formidable presence. in the current climate of withering attention spans where style so often seems to overcome substance, Quail’s music follows its own singular path.

Friday, February 20 and Saturday, February 21, 7.30pm

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Le Gateau Chocolat - ICONS

The Deluxe, Garden of Unearthly Delights, Rundle Park, East Terrace

Opera and lycra loving cabaret sensation le Gateau Chocolat storms back to Adelaide with the world premiere of his new work, ICONS. walking the tightrope between his public and private personas, le Gateau Chocolat explores relationships with our icons – the people, the moments, the books, the relationships that have come to shape us, or the ideal we aspire to. expect an eclectic mix of music; pop to opera, Kate Bush, and whitney, elvis to wagner and Shirley to Gershwin as le Gateau investigates his own objects of worship through the songs and music of his personal icons.

Friday, February 13 to Sunday, March 15, 8.30pm (daily excl Feb 16 and 23 and Mar 2 and 9)

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“Brendan Fitzgerald Quartet is a very impressive unit”

(Cabaret Broadway World, 2013)

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Memento Mori: Remember You Are Mortal

Masterpieces of Vivaldi, Bach & Haydn with a projection of art images exploring the joy and beauty of life in the face of its ultimate

conclusion. Performed by the acclaimed period instrumentalists of Ensemble Galante.

“What a treat for the ears!...an outstanding group

of musicians...exquisite period instruments...sparkling performance” (Radio Adelaide)

The Jade Monkey

140-160 Flinders St, ADELAIDE Friday, Saturday & Sunday, March 6, 7& 8 at 7:30 pm.

Tickets available from Fringetix:adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix

1300 621 255 or at the door (unless sold out) $25/$20

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Limbo

Aurora Spiegeltent, Garden of Unearthly Delights, Rundle Park, East Terrace

The ultimate party, staged somewhere between heaven and hell, is back for a limited season with circus that’s wild, wicked and out of this world. From the creators of Fear & Delight, this record-breaking, award-winning Spiegeltent sensation is back by popular demand to bring you the greatest party between heaven and hell. This is a dirty and dangerous celebration of otherworldly proportions directed by Scott Maidment and set to Sxip Shirey’s thrilling live score. Don’t miss your chance to see the show so hot, Madonna came twice! Go again and relive the magic, or if you missed out on a ticket last time, this is your chance to see what all the fuss is about.

Friday, February 13 to Saturday, February 28, various times(excl Mondays)


Memento Mori : Remember You Are Mortal

The Jade Monkey, 140-160 Flinders Street

Ensemble GalanteMasterpieces of Vivaldi, Bach and Haydn with a projection of art images exploring

the joy and beauty of life in the face of its ultimate conclusion. Performed by the acclaimed period instrumentalists of Ensemble Galante.

Friday, Saturday & Sunday, March 6, 7 and 8, 7.30 pm

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Pocket Art: charms, miniatures and small scale multiplesGallery 1855, 2 Haines Road, Tea Tree Gully

Exhibition of small scale works by 19 visual art and craft practitioners. Artists: David Baker, Catherine Buddle, Gary Campbell, James Edwards, Keith Giles, Frances Grif� n, Sally Heinrich, Alan Jury, Alison Main, Holly Marling, Janet Neilson, Julie Pieda, Jessamy Pollock, Lee Salomone, Margaret Sanders, Regine Schwarzer, Ewa Skoczynska, Niki Sperou and Rachel Young.

Opening: Sunday, February 8, 2pmExhibition: Wednesday, February 11 to Saturday, March 21. Gallery open: Wednesday to Saturday, 12pm to 5pm

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BY DAVID KNIGHT

Camille O’Sullivan

The Garden of Unearthly Delights

(Aurora Spiegeltent)

Friday, February 13 to Sunday, February 15

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“It was like 66 hours of travel,” O’Sullivan

says, “and with a baby, [but] she kept her

spirits going. I think there were three

cancelled fl ights due to fog, in Abu Dhabi

and London. We got to Hong Kong in the end and,

by that stage, our luggage – we were trying to trace

it, it was lost – but we got the luggage last night.”

Luckily, O’Sullivan secured her luggage

before her first show in Sydney, the night

before this interview. O’Sullivan performed

her show Changeling as part of the Sydney

Festival, which she will bring to Adelaide for

the Garden of Unearthly Delights.

O’Sullivan is a raw and sensual performer

Camille O’Sullivan

Due to cancelled fl ights, Camille O’Sullivan’s journey to Australia took the

Irish chanteuse almost three days, but the self-taught singer will make the most

of her two-month Australian stay.

known for her cabaret renditions, but the

theatrical performance style of O’Sullivan is

as much infl uenced by Nick Cave and Leonard

Cohen as Weimar cabaret. Changeling, a show

based on her 2012 album of the same name, is the album that saw O’Sullivan move from cabaret

standards to renditions of late 20th century artists

such as Radiohead, Cohen, Cave and Nine Inch

Nails. The former architect, with a background

in acting, who decided to pursue a singing career

after a near fatal accident, has wowed Adelaide

audiences as part of the Adelaide Fringe and

Cabaret Festivals, and this tour will be a “best

of” as well as songs from the Changeling album.

“There are some very old songs that people

mightn’t have heard before, like the lovely Leonard

Cohen song Anthem; and Galileo by [Declan]

O’Rourke, who has Australian ancestry, is one that

stands out for the audience here; and, of course,

[Look Mummy No] Hands is an old favourite, as

well as songs from the album - All the World is Green [Tom Waits] and Revelator [Gillian Welch].”

Recently, O’Sullivan released an album of the

project she performed with the Royal Shakespeare

Company, The Rape of Lucrece, which she says

puts that collaboration to bed. While in Australia,

O’Sullivan will perform in a show dedicated to the

music of David Lynch fi lms, In Dreams: David Lynch Revisited, and she is part of the Adelaide

Festival’s Tommy extravaganza by Eric Mingus and Hal Willner, in which she’ll play the mother.

“They offered me that part, which means I’ll

do the Fringe and then I come back, I think a

week or two weeks later, and do the Festival, in

a part I’ve never done. I’ll just go for it and have

a laugh. Then afterwards – it’s the way it goes

when you interpret other people’s work or act:

you can get these bits where you are added as a

guest - is with the Barbican in London, who are

doing it in conjunction with Sydney Opera House,

the music of David Lynch, so that will keep me

there until mid March. I’m excited about that; I

love doing my own shows but it’s so nice to be a

part of somebody else’s project.”

With the Lynch project, it won’t be the original

music that Lynch has recently recorded but songs

from his fi lms and former Bad Seed Mick Harvey

is also part of that project. On the topic of the Bad Seeds, O’Sullivan says she’s always wanted to

record a “very unusual take” of Nick Cave’s music,

as well as an album of original compositions.

“That’s been in my head for 10 years; I just keep

running away and singing other people’s songs.”

Until those projects see the light, O’Sullivan is

one of the most acclaimed performers of other

people’s work, as her dramatic renditions breathe

fi re into the songs to make them her own.

“I used to be embarrassed of being someone

who didn’t write their own songs, and someone

who sang others’ work. The incredible stories

these composers have written excite me, and

most of them are really emotional. That’s where

music adds to a lyric, which is potent already,

and to perform it on stage is really... sometimes

it feels like my real life is happening up there

and in my private life it’s not happening. I think

those songs are the songs that make me feel

that I’m really present. They are kind of like

magnets; you hear them and they just connect

to you and you’ve got to do it.”


ADELAIDE FRINGE

Ruth Moody and Band

Church of the Trinity, 318 Goodwood Road, Clarence Park

Presented by Trinity SessionsRuth Moody is an Australian-born, Juno Award winning songwriter from Winnipeg, Canada. Founding member of the internationally-renowned trio The Wailin’ Jennys, she has performed in sold-out venues around the world and made numerous critically-acclaimed albums. Moody’s world tour in support of her sophomore album saw her open for Mark Knop� er. Moody will be performing with her band; Adrian Dolan on � ddle, mandolin, viola, mandola and vocals; Adam Dobres on guitars, ukulele and vocals; and Sam Howard on upright bass and vocals.

Thursday, February 26, 7.30pm

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Soap

Royal Croquet Club, The Panama Club

Presented by Arts Projects AustraliaOut of � ve bathtubs a cast of acrobats splash about in choreographed majesty, an opera singer offers soaring arias amid a chic soundtrack that morphs from Sia to Handel and Tool to Beethoven, and the most skilled circus performers in the world transform the stage into a splash-� lled bathroom of sexy, seductive and sublime contemporary cabaret. Soap – one of the must-see shows of Adelaide Fringe 2015.

Friday, February 13 to Sunday, March 15, 8.30pm


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Spaghetti For Breakfast

Garden of Unearthly Delights, Umbrella Revolution, Rundle Park, Cnr East Tce & Rundle St

Sam Simmons2014 was a stellar year for Simmons – he was nominated for the Foster’s Comedy Award in edinburgh, won the helpmann Award for Best Comedy Performance and the Festival director’s Award at the Sydney Comedy Festival. Now based in lA, he is making a name for himself overseas with appearances on Conan and Adam devine’s house Party. don’t miss him on home turf before he disappears onto the international stage for good.

Friday, February 13 to Sunday, March 15, 9.30pm (excl Mondays)


Spirit Festival

253 Grenfell Street

Presented by Tandanya National aboriginal Cultural InstituteSpirit Festival is South Australia’s premier Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander Arts & Culture Festival presented annually

by Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural institute. Over five days Spirit Festival will showcase the best in local and national Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander dance, music, workshops, theatre and more, designed to appeal to all age groups.

wednesday, March 11 to Sunday, March 15

SPIRITFESTIVAL.COM

Take Five - The Dave Brubeck Story

Brighton Concert Hall, Brighton Secondary School, 305 Brighton Road

brendan Fitzgerald QuartetBrendan Fitzgerald Quartet recreates the world of iconic jazz musician dave Brubeck, his genius, his relationships, his humanity and popular acclaim. in 1959, dave Brubeck Quartet’s album, Time Out, became the first platinum jazz recording. Their composition

Take Five is the highest selling jazz instrumental of all time. Fitzgerald narrates the story at the piano with a projected montage of images from Brubeck’s life. Andy Firth and Peter Raidel, internationally acclaimed saxophonists, perform the music of Paul desmond, Brubeck’s creative ally and sometime adversary. This ensemble comprises four outstanding musicians, as Satomi Ohnishi (drums) and Quinton dunne (double bass) join the quartet for this unique event.

February 19, 21 & 22 and Saturday, March 14 (various times)

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FEATURE

BY aNNa MaZZONe

For a clown that doesn’t talk, this seven-foot downbeat jester has a voice of gold.

Puddles Pity Party


Friday, February 13 to Sunday, march 15

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From Atlanta, Georgia, Puddles the

Clown will be bringing his unique

performance to Adelaide Fringe for

the first time this year, joining a line-

up of other cabaret performances at the Garden

of Unearthly Delights.

Singing covers of rock ballads and pop

anthems, it was his YouTube performance

of Lorde’s Royals that gained him recognition

around the world and over eight million hits

online. The Kiwi heroine even praised Puddles’

cover, saying it was her favourite rendition of

the song.

The Puddles Pity Party has captivated

audiences around the world, from Montreal’s

Just For Laughs to the Edinburgh Fringe

Festival. Puddles toured the US and Europe

with rock band Eels, and even punched lead

singer Mark Oliver Everett on stage at a concert

in Austria. He’s done it all.

“I once sang my nation’s national anthem on

a news program with Richard Simmons and

the US Hot Dog Eating champion at a bowling

alley during a snow storm at 7 o’clock in the

morning. I had a pizza, six hot dogs, apple pie,

an imperial pint of stout and a terrible cup of

coffee for breakfast,” Puddles says (via email).

“That’s my most memorable memory.”

So why the long face? Much about Puddles

remains a mystery. Always in costume and

never speaking a word, this pouty clown is best

seen to be understood. It seems like Puddles is

also curious about what to expect from Adelaide

Fringe.

“I’ve heard things can get a little wild. Like the time when Stobie The Disco Cuttlefish [the

2014 Fringe mascot] had a Darwin stubby too

many, chucked a wobbly and came a cropper in

the middle of the dance floor. What a cot case!”

The Puddles Pity Party is a performance that

resonates with all types of crowds and belts

out a diverse repertoire of hits.

“I don’t think it’s good to go to any party with

particular expectations. But I tell you that it

will be a night filled with song and sadness and

awkward camaraderie that will hopefully result

in gladness, or at least a little less sadness.”

I Pity the Clown

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Yana Alana - Between the Cracks

The Deluxe, Garden of Unearthly Delights, Rundle Park, East Terrace

Join Yana Alana, feather ruffler, rabble-rouser, and cabaret provocateur for a bent night of blues, burlesque and blame. From poetry to unexpected musical numbers and wearing

little more than a slick of blue paint, no topic is safe from the ineffable Yana Alana. This is helpmann award-winning cabaret at its very best – incisive, hilarious, confronting and, most of all, musically divine. “One of Australia’s best cabaret stars,” Artshub. winner 2014 helpmann Award Best Cabaret.

Friday, February 13 to Sunday, March 1, 9.45pm (excl Feb 16 & 23)


The Secret Garden Party

Turkey Flat Vineyards Cellar Door, Bethany Road, Tanunda

Holly Throsby supported by Kaurna Cronin and echo and the empressThe Fringe will close in true Barossa style – with the perfect picnic in a secret garden, an afternoon nestled amongst the vines of

Turkey Flat’s Bethany vineyard graced with the beautiful melodies of holly Throsby, Kaurna Cronin and echo and the empress. The party includes delicious picnic fare from Barossa’s Tracy Collins, a few lawn games and, of course, a glass of Turkey Flat’s finest. Price includes delicious picnic boxes, which are designed to share, a glass of wine on arrival and show.

Sunday, March 15, 1 to 5pm

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Through the Looking Glass

Red Poles Gallery, 190 McMurtrie Road, McLaren Vale

Artists include George Angus, hannah Carlyle, Andrea Fiebig, Brendan Garrett, Jesse hamilton, Fruzsi Kenez, emma Klau, Philipa Kruger, Sara-Jayne Prince, ellen Schlobohm, Belinda Shaw, Janice vitrovsky. works respond to Pablo Neruda’s poem Ode to Broken Things. Artists explore life through the looking glass – its patterns, its twists and turns and where sometimes the thread is broken.

Saturday, February 7 to wednesday, April 8

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Described by the New York Times as

“an entire Fringe Festival condensed

into one show” this interactive stage

show is a rapid-fire collection of plays,

running the gamut from comic to serious, political

to experimental, personal to preposterous.

Inspired by the Italian Futurism movement,

Neo-Futurism founder Greg Allen created the

show in 1988. It is currently the longest running

show in Chicago, and it is finally making its

way to Australia with a season at the Garden

of Unearthly Delights.

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Too Much LightIn today’s climate of waning attention spans, the Neo-Futurists’ 30 plays in 60

minutes, Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind, is the perfect antidote.

Neo-Futurist performer Ryan Good says

the show, comprising scripted and improvised

material, is an “ongoing, ever-changing

attempt” to perform 30 plays in 60 minutes.

“We hope to do 30 but sometimes you’ll see 27

and a half plays, sometimes you’ll see 30 plays and

have 30 seconds left at the end. Our final night

in Edinburgh we had just three seconds to go,”

he says. “All the plays are quite short, on average

about two minutes, but other than that they’re all

completely different. So there’s lots of interesting

explorations - there are movement plays, stand-

up, plays that are audience participatory – there’s

a ton of different stuff happening in the show.”

The writer-performers in the show present

an honest and intimate perspective on political,

personal and social topics while breaking down the

fourth wall between them and the audience. Each

play is independent of the next, with their only

unifying thread the element of honesty. “They all

come from a place of not pretending,” Good says.

“The whole aesthetic of the theatre

company is that there’s no pretending that

we’re characters, or in another place, or that

an object is there when it isn’t or that apple

juice is whisky, so we don’t ask the audience

to suspend their disbelief in any way.”

Good says the melange of stories within the show

can lead to some rather incongruous moments.

“In Edinburgh last year I had a play where I got a whipped cream pie in the face, and

then after that I had a very serious, sombre,

movement piece based at a military funeral

march. I’m sitting doing this very solemn piece

with whipped cream running down my face, so

that was unintentionally hilarious,” he laughs.

Audience participation is essential to the

show’s propulsion, with crowd members

deciding how the night will play out.

“As you come in, you’re handed a menu, which is

essentially the show program. That has a list of 30

play titles, and we ask the audience to determine the

order we’re going to do the show in,” Good explains.

“So at the end of every single play we yell

‘curtain!’ and that is the cue for the audience

to yell out the number that corresponds to the

play they want to see next. You do really get an

experience on a particular night that is not going

to be like the next.”

At the end of each performance, an audience

member is asked to roll a die to see how many

plays are swapped out for new work for the next

night, so no two shows are the same.

“Whatever that die rolls, that’s the number of plays we’re going to remove and replace with new

ones for the following performance,” Good says.

At other times of the year the performers

would have a week between shows to write

the new plays, so they have adapted the rules

for the fast pacing of a nightly Fringe season.

“We’re not insane enough to attempt to create

up to six plays and learn them all before the

following night,” Good says. “We’ll have a pool

of plays we’ve already written to draw from.”

Good was last here for the 2014 Adelaide Fringe

season with his one man show Sex with Animals,

an expedition through the animal kingdom’s sexual

habits. He says the intimate solo performance is a

drastically different beast to Too Much Light.

“The first time I did Sex with Animals it felt

so easy,” he laughs.

“After doing Too Much Light six nights a

week I thought, ‘Man, I can easily talk alone

on the stage for an hour’.”

Good is bringing his Animals show back to

the Garden in 2015, with new material, and a

deeper tread into online dating territory.

“A quarter of it is all new stuff which I’m

quite excited about,” he says.

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Red Poles FRINGE exhibition

Through the Looking Glass12 artists : 12 conceptsA response to Pablo Neruda’s poem

Ode to Broken ThingsFrom February 7 to April 8

190 McMurtrie Road, McLaren Vale SA 5171. Open Wednesday to Sunday from 9am to 5pm and public holidays

Live Music Sundays 08 8323 8994 [email protected] www.redpoles.com.au

Eighth Adelaide Fringe!'uproariously funny'

Rip It Up

'comedic gold'The Heckler

14 Feb-15 Mar 2015Ambassadors Hotel, 107 KingAmbassadors Hotel, 107 King William St

Lunch & dinner performances(All tickets include 3-course meal

& 2-hour immersive show)

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