A Thousand Words

4.5 out of 5 stars - 2 weekends remaining Tickets available @  https://nltc.sales.ticketsearch.com/sales/salesevent/142225 Billy Elliot was a musical I knew by title only. It’s about a boy that has a love for ballet. Therefore, I went along to NLTC’s production with no idea what I was to experience, and a 3-hour experience it was… tap numbers everywhere; OTT dance numbers featuring clothes; perfect consistent accents throughout; and a very distracting (in a good way) six-year-old… audiences will have to come back a second time to see everything they missed after watching Finn the whole time. Billy Elliot is a coming-of-age musical revolving around Billy Elliot, a motherless British boy who begins taking ballet lessons. The story of his personal struggle and fulfilment is balanced against a counter-story of family and community strife caused by the 1984–1985 miners' strike. Billy St. John, MD, undertook the task in teaching music to dancers and succeeded with great success and much ...

  3.14159... no... 3.5 out of 5 stars Tickets available:  https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1339997 The Theory of Relativity is a musical with music and lyrics by Neil Bartram, and a book by Brian Hill. The show introduces a compelling array of characters experiencing the joys and heartbreaks, the liaisons and losses, the inevitability and the wonder of human connection. The choice of musical for this new, independent group to perform, allowing everyone to showcase their singing and acting talents was a good choice, with all the production elements purposefully simple, maximising the on-stage talent, giving them the space and opportunities to give their all. The minimal movement that there was, was choreographed was received well, although could be tightened to become spectacular in its exact timing. Production Team members Jax Brooks, Darcie Yelland, Oliver Hallett and Alicia Hancock all brought their personalities and specialisations to the floor, drawing inspir...

ONLY PERFORMANCE: Thursday 20th March 2025, 7pm My final 2025 Adelaide Fringe experience was in Salisbury, experiencing Ray Bradbury’s Something Wicked This Way Comes at the Twelve25 Youth Centre, performed by the Salisbury Youth Performing Arts Group. This show was selected to be part of my 2025 Adelaide Fringe experience, purely from the title! One strange and dark year, Halloween came early on Oct. 24, three hours after midnight. This was the exact time Cooger and Dark's Pandemonium Shadow show arrived in Green Town. James Nightshade and William Halloway left their beds to watch the train pull in, but no one was manning it or the cars behind. Yet, the calliope's siren song beckoned all with impossible dreams and youth regained. Initially lured by its promises, the boys soon discover the diabolical truth about the carnival. Behind the mirror mazes and spooky characters, including the Illustrated Man and Mr. Dark, the cost of wishes can be nightmares. Only Jim, Will, and Wi...

4 out of 5 stars - THIS WEEKEND ONLY TICKETS:  https://adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix/margret-you-re-a-virgin-af2025 Nearly-graduated high-school student Margret is met with a life-changing discovery; despite never having had heterosexual sex, she finds herself pregnant. This mystery and miracle trials her bonds with family and friends, puts her faith to the test, and forces her onto a profound journey of self-discovery while on the cusp of her adolescence. With every Adelaide Fringe season, we see an influx of independent theatre production companies, which further creates opportunities for high-schoolers, freshly trained, or the stalwarts to showcase their skills and present new works. Gas Leak In The Air Productions is no exceptions, with  Margret, You’re A Virgin .   Written, directed and produced by Mackenzie Ann, this is a crucial example that Independent Theatre by Adelaide Artists can equal the standards of award-winning community theatre groups in our region. Th...

Photo: Jamie Hornsby 4.5 out of 5 stars - 4 shows remaining - SATURDAY ALREADY SOLD OUT! TICKETS:  https://adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix/first-love-is-the-revolution-af2025 This is a play about hunger and desire. It’s Romeo and Juliet pushed to deranged extremes, where the unlikely sweethearts are a 14-year old boy and a young fox with brutal birthrights. Rdeca’s whole family have fleas. Her mum is pushing her into making her first kill, a snivelling mole, before she’s ready. Basti is being bullied at school by kids who call him a shrimp. His dad is too busy flirting with the neighbour to be of any real help. Beneath the light of a full moon, Basti captures Rdeca, and so begins a star-crossed romance between hunter and prey. This is not a story to take in a literal sense but rather enjoy the themes and the fantasy behind it.   After reviewing  Dance Nation  last week, I was surprised to see a familiar face grace the stage once more in this production, but Wirra Ben...