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AXIS LIVES
By Lachlan Colquhoun
Prolific British producer and actor
Guy Masterson has three world
premieres at the Edinburgh festival
each year and has brought five shows
to Adelaide for the 2008 Fringe.
It’s all part of what is a career of “cross
pollenisation” between what he calls
the world’s most important English
language arts festival – Edinburgh
– and the second most important –
Adelaide.
“I take new work to Edinburgh every
year and then bring it down here to
Adelaide,” says Masterson.
Catch Guy’s
remaining
shows
American Poodle
Venue: Balfours Factory
(60mins) Pastry Tearoom from
5 – 9 March at 7.30pm and
Pastry Bakery
11– 16 at 7.30pm
Under Milkwood
Venue: Royalty Theatre
(105mins ) 10 March at 2pm
Goering’s Defence
Venue: Balfours Pie Tea Room
(70mins) 8,9 March 4pm
Follow Me
Venue: Balfours Pie Factory Pastry Bakery (70mins) 4 - 16
March at 9.00pm
“My plans are now to come back every
year and maybe set up my own venue
so I have a fixed home in Adelaide to
show my work.
“It’s all about exchange. I’ll take
Australian work back to Edinburgh and
I’ll bring British work here, and I think
that’s where I’m heading.
Masterson’s five shows are:
• American Poodle – “My solo piece
about the relationship between Britain
and the US.”
• Follow Me – The story of Albert
Pierpoint, the British hangman
responsible for the death of 450 people.
• Playing Burton – A one man show
about Masterson’s great uncle, the
legendary actor Richard Burton.
• Goering’s Defence – The last days of
Nazi leader Herman Goering.
• Under Milkwood – The legendary
Dylan Thomas poem on the stage.
All these shows, says Masterson, are
accomplished by bringing only three
actors from the UK.
“Lighting and sound wise we use the
technicians provided by the venue, and
I hire production assistance when I get
here,” he says.
“So you come into a venue that’s been
made for you by the Fringe and you
set the show up and make the show fit
the venue, rather than the other way
around.”
Setting up his own venue is part of a more
long term plan to establish his reputation
in Adelaide, attract sponsorship and make
his festival hopping professional life more
sustainable.
“You need to develop and audience with
Fringe Festivals because it build your
reputation and helps you keep going
with it,” he says.
“It’s a privilege to be able to write and
produce theatre and take it around the
world, to meet artists in the Garden of
Unearthly Delights and say ‘bring your
show to the UK.’”
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MEETS THE
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Legendary drummer Billy Cobham
has teamed up with keyboard
player and composer Colin Towns
to put together Meeting Of The
Spirits, a celebration of the music
of Mahavishnu Orchestra (of which
Cobham was a founding member)
as part of Adelaide Bank Festival
Of Arts.
They will be presenting the work at
Festival Theatre alongside guitarist
Frank Gambale, keyboard player Jukkis
Uotilia, bass player Philip Chayeb,
trumpeter Guy Barker, saxophonist
Ernie Watts, trombonist Marshall
Gilkes alongside Adelaide Symphony
Orchestra.
We speak over the telephone to Cobham
who says he came up with the idea of
Meeting Of The Spirits when was last
in Australia to perform at last year’s
WOMADelaide.
“I kept seeing all these posters around
the place advertising [US jazz pianist]
Herbie Hancock playing with Australian
orchestras and I thought, ‘That sounds
like a great idea! Why can’t I do
something like that?’ So I thought about
it and got in touch with a few people to
see if there would be any interest.
“In short, it’s now happening and we’re
coming down to do it.”
One of the Meetings Of The Spirits’
musicians is Australian-born guitarist
Frank Gambale who once billed himself
as Thunder From Down Under.
“Frank is one of the premiere players
of all time – one of the greatest in the
world as far as I’m concerned – and it
just so happens he comes from Australia.
So you didn’t have to beat me over the
head for me to realise that inviting Frank
along would help make it work.
“And Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
reveres Colin Towns’ work,” Billy then
said of the UK-born musician who has
worked with Deep Purple’s Ian Gillan
and is the composer of British television
themes such as Dalziel And Pascoe
and Pie In The Sky. “Colin is such a
great orchestrator so the combination
of all that with a great orchestra, great
musicians and great musicians is going
to be fantastic.”
I had to good fortune to meet Billy
when he was last in Adelaide. I probably
embarrassed myself, however, by telling
the great drummer that I had his first
solo album, 1970’s Spectrum, on vinyl
and I remember adding that as a young
teenager I’d been greatly impressed by
the stereo panning of his drums from
speaker to speaker. At the time, Billy
had laughed loudly and said, ‘We were
experimenting’.
“It’s really funny you should mention
that because I’m just getting ready to
work with Ken Scott, the engineer and
co-producer of that album, again,” the
musician laughs. “It’ll be the first time
in 30-something years that Ken and I
have worked together. We’re going to
be working in Boston and we’re actually
going to be using some of that old
equipment we used on Spectrum. We’re
going to be using tape echo machines
and echoplexes and all that kind of stuff.
“So maybe we’ll even get that panning
thing happening again.”
Billy makes his most recent recordings
available over the internet.
“It’s an interesting way to go,” he says,
“and it’s now sort of a necessary evil. It
shows up the incompetency of the record
industry and puts the music back into the
hands of the artists to do whatever they
can to promote themselves.
So, okay, this is what we have to do now.
We have to do what we have to do in
order to survive but I bet that we’ll find
a way. We’ll see where we go with it and
learn by our mistakes.
“But I have a sneaking suspicion it’ll
be a heck of a lot better than working
for a bunch of music industry pencil
pushers and legal eagles who don’t know
anything about music and have no idea
about how to push someone’s career,”
Billy concludes.
Meeting Of The Spirits, a
celebration of the music of
Mahavishnu Orchestra with
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, takes
place at Festival Theatre, Adelaide
Festival Centre, at 8pm on Sat Mar
7 and Sun Mar 8. Billy Cobham
Septet also play WOMADelaide on
Stage Two at 4.15pm on Sun Mar 9
and Persian Gardens on Wed Mar 5.
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WITH
HANS
Well, darlings here
we are, another year
– another Fringe and
Festival! This year,
somebody had the wise
idea of giving me my
own gossip page, how
very Sarah Jessica Parker
in Sex And The City. I’ll
apologise in advance
for any slander that may
occur and I promise to
use the word ‘allegedly’
as much as possible. If
you have any news or
fringe stories please
share them with me:
<hans@nova919.com.au>
THE SHOW
MUST GO ON!
I’m gonna put it out there now and
say that I think the hottest performer
of the Fringe is David- the bath boy
from La Clique. Sad faces on many
of the punters on Sunday night when
they were told that he wouldn’t be
performing due to illness. I am offering
my services as nurse right now.
CAL’S IN TOWN
You hear her every afternoon on Nova
and tonight Cal Wilson’s show opens.
Word has it that she has a rather
interesting support act that has an
uncanny resemblance to herself. Who
could it be??
STAR SPOTTING
Anyone who was at the garden on
Saturday will tell you that it was
PACKED… again, and all the stars
were out to play. Apart from myself
(cough, cough) Kevin Foley, who defies
the word star at the best of times, was
spotted with a cone of hot chips. He was
there with none other than Chris Lilley.
Mr. G and K-Fol were at Australian
Dance Theatre’s brilliant production
of G earlier and headed to The Garden
after a few drinks at Distill… where,
yes, I did treat many of the people there
to a rendition of Happy Birthday to my
friend Georgie ontop of the bar – so sad!
You can listen to Hans
“Dish The Dirt” on Nova
919 every morning with
Fitzy, Jules and Lisa.
Tommorow morning from
6am they will be talking
to Tom Stade and Justin
HamiltonMake sure you
check out Hans’ Fringe
show “The
Showpony
Tour” on every
Wed, Thurs and
Fri.
Tickets
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“Good dirty fun” The Scotsman (UK)
“The best, most perversely entertaining
show” The Age
“Massively enjoyable... a camp romp of epic
proportions that sees the packed room whooping,
clapping and singing their hearts out ” Metro (UK)
The Garden of Unearthly Delights
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The who’s who of Adelaide have
been reading The Fix, and is
it any wonder when one of our
celebrity newsboys is none other
than the iconic Johnny Haysman.
Last Friday, Johnny applied his
inimitable fashion sense to a Fix
t-shirt and was giving out the
mag at the Garden of Unearthly
Delights, where our pic finds
him with some of his many fans.
Get your copy of The Fix from
Johnny at the Garden on the last
two Fridays of the Festival and
Fringe.
ANNMARIE, ISABELLA,
LIAM & DYLAN
Highlights so far?
The ferris wheel, the human
fountain and the silent disco
What are you here for?
The family free day. It’s great to give
a donation and involve the kids
Craziest outfit you’ve seen
tonight?
A pink flamingo
If you were to work at the
Fringe, what would you do?
Acrobatics and standing on stilts
Silent disco dance floor – yay/
nay?
Yes (Isabella) and Yes, if I had the
guys (Annmarie)
BOB’S
FIX
by Robert Dunstan
Adelaide Bank Festival Of Arts
kicked off in fine style on Fri
Feb 29 with the blink-and-you’llmiss-it contemporary Spanish
opera Ainadamar, which closes
at Festival Theatre on Tue Mar 3.
Persian Garden, located at
Adelaide Festival Centre’s
Amphitheatre and stretching
down to the River Torrens,
is glorious. And there was a
funny incident on opening
night when Nicky Bomba was
entertaining the crowd with his
band Skarnival. Nicky had spied
a gentleman gaily dancing in
the crowd and invited him up on
stage. I immediately noticed that
the gentleman was none other
than Sir James Hardy! Nicky
asked Sir James his name and
introduced him as James just as
Lady Hardy – who in another life
was the model wife of Sturt and
state footballer Bob Shearman –
yelled out that it was, ‘Sir James’.
Nicky then said, ‘oh, it’s ‘sir’
James is it?’ without quite
realising he’d just invited the
luxury yachtsman and esteemed
winemaker onto the stage for 15
minutes of extra fame.
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THE ADELAIDE FIX 7
the ferris wheel?
Dippy Dog
Weirdest thing you’ve seen from a
height?
Some guy alone, by himself, just taking
photos. It was very sad!
Do you think you could have sex on
the ferris wheel?
You’d have to be quick
ROBIN
THE BOSS
ASSISTANT
OF THE FAIRY
FLOSS BANDIT
& JEMIMA
FERRIS
WHEEL
TALES
By Kerr y Loyson
Ah, ferris wheels. They’re as
emphasised in a child’s memory as
lollipop obsessions, imaginary pirate
play and sibling rivalry and along with
grandma swiftly sneaking through
some tasty treats, it’s probably as
exhilarating. However, the ferris wheel
holds intriguing secrets. Beneath each
squeaking seat lies a tale and with
every revolution, a potential bit of juicy
information. Join us, as we delve into
the Garden Of Unearthly Delight’s
ferris wheel tales…
Weirdest thing you’ve seen from a
height?
I saw two seagulls in full costume miming
Do you think you could have sex on
the Ferris wheel?
You could have sex anywhere, but you
have to be quick!
What’s the craziest thing you’ve done
on a ferris wheel?
We had sex on the Ferris wheel, you could
pretty much do anything on one
I would love to be a ferris wheel
operator because…
I could fulfil my dreams of being a smelly,
dirty carni
Best song to have playing while on the
ferris wheel?
Proud Mary – Big wheels keep on turning!
Best food to be snacking on while on
the ferris wheel?
Fairy floss
Weirdest thing you’ve seen from a
height?
This guy was wanking under his pants and
the people queuing up for the organic and
biodynamic fairy floss
Do you think you could have sex on
the ferris wheel?
No, definitely not. Only with a condom
because it gets rid of the rash
EAMON
KRIS
What’s the craziest thing you’ve done
on a ferris wheel?
I spat off it and it landed in someone’s
chips!
I would love to be a ferris wheel
operator because…
I like Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
Best song to have playing while on the
ferris wheel?
Limp Bizkit’s Rollin’, Rollin’, Rollin’
Best food to be snacking on while on
the ferris wheel?
Spit covered chips!
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What’s the craziest thing you’ve done
on a Ferris wheel?
I got kicked off it the other night for
smoking a cigarette
I would love to be a ferris wheel
operator because…
I could look up girls’ skirts!
Best song to have playing while on the
Ferris wheel?
Kylie Minogue’s Spinning Around
Best food to be snacking on while on
the ferris wheel?
Chips
Weirdest thing you’ve seen from a height?
The tops of buildings – you never see the
tops of buildings!
Do you think you could have sex on
the ferris wheel?
Yes, I have tried to!
KATIE
What’s the craziest thing you’ve done
on a ferris wheel?
I’ve always just sat there – but I might be a
bit risky and swing it a little!
I would love to be a ferris wheel
operator because…
I get to travel around lots of places, meet
lots of people and sit down all day
Best song to have playing while on the
ferris wheel?
Kate Nash
Best food to be snacking on while on
the ferris wheel?
Fairy floss
Weirdest thing you’ve seen from a
height?
A whole row of guys peeing
Do you think you could have sex on
the ferris wheel?
Yes!
FRINGY
FERRIS WHEEL
FACTS
• The Semaphore foreshore ferris
wheel was made famous when it
was used in the Elvis Presley movie
Roustabout.
CHAD, TOBIAS
& SHANE
I would love to be a ferris wheel
operator because…
Meet wicked chicks
Best song to have playing while on the
ferris wheel?
Rollercoaster of Love
Best food to be snacking on while on
• The largest ferris wheel in
the world is currently under
construction. Located in China, the
Great Beijing Wheel will stand 208
metres high.
• The main character from Stargate:
Atlantis, John Sheppard, famously
possessed a keen interest in ferris
wheels
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THE ADELAIDE FIX’S
HOT PICKS FOR
TUESDAY
CHILDREN’S
JOSIE LONG
CHEERING CARPET
SPACE THEATRE
11AM, 2PM, 7PM
JAZZ AT THE
BLACK NOTE
CAMILLE
THE GARDEN OF UNEARTHLY
DELIGHTS- UMBRELLA
REVOLUTION
11.30PM
DOM POLSKI CENTRE
(GROUND LEVEL)
7PM
When Camille last performed in
Adelaide, she drove The Adelaide
Review critic crazy with her sultry
performance. The guide says: “Like a
cross between Sally Bowles, Patti Smith
and PJ Harvey... a shining tour de force
surely destined to be a major star”.
Check out what gave our reviewer the
shivers if you can.
In a style reminiscent of New York’s
Village Vanguard, a live performance
from Bebop to Bossa Nova and beyond.
Various local and interstate bands
perform modern original and totally
improvised live jazz. Gallery of jazz
images and multimedia presentations
in cosy ambience of a nightclub. It
also runs for three hours, plenty of
entertainment.
From Italian company TPO comes an
enchanting and engrossing experience
for anyone who is – or ever was – a
child (everyone then). The Children’s
Cheering Carpet is technologically
enthralling; the ‘carpet’ itself creates an
immersive interactive environment. In a
trilogy of works, the performers share
their stories on a magical stage so that
together you can explore, play and dance
amongst the animations. Children’s
Cheering Carpet may be enjoyed as a full
trilogy or as individual productions – The
Japanese Garden, The Kurdish Garden
or The Italian Garden. Today is the
last day so if you go to the morning one
(Italian) you can come back for the rest
later that day!
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is modeled on an age-old southern
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This belief is evident at Pronto with the
slightly smaller menu and
takeaway focus.
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Following a sell out run in Edinburgh
last year, the whimsical Josie Long is
making her debut in Adelaide where
she plans to tickle us under the arms
until we squirm like over-stimulated
worms. “I’m trying to make my second
show as good as playing Uno with your
housemates or discovering foreign
chocolate bars with offensive names,”
Josie explains. Josie loves eccentrics –
especially those who go the extra mile.
They excite her… lots. She’s decided to
dedicate her show to those who make
an effort – some in more bizarre ways
than others.
TWILIGHT
Fasta Pasta has just introduced
its first café bar, Fasta Pasta Pronto.
Located on O’Connell Street, North Adelaide,
Fasta Pasta is a redesigned, smaller yet chic
version of its North Adelaide predecessor.
NOVA CINEMA
8.15PM
MUSIC IS MY SEX
ELECTRIC LIGHT HOTEL
(PRODUCERS BAR)
9.30PM
A one woman show about music being
as important an urge as sex. Emotional,
a soundtrack of our lives, and as most
people realise, just as important. Get
along to see exactly what Nina Nichols
means when she says that music is the
most important thing in her life.
FRINGE CLUB
CABARET @
HIGHER GROUND
HIGHER GROUND
10PM
Higher Ground burst onto the scene
last Fringe (Spirit of the Fringe Award
recipient 2007) and they’ve only got
bigger and better. An unequivocal
night of true Fringe Spirit, presenting a
tantalising mix of vaudeville, burlesque,
beauty, laughter, quirk and inspiration
topped with some foot stomping
delights both live and on the decks.
Expect the unexpected and fall in love!
Excellent.
CONTEMPORARY ART
CENTRE OF SA
10AM
In documenting the Aboriginal Tent
Embassy in Canberra, Susan Norrie
and David Mackenzie’s Twilight
considers Australia’s national identity.
A strategically placed site of protest
and Aboriginal activism, the Embassy
continues to exist as a platform for
indigenous rights and resistance. This
presentation is a satellite exhibition to
the 2008 Adelaide Biennial of Australian
Art Handle With Care curated by
Felicity Fenner.
TO WALK ON A
SEA OF SALT
CONTEMPORARY ART
CENTRE OF SA
One of two major exhibitions by
eminent Australian artists Rosemary
Laing and the collaborative duo of
Susan Norrie and David Mackenzie.
Rosemary Laing’s series to walk on a
sea of salt, photographed entirely within
South Australia, examines our sense
of national identity with reference to
the journeys made by early European
explorers and recent immigrants and
refugees.
THE ADELAIDE FIX’S
HOT PICKS FOR
WEDNESDAY
BILL HICKS:
SLIGHT RETURN
4
G
PALACE NOVA CINEMA
7PM
ADT STUDIOS
6PM
In this new Australian produced
film, in four corners of the globe, in
the four seasons, four outstanding
violinists guide us on an extraordinary
journey through their four very
different homelands. From the
springtime blossoms of Japan, into the
blistering heat and thunderstorms of
an Australian summer; from a joyful
autumn in New York, to the unforgiving
cold and human warmth of a Finnish
winter. Antonio Vivaldi’s well-known
The Four Seasons is given a brilliant and
bold new lease of life by the musicians,
as the timeless stories his music tells
form the backbone to this bold and
engaging celebration of friendship,
homeland and the cycles of life.
Garry Stewart is a legend, and when
the ADT roll out something, it’s always
impressive. This year is no exsception. For
the 2008 Festival Futures program, Stewart
presents G, a non-linear re-composition
of Giselle. Dislocating and transcending
Giselle’s romantic narrative, G converts
the dancers from characters into visceral
explorations of hysteria, sex, death, loss
and metamorphosis. Fusing the technical
prowess and technique of classical ballet with
his explosive and enthralling choreography
for G, Garry Stewart has further extended
the intensely physical dance for which he
and ADT have become internationally
renowned and revered. If you like your
dance, then you have to see this.
LOVERS & HATERS
– THE TURBULENT
TIMES OF DON
DUNSTAN
NORWOOD CONCERT HALL
8PM
X-STACY
THE LIPODOME
7.30PM
Feel the pain...she’s dead. Cause...drug
overdose. Left behind...mum, brother,
others. After last year’s production
Juvie, director Michael Edgecomb will
powerfully show you how drugs destroy
young lives, and those of everybody
around them. X-STACY features a superb
young cast who will push boundaries...
Lovers & Haters celebrates the Dunstan
Decade in a controversial new play. Under
Don Dunstan’s dynamic leadership,
South Australia was transformed from a
conservative backwater into a beacon of
social reform. Dunstan’s private life placed
great pressure on his public position, and
his personal passions – for the arts, dining
and social justice – drove his reformist
political agenda. Don Dunstan brought a
brilliant flash of colour to the grey world of
politics. Love him or hate him, there has
never been another politician like him.
THE GARDEN OF UNEARTHLY
DELIGHTS - SOCO CARGO
9PM
Although I was almost angry when I
saw that someone was cashing in on
Bill Hicks’ name, I figure he’s trying
top keep the message going. It’s just a
ride. Direct from London’s West-End
and Edinburgh Fringe: the true story
of one man’s attempt to change the
world through stand-up comedy. The
great comedian returns from the dead,
revealing how to end the war-on-terror,
why drugs are better than alcohol, and
what the Bush family has done for porn.
MURDER IN THE
CATHEDRAL
ST FRANCIS XAVIER’S
CATHEDRAL
8PM
City of churches? Then why not use
the canvas we have? Regarded as a
testament to T.S. Eliot’s skill as a poet
and dramatist, the engrossing story
of the events leading to the murder,
by King Henry ll’s knights, of Thomas
Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury.
Staged in the atmospheric setting of
Adelaide’s own cathedral.
THE AGE I’M IN
DUNSTAN PLAYHOUSE
8PM
It’s not how old you are but how you
are old. How old would you be if you
didn’t know how old you were? Do
you ever truly feel your age? Five
generations of Australians on stage.
Are their fears, hopes and joys the
only thing they have in common? The
acclaimed Force Majeure premieres
at the Adelaide Bank Festival of Arts
with their new creation The Age I’m
In exploring unique intergenerational
differences in a compelling dance/
theatre production. Drawing on
interviews with Australians aged nine
to 83, The Age I’m In highlights how
predictable and surprising our opinions
and experiences really are.
PETER PAN
ST PETERS COLLEGIATE GIRLS
SCHOOL
10AM
Take a trip back in time to storybook
yarns, or bring your kids and let them
see it live. Join Wendy, Michael, John
and Peter Pan on the adventure of
a lifetime. Watch as they join forces
with Tiger Lily, the Lost Boys and the
Indians to defeat Captain Hook and his
merciless pirates!
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THE FIX
REVIEWS
JASON CHONG:
EMOTICHONG
ELECTRIC LIGHT HOTEL, FRI
FEB 29
By Kerry Loyson
Shrewdly adopting an entangled theme
of emotion into his comedy act, Jason
Chong underpinned all forking topics
with sentiments of greed, happiness,
laziness and of course horniness, delving
into somehow related areas such as
his room-mate’s female encounters, his
experiences with being introduced to two
of South Australia’s renowned football
JAZZ AT THE BLACK
NOTE
Dom Polski Centre, Fri Feb 29
Ricky Hooper
The legendary Dom Polski Centre is the
ideal venue for jazz, where we heard the
well-measured and tastefully modulated
saxophones (tenor and soprano) of Mr
James Annesley and his able and supportive
ensemble. Advertised as a quartet but
actually a trio, Corey Hall played double
bass and Rob Eyers played drums. The
players and the debut introduction to his
girlfriend’s parents. Using data gathered
from a census conducted with close
friends, colleagues and Adelaide’s citizens,
in which emotion was the dominant
matter, Jason Chong’s performance had
its moments. With a comfortable, carefree
stage presence, Chong’s interaction with
the crowd was particularly charming.
Occasionally endorsing bouts of laughter,
which was specifically witnessed during
his Optimus Prime display, it was,
however, principally washed over with
more average, ordinary moments and
an over-reliance with the Powerpoint
presentation. A tolerable effort.
band presented sensitive and free roaming
renditions of great tunes such as You
Don’t Know What Love Is and Bye Bye
Blackbird with an elegant and deliberately
understated intensity, not to mention a
decent nod to authenticity and genuine
style. Hall’s bass playing was a highlight
during the Latin numbers, well backed up
by Eyers’ drumming, who made a solid
effort to play within the range of the musical
era the band was successfully evoking.
Jazz At The Black Note continues at
Dom Polski Centre at 7pm until Sun
Mar 16.
TOWNSHIP
STORIES
ROYALTY THEATRE,
SAT MAR 1
By Kerr y Loyson
Being South African, I was
particularly eager to see this
performance. This tale, set against
the backdrop of post-apartheid
township realities, removes all
bandages, bandaids, plasters and
bubble wrap from life’s existence and
exposes the bare flesh beneath; the
terrifying, raw, candid and repeatedly
sugar-coated truths that are too
often overlooked. This theatrical
SIDE BY SIDE BY
SONDHEIM
BURNSIDE BALLROOM,
THU FEB 28
Jennifer Stokes
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The classic art deco Burnside Ballroom
aptly evokes the epoch showcased in
Side By Side By Sondheim, a collection
of early songs by the great musical
dramatist Stephen Sondheim. The
highlights of the show occur when
the Burnside Players work to the
high camp facets of Sondheim’s work
in Gypsy, Follies or The 7% Solution.
Standouts include Tiffany WeldenHey, channelling the archetypal sassy
blonde broad of Jayne Mansfield or
performance was marvellous.
Compelling, gripping and extreme,
Township Stories is an eye-opener.
It transports you from your snug
and safe world and brutally shines a
glaring spot light on external truths.
With first-class acting, authentic
language and music and imaginative
stage props and alterations, its core
significance is crucial. Certainly
not for the faint-hearted, it is as
confronting and powerful as any
theatrical performance gets. It will
inspire, educate and move and while
it may be a little lengthy, it is one
piece of art that is sure to imprint
itself on your memory. Commanding.
Marilyn Monroe, while the comic duets
between Meg Tucker and Andrew
Monks reflect the duo’s vocal and
comedic talent. Verity House showcases
an accomplished voice and Emma
Charlton turns on wide-eyed charm,
but Cara Louise Brown is the real
showstopper, with an amazing voice
and costumes to match. Throughout
the 28-song performance Karen Snape
and Paul Hilton accompany on piano,
both supporting and, occasionally,
overwhelming the singing. Despite its
excessive length, this piece includes
some truly memorable performances
from talented Adelaide thespians.
Side By Side By Sondheim
continues at Burnside Ballroom at
various times until Sat Mar 8.
THE FIX
REVIEWS
THE MAGIC
OF NICHOLAS
TWEEDY
THE CAVERN CLUB,
SAT MAR 1
Col C
Nicholas Tweedy’s show of magic
and mentalism showcases his unique
talents through levitating, mind reading
and card tricks. The end results are
astonishing, but the elaborate journey
to get there takes a bit of the shine off
PORTRAIT OF
THE ARTIST AS A
YOUNG MOUSE
HIGHER GROUND, THU FEB 28
Angie Starr & Kim Mann
Where is the Mouse? Cheese
here! Hosting a variety show in an
underground living room setting with
house band, Monski spins her Wheel
Of Love for audience contestants.
A light-hearted, funny take on the
poignant search for self in the middle
years. Nibbling on cheese, this little
the predictable conclusion. When it
came to his final, much anticipated act
of the night I was overwhelmed by a
great sense of familiarity when Tweedy
pulled out the forks a la the great
Uri Geller. Tweedy’s use of humour
and laid-back style helped deliver an
interesting performance that left you
pondering the constant question, ‘How
did he do that?’.
The Magic Of Nicholas Tweedy
continues at The Cavern Club at
various times until Wed Mar 12.
mouse with a zigzag between her ears
had so much fun herself, the audience
thoroughly enjoyed themselves. Quirky
cabaret. Mouse-centric re-workings
of songs such as Send In The Mouse
performed with confidence. Delightfully
true. Endearing and charming. The
audience smile with her. Pink. Joyful.
Original. Cute! One is left feeling fond
of little Monski Mouse in her baggy,
sequined costume. Definitely go!
Monski gives vermin a good name.
Portrait Of The Artist As A Young
Mouse continues at Higher Ground
at 7pm until Sat Mar 15.
FAULTY TOWERS:
THE DINING
EXPERIENCE
OLD ADELAIDE INN (WAKEFIELD
ROOM), SAT MAR 1
DB
Just one of the offerings from
Interactive Theatre Australia,
this cringingly funny evening’s
entertainment begins with ‘Basil
Faulty’ (a formidable Nigel Bell), a
nightmarishly-bewigged Sybil (Alison
Pollard-Mansergh) and the uncannily
authentic Manuel (Andy Foreman
when I caught the show and Tony
Nixon later) summoning the ‘guests’
from the cocktail bar and attempting
to seat them in the restaurant. As
the three course meal is served,
the deliciously stressful fun begins:
Basil scolds one and all for putting
their elbows on the table and drips
John Cleese-calibre contempt; Sybil
‘sings’ birthday wishes (eeeek!);
the much-abused Manuel engages
in an elaborately obvious but
nonetheless joyous plate-breaking
gag; and set-ups straight from the
series Fawlty Towers kick off in
earnest, including the horse-racing
bet trick, a brief ‘Don’t Mention The
War’ glimpse and, to everyone’s
sheer delight, the escaped rat (“Is
Siberian Hamster!”) routine (and
no, it doesn’t involve actual vermin).
Traumatically hilarious - or should
that be hilariously traumatic? - this
is genuinely one of the Fringe’s best
and worth every penny (and insult).
At Sarah’s Café, Strathmore
Hotel and the Old Adelaide Inn
on select dates throughout the
Fringe until Sun Mar 16.
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DAVE GRANEY:
POINT BLANK
THE FIX
REVIEWS
THE GARAGE
INTERNATIONAL
Tony Thorne
HEART, SWORD AND
PERSEVERANCE
THE GARAGE INTERNATIONAL,
SAT MAR 1
DB
A somewhat unusual venue, a
modest but intrigued crowd and a
half-hour (recruitment?) movie that
was sometimes amateurish but also
frequently illuminating. Co-producer/
director/editor/et cetera Andrew
Bush’s documentary (in association
with Atlanta Bujinkan Dojo and other
martial arts groups) follows the cultural
conceptions of the ninja, the truth of
THE ESSENTIAL
FITCH & JOHN
ELECTRIC LIGHT HOTEL, FRI
FEB 29
Rosie van Heerde
This duo, Jarrod Fitch and Scott John,
are indeed a handsome pair. Decked out
in matching grey suits, they could have
been Mormons except for the material
they delivered. John’s ‘Shit Bar Jokes’
and Tiger Airlines observations were
welcome to
the form (ninjutsu) versus the images
portrayed in cinema (and beyond) and
the continuing study of the form into the
present day, with high-rankers including
Roy Wilkinson, Grandmaster Takamatsu,
Grandmaster Hatsumi and others
explaining the title and attempting to offer
an explanation as to why they continue
with the mysterious pursuit. An absolute
must for devotees of such disciplines while others will be reassured that it isn’t,
in fact, possible for a ninja to perform
a backwards triple-somersault through
helicopter blades.
Heart, Sword And Perseverance
takes place at The Garage
International at 5pm on Sun Mar 9.
hilarious, while Fitch kept the audience
amused with his John Howard/Kevin
Rudd impersonations. Highlights
included the Plight Of The Polar
Bear and the Naked Debt Collector
improvisational sketches, providing
maximum audience participation and
showcasing exactly why these guys are
regarded as real comic talents.
The Essential Fitch & John
continues at Electric Light Hotel at
9pm until Sat Mar 15.
The last time I’d seen Dave Graney
he was alone on the huge Brixton
Academy stage playing to a full
house that was waiting to see The
Bad Seeds. It seemed I was the only
audience member moved by his
strumming.
I had similar concerns when I walked
into the North Adelaide Community
Centre on Thursday night. Seated at
tables was an audience that was some
20 years Dave’s senior.
I need not have worried; prior
knowledge of the Moodists or The
Coral Snakes was of no importance.
Dave was going to lead us through
what it was to be the Man. Self
reflection was always there in his
lyrics and on stage banter but in the
Point Blank show these themes were
thoroughly penetrated by his “shtick”
of song, spoken word, and the
occasional stomping of his tap shoes.
Dave told us what it was to be that
aberrant thing, a performer.
Flanked by Clare Moore on
vibraphone and Mark Fitzgibbon
on piano, Dave began by defining a
square metre of stage, not so much
a physical space, but a concept,
a place to strike from, to reach
out from and sometimes to fall in.
From that square metre he wielded
his dangerous plastic sword and
questioned why you’d want to sing
for someone, anyone. He delineated
the drawbacks of having no pockets
in a jump suit, and he railed against
“writers”, those who skulk at the
back of the room never daring to
enter that square metre. I shivered in
the dark, clutching my notebook.
In the cool breeze on Tynte Street
after the show it felt good to know
there is a man called Dave Graney
still out there shooting Point Blank.
the Promethean’s spectacular 2008 Fringe Festival
Variety Cavalcade with three weeks of non-stop
jadrama!
zz
music
cabaret
The Idea of North
The Late Show with
Marmalade Circus
- International capella quartet.
- Mike Stewart Big Band
- jazz with a cool world vibe
Hiptones - Blues, Roots Jazz
Urban Jazz Quartet
20 Something
from the Fabulous Hiptones
- Über cool jazz
- Sassy Musical Cabaret
I Might be Edgar Allan Poe
Adam Page Solo - Winner
- black comedy drama
of the 2007 Adelaide Fringe
Award for Best Music by an
Emerging Artist
at 116 Grote Street, Adelaide
22 February to 16 March 2008
For session times and ticket prices please see
www.thepromethean.com.au, Fringe Guide or
book through FringeTIX 1300 374 643.
the Promethean
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THE ADELAIDE FIX 15
PERSIAN GARDEN
OPENING
N
WIIX
!
T TOSHIP
N IES
R
TOW
STO
TOWNSHIP
STORIES
COMPETITION
Thanks to Arts Projects Australia,
The Adelaide Fix has a double
pass up for grabs for Township
Stories, the gritty and confronting
whodunnit crime tale.
The production runs at the Royalty
Theatre, 65 Angas Street, until
Sunday March 9. To win a double
pass to any of the performances, be
the first to answer this question: In
which country is Township Stories
set? Send your answer to fix@
ripitup.com.au with “Township
Stories Comp” in the subject line.
Happy theatregoing!
BRIANNE
& KRIS
Highlights so far?
Still waiting for it! We’re going to La
Clique so that will probably be it
What are you here for?
A few drinks with friends, to see some
shows and The Becks
Craziest outfit you’ve seen tonight?
Two people dressed as maids
vacuuming the grass
If you were to work at the Fringe,
what would you do?
Those people on the poles
Silent disco dance floor – yay/nay?
Yay (Brianne) and Nay (Kris)
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SARAH & JAKE
Highlights so far?
The Garden of Unearthly Delights and
Hannah Gadsby
What are you here for?
Having a look around and we’re going
to see Every Film Ever Made
Craziest outfit you’ve seen tonight?
Someone dressed like a leopard
If you were to work at the Fringe,
what would you do?
Security guard
Silent disco dance floor – yay/nay?
Yes (Sarah) and Yes, if you’re under 14
NAT
DANI
Highlights so far?
The Garden
What are you here for?
Tom Tom Club
Craziest outfit you’ve seen tonight?
A big black man in zebra outfit and
a wig
If you were to work at the Fringe,
what would you do?
Flamingo lady
Silent disco dance floor – yay/nay?
Yes!
Highlights so far?
The opening night party
What are you here for?
Tom Tom Club and a few quiet drinks
with mates
Craziest outfit you’ve seen tonight?
A boy dressed up as a cow
If you were to work at the Fringe,
what would you do?
Acrobatics
Silent disco dance floor – yay/nay?
Yes, I think it’s good
PEEKAY
STREET-TALKS
WITH THOSE IN
NEED OF A FIX
The fastest talker in the west
and The Adelaide Fix’s favourite
man about town, PK, stumbled
into the Garden Of Unearthly
Delights on the weekend and
asked anyone he could find just
how they get their FIX...?
JASON
Coles brand Belgian chocolate ‘cause
it tastes like Haighs but is half the cost.
It’s awesome and actually made in
Belgium... Oh yeah and the Fringe.
HAYDEN
Dancing with the ladies in SoCo and
downing a hot cob... Corn that is.
RUSH!
EXHIBITION
OPENING @
HOTEL
RICHMOND
photos by Sia Duff
TOM
By getting a tasty breakfast at Citrus.
JIMEOIN
Having a level head and the power to
conduct interviews whilst setting up
table tennis tables.
PAUL
A soy hot chocolate from ‘Combi
Coffee’ here in the garden. It gets me
through the night.
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LIKE THE FIX? ARE WE
MISSING SOMETHING? CAN
YOU DO BETTER? CAN YOU BE
A PART OF ADELAIDE’S MOST
AMBITIOUS PUBLICATION YET?
YES YOU CAN!
We want to know what YOU think about the heady month of March –
what you think about a show you may have seen, whether you liked it
or hated it, a funky venue you stumbled across – anything!
Each edition, we’ll pick the best of the crop and we might even send
out some prizes, like a bag of CDs or tickets, or something.
We’re not sure yet.
Anyway, send your camera images, reviews, pics of strange people
doing strange things to fix@ripitup.com.au and we’ll take it from there.
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DALISO
CHAPONDA
by Robert Dunstan
The Republic Of Malawi (formerly
Nyasaland) is a densely populated
country in the south east of Africa
which is bordered by Zambia,
Tanzania and Mozambique.
It’s also the birthplace of comedian Daliso
Chaponda who very recently made his
comic debut on Australian soil as part of
the Best Of The Edinburgh Fest alongside
Canada’s Tom Stade, the UK’s Gordon
Southern and Ireland’s Maeve Higgins.
We have a quick chat to Daliso over
the telephone and he says he’s already
having a good time in Adelaide.
“I haven’t done any touristy things yet,”
he begins with a laugh, “because I’ve
just been meeting lots of people and
finding out a bit about the culture. I need
to hang out with normal people to get
a feel for the place before I take in the
landscape.”
Daliso attended university in Canada to
study computer programming but all that
quickly gave way to a life of comedy.
“I did some comedy out of curiosity – it was
just a little hobby that went from hobby to
job. So I’ve been doing comedy now for
about eight years and professionally for
three. And it’s all going very well.”
The comic cites Bill Cosby and Billy
Connolly as influences
“I like storytellers,” Daliso says. “So I
like to tell stories although I do have
a few punchy one-liners. Stories are
international whereas satire can be a bit
too specific – sometimes satire can lose
something when it travels to another
country. But a funny story is funny no
matter what country you might be from.”
Daliso says there is little in the way of a
comedy scene in the Republic Of Malawi.
“There’s nothing at all,” he laughs. “But
it’s slowly growing in South Africa and
I’ve performed a bit there. But that’s
only just started growing and it’s mainly
in the casinos. There are a few comedy
clubs but nothing like other countries.
“It’s been a slow transition since the
ending of Apartheid because there’s still
a lot of racial issues. In other countries
I can do a joke about race with no
problems, but in South Africa you have
to tread very carefully.
“There are certain lines you mustn’t step
over,” Daliso concludes.
Best Of The Edinburgh Festival
continues at the Governor
Hindmarsh from Tuesdays until
Sundays until Sun Mar 16 at
7.30pm. Friday and Saturday
evening’s comedy shows are
followed by The Late Show
featuring a smorgasbord of comic
talent at 10pm.
DAVE
NOTORIOUS B.E.E’S
ART PICKS
Adelaide born, Brompton living
Dave (sans surname) loves phowto
books, Burmese cats, bikes, super
balls, mangoes and The Fringe.
When he’s not caught up with the
aforementioned he’s busy taking
photos. Belinda Pappalardo caught
up with the Adelaide photographer
to get the low down on his
exhibition, interestingly named
Lollies For His Lolly Ball. And
yes, he has a sweet tooth…
No surname? I legally changed
my name to just ‘dave’, so I have no
surname. It only cost $120.
What’s your art exhibition about?
Creating interest in the book of
shopping lists I did so as to generate
a frenzied bidding war among
international publishers.
Do you have a sweet tooth? Yes.
Favourite sweet tooth craving fix:
The chocolate family.
What is your fave medium? crappy
photography, I am naturally artless.
How many art shows have you
done? One. I’m a dilettante.
How did you get into art? It’s all
around, I think we’re all into it.
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Fringe isn’t all about corn, comedians and cacks. It’s about art
mediums, collections, exhibitions and narratives too. So make sure
you get behind the local and international artists each displaying
their respective artwork in and around various venues throughout
this wonderful festival city we call Adelaide…
CHAIN OF 77 ART
PARTY #2
If I’m not taking photographs you
can find me: Riding my bike.
Favourite thing to photograph: Can
only be shopping lists, because that’s all
I’ve photographed the last year or two. I
need to find a more challenging subject.
Your favourite artist? David Blain.
One art ex you are planning to
check out this fringe? The Helpmann
Academy graduating class at the old
army barracks in the city; the zine
thing.
Check out his show at Adelaide
Arcade, off Rundle Mall, Adelaide.
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Linda Andary’s first solo exhibition
comprising of acrylics and oil works.
Concludes Sun Mar 16
‘The Father’ of digital art, Laurence
Gartel is showing, a serious American
art player and DVD maker. Also
showing is Mackie Osborne, the album
art technician for Melvins, Mr Bungle,
Tool, Tricky, and Rancid. Benjamin
L.M., the artist and poet will be
showing his wild oil paintings, classical
portraits, and an improvisation or two.
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MO’HORIZONS
The Onion Fix spoke to Ralf from
the German dance combo that
is influenced by sounds across
the globe and through the ages –
Mo’Horizons. The day after he DJed
at the Persian Gardens, Ralf was
ver y pleased with how the Saturday
DJ set went and even did something
unusual for him – grabbing the mic.
“It was one of the best [sets] of
the whole tour. There was a great
New Zealand band playing before
– Rhombus, and they were already
warming up the people really good. I
enjoyed their concert a lot and they
were also inspiring me to do something,
which I usually don’t do – speak with
the people. So, as I was hooking up
my stuff I asked for a microphone and
it was really something special. From
the beginning to the end I was talking
to the people I even stopped the music
and I was talking with them. And our
percussion player Elvis, there was a
drum kit and he was sometimes playing
the drums. The singer from Rhombus
he told me before: ‘If you want I can
do a freestyle or something?’ So, he
was singing - it was just amazing, the
whole time people were jumping and
applauding, it was awesome.
What were you saying to the crowd?
I was trying to make a little journey
with them, at the beginning I said ‘Okay
where do we wanna start?’ And it was
like we started in Puerto Rico then we
went south to Columbia and Brazil and
I was just mentioning to them what I
thought was special for example when
the singer Mana from Rhombus, on one
track he was singing I said afterwards
did you realise what had happened a
NZ guy was freestyling over a Balkan
track, and it was spontaneous it was
really big fun so I’m thinking now
maybe to always have a microphone …
That was another thing last night I was
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HERE’S A MAP AND A TIMETABLE FOR YA. SCOPE IT!
going back with people in time. I played
some ‘60s, so I said to them ‘So you
think you can also dance to the ‘50s?’
And they were really going with it, so
I was like ‘How low can you go?’ And I
played something from the ‘40s and I
was like ‘Okay do you realise that you
were just dancing to the sound of your
grandparents?’ It was great but I stopped
there [laughs].
Do you still dig for records when on
tour in another country?
Digging for records I’ve done it a
few times on tour but I’m not doing it
so desperate like I did it some years
ago. These days there are so many
possibilities to receive good music,
without going into the old record stores
and spending days in there and in the
end finding one or two records. So, inbetween the shows on the off days I’m
taking my time to have a little rest and
holiday and beach and everything else.
Last year Mo’Horizons dropped
their fourth album Sunshine Today
and Ralf says their next release will
be a ‘Best Of ’ compilation.
Yeah, we will have a ‘Best Of’ this
European summer, so this winter for you.
Ten years of Mo’Horizons now and we
are going to do a bonus CD with it with
new remixes and one or two new tracks.
Sunshine Today is out through
Creative Vibes.
If you have any club related Fringe
and Festival Of Arts news you want
to share with The Onion Fix email
<fix@ripitup.com.au>.
www.onion.com.au
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