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THIS SHOW BY THE HAIRY GODMOTHER'S IS A BIT LESS UPBEAT TO THEIR OTHERS, EXAMINING THE FEMALE EXPERIENCE FROM OUR SEXUAL ORGANS TO BODY IMAGE TO MOTHERHOOD, THROUGH DANCE, SKITS. POETRY, AND SONG. IT WAS SO EMPOWERING TO WATCH ON IWD!

A SHOW BY A MUSICAL COMEDIAN WHO GREW UP TO BECOME EXACTLY WHAT HE DREAMED OF BEING AS A KID. FULL OF ORIGINAL SONGS OF VARYING GENRES AND IMPRESSIVE IMPROVISED RAPS, THIS COMEDY SHOW WAS FUNNY BUT ALSO SURPRISINGLY TOUCHING, WITH A NICE MESSAGE FOR AUDIENCES AT THE END.

ANOTHER CLASSIC FROM THE LIT TEAM, WHO CONTINUE TO PRESENT REWRITTEN SCRIPTS VIA ONLINE TRANSLATIONS FULL OF SEXUAL INNUENDO, PROFANITY AND INSANITY. ON THIS NIGHT, I SAW THE ADAPTATION OF THE THIRD FILM IN THE HARRY POTTER SERIES - DEMENTORS BECOME DEMENTIA, AZKABAN BECOMES ALCATRAZ... GET ALONG IF YOU LOVE HP, THEY ALWAYS DO A GREAT JOB WITH THIS SERIES!

ANOTHER INSTALLMENT IN THE HAIRY GODMOTHER'S UNIVERSE THAT FOLLOWS THEIR (AND DISNEY'S) USUAL FORMULA - A PLOT FOLLOWING ONE CHARACTER ON A JOURNEY OF SELF DISCOVERY WITH IMPORTANT MESSAGES FOR AUDIENCES THROUGHOUT. THE COMPANY ONCE AGAIN CLEVERLY REWRITES DISNEY SONGS, USES MAGNIFICENT COSTUMES AND LIGHTING, AND ENSURES THERE'S PLENTY OF LAUGHS. THERE WAS SOME TIGHTENING TO BE DONE HOWEVER, WITH ONE PERFORMER FORGETTING THE WORDS TO THEIR SONG.

AUSTRALIA'S FAVE NEURODIVERGENT QUEER COMEDIAN HAS RETURNED TO ADELAIDE FOR HIS INTERNATIONAL TOUR. THE SHOW IS FUNNY AS HELL WITH HIS TRADEMARK AWKWARD DELIVERY, WITH ONE CORE STORY TYING MANY DIFFERENT COMEDIC ANECDOTES AND OBSERVATIONS TOGETHER. ALSO, PROPS TO THE COOL SYMBOLIC SET!

A PIECE OF THEATRE WITH A SAD PREMISE, BUT COMEDIC GENUINE DIALOGUE TO EASE AUDIENCES IN, AND FAMILIAR SONG AND DANCE AS STORYTELLING TOOLS. MANY INTERSECTIONAL EXPERIENCES ARE WORKED INTO THE NARRATIVE, WHICH IS ACTED WITH RESTRAINT AND RAWNESS BY THE PAIR OF ACTORS.

A BELLY-LAUGH INDUCING IMPROV SHOW WHERE AUDIENCE INTERACTION NOT ONLY ABOUNDS BUT IS NECESSARY - A FUNNY FORUM FOR AIRING YOUR GRIEVANCES NO MATTER HOW BIG OR SMALL. WHILE THERE WERE SOME DICEY COMMENTS AT TIMES, THAT'S IMPROV BABY!

A LIVE RECORDING OF A LOCAL HORROR COMEDY PODCAST WHICH FOCUSES ON ALL MANNER OF REAL AND FANTASTICAL HORROR - THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE WAS VERY RELAXED. LIKE CHATTING SHIT WITH MATES OVER A DRINK. A VERY FUNNY AND ALSO VERY INFORMATIVE/ WELL RESEARCHED SHOW, BUT PERHAPS COULD'VE HAD SMARTER USE OF TECH.

DARKFIELD ARE BACK WITH ANOTHER CREEPY SHIPPING CONTAINER AUDIO EXPERIENCE - BUT THIS IS NOT LIKE THE OTHERS (YOU SIT OUTSIDE AND CAN ACTUALLY SEE WHAT'S GOING ON). THE ARRIVAL OF ALIENS ON EARTH IS DEPICTED THROUGH IMPRESSIVE SYNCHRONIZED DANCE, COOL COSTUMES AND PROPS, AND OF COURSE INCREDIBLE USE OF TECH SUCH AS A TREADMILL FLOOR, SMOKE MACHINES AND ATMOSPHERIC LIGHTING.

DJ GROOVE TERMINATOR AND SOWETO GOSPEL CHOIR COMBINE FORCES TO TAKE AUDIENCES ON A JOURNEY THROUGH DECADES OF DANCE ANTHEMS - THE POWERFUL HARMONIES OF THE CHOIR ARE STUNNING PAIRED WITH THE BEATS WE KNOW AND LOVE, AND AFRICAN INFLUENCES ARE FELT THROUGHOUT IN USE OF LANGUAGE, DANCE AND DRUMMING. IT'S THE COLLAB NO ONE ASKED FOR BUT WE'RE BLOODY GLAD WE GOT - GUARANTEED TO MAKE YOU MOVE (EVEN IF YOU GO ALONE LIKE I DID!)

A TRULY LAUGH-OUT-LOUD HILARIOUS HOUR HOSTED BY AN EXCELLENT CHARACTER ACTOR WITH QUICK WIT, THIS DARK AND CRUDE INTERACTIVE "TEXT-BASED ADVENTURE GAME" IS IMPRESSIVE IN TERMS OF TECH AND THE MANY NARRATIVE POSSIBILITIES YOU CAN TAKE (AND THE HOST HAS TO REMEMBER [ALL WHILE HE WAS VERY SICK]) - AND IF YOU "PLAY", YOU WIN A "PRIZE"!

A SOLO UK THEATRE SHOW WHICH EXPLORES THE PERFORMER'S PERSONAL STRUGGLES WITH MENTAL HEALTH, TRAUMA AND ABUSE THROUGH A SERIES OF SONGS AND VIGNETTES RATHER THAN A NARRATIVE. IT'S A RAW AND HONEST DARK COMEDY WHICH SAW FOR LAUGHS AND TEARS FROM AUDIENCE MEMBERS (WHO WERE OFTEN CALLED ON THROUGHOUT THE SHOW) COMPLIMENTED BY GOOD PRODUCTION VALUE IN ITS COSTUMING AND TECH.