Calling all Adelaide Fringe goers and certified Foxy Morons…look at moi, look at moi…I’ve got four words to say to you –
BEST. PARODY. MUSICAL. EVER!
Pour yourself a glass of Tia Maria, grab the dippity bix bust out the footy franks and baby cheeses.
Fountain Lakes: A Very Foxy Parody Musical is a perfectly penned love letter to all things Kath & Kim.
This musical feels quintessentially Fringe! Whilst ever so slightly poxy, this show still packs a punch.
The cast wastes no time when delivering our favourite, and oh so familiar characters – immediately bringing them to life through their iconic one-liners and nuanced mannerisms.
You can tell that the performers have paid attention to detail when workshopping and delivering our beloved Fountain Lakes cast. Fountain Lakes: A Very Foxy Parody Musical feels a little like rolling all your favourite Kath and Kim episodes into one 1-hour showstopping musical performance.
The show didn’t waste time trying to break any new ground, leaning into the audience’s established familiarity with the characters and working it to its optimum comedic advantage. Effectively writing the love letter that everyone in the audience was more than happy to receive.
Try to imagine all the best lines and bits from every Kath and Kim show ever made, distilled into a musical performance that’s set to cheesy (but highly entertaining and camp) song numbers – then you’re getting pretty close to understanding what Fountain Lakes: A Very Foxy Parody Musical is all about!
The song numbers are high-camp and lyrically hysterical but what really took me by surprise were the vocal capabilities of the performers and of Sharon ‘Emotional Pash-Rash’ Strzelecki in particular!
When panning across the audience – I couldn’t see not one person who wasn’t visibly delighted, laughing and smiling.
The only note I did have is that we were expecting the original cast and were slightly taken-a-back and surprised to see these unfamiliar and unexpected faces. Serendipitously, the cast were all still fantastic, nonetheless.
Fountain Lakes: A Very Foxy Parody Musical is the family reunion we’ve all been waiting for. It’s definitely Nice, it’s certainly Different but best of all – it’s Unusual!
5 Stars