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A CABARET ABOUT LIFE AS A NEURODIVERGENT AND MENTALLY ILL YOUNG PERSON, WHICH IS BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN WITH STIRRING MUSIC AND BOTH FUNNY AND MOVING LYRICS. GRACE IS A (SELF-PROCLAIMED) AWKWARD BUT ALSO AMAZING PERFORMER, WITH A STUNNING VOICE AND QUIRKY PHYSICALITY. I PARTICULARLY LOVED THE VERY INTENSE BUT ACCURATE DEPICTION OF ANXIETY/ PANIC ATTACK WHEN TRYING TO ANSWER A PHONE.

THE QUEER BRITISH TIK-TOK CONTENT CREATOR HAS BROUGHT HIS STAND-UP SHOW TO INTERNATIONAL SHORES FOR THIS FIRST TIME HERE IN ADELAIDE - AND DELIVERED IT WITH VERY IMPRESSIVE ENERGY DESPITE IT BEING BOILING HOT EVEN FOR US AUSSIE AUDIENCES. IT'S A HILARIOUS HOUR THAT ACTUALLY FOLLOWED THE THEME ADVERTISE (THAT SOME COMEDIANS HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING WITH THIS YEAR).

A SKETCH MUSICAL COMEDY SHOW FROM TWO OF TIK TOK'S BEST CONTENT CREATORS THAT IS SO HIGH ENERGY, "HIGH ART, HIGH CONCEPT, HIGH PONY". THE CONTENT IS QUEER AF BUT ALSO ALWAYS RELATABLE TO EVERYONE REGARDLESS OF SEXUALITY, TAPPING INTO SHARED EXPERIENCES FROM NETBALL, TO WHERE'S WALLY. IT IS SO SO FUNNY AND COOKED. A CLASSIC FRINGE SHOW.

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 GREAT QUALITY THEATRE PRODUCTION FOR A COMPANY MADE UP OF INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOLERS - IT IS A COMBINATION OF TWO PLAYS ABOUT CONTROL AND OPPRESSION OF WOMEN BY ELDER GENERATIONS (TIMELY CONSIDERING IT WAS IWD WHEN I TOOK MY ALL GIRLS CLASS TO SEE IT. TOLD IN DUAL LANGUAGES OF ENGLISH AND CHINESE, AND USING PHYSICAL THEATRE AND EXPRESSIONISM TO STYLISE IT. THE PERFORMANCES WERE SOLID AND PRODUCTION VALUE WAS STRONG!

A MAGICAL AND MANIACAL PIECE OF (MUSICAL THEATRE. WITH A VERY COOL CONCEPT AT ITS CORE. THE SCRIPT IS HILARIOUS, SMATTERED WITH CLEVER REFERENCES TO DISNEY, AND THE SONGS ARE BOTH ORIGINAL AND WELL KNOWN FROM DISNEY. THIS SHOW ABOUT FRIENDSHIP IS AMAZINGLY PERFORMED, PROBABLY BECAUSE IT IS PERFORMED BY THE TWO BEST FRIENDS WHO WROTE IT...

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 BRIEF BUT BEAUTIFUL ONE-ON-ONE EXPERIENCE SHARED WITH A LONE ARTIST, STARTING WITH A HONEST AND DEEP CONVERSATION THAT INFORMS AN IMPROVISED SHORT CONTEMPORARY DANCE PIECE BY THE PERFORMER NEVER TO BE REPEATED.