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A FAST AND FUNNY INTERPRETATION OF THE BARD'S BIGGEST WORK - ALL THE KEY PLOT POINTS WERE HIT, LEAVING TIME STILL FOR REFERENCES TO OTHER SHAKESPEARE AND MODERN WORKS. THE ACTORS WERE ALL GREAT BUT DIDN'T TAKE THEMSELVES SERIOUSLY AT ALL WITH AN AIR OF PARODY ABOUT IT - OVERALL. IT WAS A GOOD BIT OF FUN!

A VERY FUN EXPERIENCE OF A WEDDING CEREMONY - THERE IS ALL THE USUAL ELEMENTS, A SPEEDY SERVICE (WHICH EVERYONE WANTS). A GUARD OF HONOUR, BOUQUET TOSS AND MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE SIGNING. BUT MOST OF THE TIME IS SPENT GETTING READY WITH GLITTER, ACCESSORIES AND OUTFITS ALL PROVIDED.

THIS WAS A "WATCH FROM HOME/AVAILABLE ON DEMAND" SHOW WHICH WAS A RECORDING FROM 2022 - WHICH MEANS I GOT TO SEE AN OLD FRIEND JAMILA'S PERFORMANCE FINALLY! THIS CABARET WAS A COMBINATION OF BURLESQUE, SONG AND COMEDY PERFORMED BY DISABLED ARTISTS, ALL LED BY FANTASTIC HOST DIANA DIVINE. TRULY ACHIEVED ITS GOAL OF SHOWING ALL THOSE WITH DISABILITIES ARE CAPABLE OF!

A BRILLIANT BURLESQUE SHOW STRUNG TOGETHER BY A LOOSE NARRATIVE THAT PAYS TRIBUTE TO SPIDER-MAN, HIS ALLIES AND HIS ENEMIES IN THE FUNNIEST AND SEXIEST WAY POSSIBLE. THE COSTUMES WERE EXCELLENT (HATS OFF TO DOC OC ESPECIALLY!) AND THE MUSIC CHOICES WERE SO FUN TO UNDERSCORE THE MANY STRIP-TEASES THROUGHOUT THE SHOW. NOT WHAT I EXPECTED BUT STILL SO FUN!

THE 2024 FRINGE AMBASSADOR DELIVERED AN EXCELLENT SHOW, SHOWING OFF HIS GORGEOUS VOCAL TONE AND RANGE THROUGH A SERIES OF ORIGINAL AND COVER SONGS, INTERSPERSED WITH STORIES FROM HIS LIFE THAT WERE BOTH DARK AND LIGHT. IT WAS SUCH A DELIGHT TO WATCH HIM PROVE HE IS JUST AS AT HOME ON THE STAGE AS HE IS ON THE COURT (BUT ALSO. CAN YOU NOT BE SO GOOD AT EVERYTHING ISAAC?)

A STUNNING SOPHOMORE CABARET WHICH JOURNEY'S THROUGH THE ANECDOTES AND RELICS OF THE PERFORMER'S LIFE IN A I MEMOIR STYLE - THE SHOW IS REFLECTIVE, FUNNY AND TOUCHING WITH GREAT ORIGINAL SONGS, EXCELLENT TECH, AND A TRUE PERFORMER WITH AN ENERGY AND ESSENCE THAT CAPTURES AUDIENCES.

A MOD. EXHIBITION EXAMINING HOW BROKEN THE WORLD'S SYSTEMS ARE (AND ALWAYS HAVE BEEN) AND PRESENTS POSSIBILITIES FOR FUTURE SYSTEMS. PIONEERING CHANGE AND HOPE THROUGH THE MUSEUM'S CLASSIC INTERACTIVE PARTICIPATORY DISPLAYS. I REALLY ENJOYED MY HOUR WALKING AROUND THE SPACES AND WOULD'VE SPENT EVEN LONGER IN THERE IF I COULD'VE!

A FUNNY, INFURIATING, THOUGHT-PROVOKING SATIRE OF THE TERF WRITER WE ALL ONCE LOVED AND NOW HATE - THIS IS A POWERFUL PLAY THAT INTERROGATES JK THE WAY SHE DESERVES, WRITTEN BY A TRANS WOMAN (WHO ALSO PERFORMS THE TITULAR ROLE IN A WAY HER REAL-LIFE COUNTERPART WOULD DESPISE)

A BLOODY HILARIOUS SHOW WITH A GREAT CONCEPT - THE ACTORS (WHO WORK REALLY WELL TOGETHER BTW) PERFORM THE FIRST 3 MINUTES OF AN OSCAR WINNING FILM DIRECTLY FROM THE SCRIPT (YOU CAN BYO TO CHALLENGE THEM WITH!) AND THEN IMPROVISE THE REST OF THE "FILM" FROM THERE. OUR SHOW, HOT ON THE HEELS OF THE 2024 OSCAR'S EARLIER IN THE WEEK, WAS BARBIE AND IT WAS UNHINGED THERE WERE SOME DICEY AND RANDOM MOMENTS BUT THAT'S IMPROV BABY!)

A VERY ACCESSIBLE CABARET WITH AN EXCELLENT CONCEPT, TELLING THE PERFORMER'S STORY OF LIVING WITH INVISIBLE ILLNESSES THAT REMAINS RELATABLE EVEN IF YOU'VE NEVER EXPERIENCED IT. I LIKED HOW EDUCATIONAL THE DIALOGUE WAS, HOW FUN THE SONGS WERE AND REALLY APPRECIATED THE CHANGES OF SETTING BUT CONSISTENT COSTUME. IN SAYING THIS, THE EXECUTION COULD'VE BEEN BETTER RE EDITING AND SOUND MIXING AND SOME DIRECTION.

ANOTHER HILARIOUS HOUR FROM THE 7TH BIGGEST GAY AUSSIE ICON ACCORDING TO SKITTLES. JOEL HAS DONE A GREAT JOB MAKING THE TITLE OF HIS SHOW RELEVANT TO THE CONTENT AND SHOWED A NEW SIDE OF HIMSELF TO HIS AUDIENCES, ALL WITH HIS TRADEMARK FUN AND ENERGETIC DELIVERY.

ONE OF THE MOST ORIGINAL, TRIPPY AND CLEVER PIECES OF THEATRE I'VE EVER SEEN - A ONE-WOMAN SHOW THAT PARODIES THE EXPERIENCE IN THE TITLE THAT WE'VE ALL HAD AT SOME POINT IN OUR LIVES (IT'S RIDICULOUSLY RELATABLE). THE USE OF TECH AND PROPS IS OUT OF THIS WORLD IMPRESSIVE, ESPECIALLY THE TV REMOTE ONE LUCKY AUDIENCE MEMBER GETS TO USE IN THE SHOW (IT WAS ME AND I HAD A BALL - THOUGH NOW OWE THE PERFORMER MY FIRST BORN CHILD) - IT IS SO VERY FRINGE, I RECOMMEND!