Adelaide Fringe 2018
Once Were Pirates
IT AIN'T A KID'S SHOW! Pirates, Shane and Gareth, have been marooned in the
present. How will they survive without a code of values to guide them?
Award-winners, Gobsmacked Theatre, present Emilie Collyer's dark, quirky
comedy about young men navigating their way through a complex and
dangerous world. "It's a genuinely laugh-out-loud funny performance. The
pirate theme acts as a neat step aside from the more obvious undercurrent
of the increasingly confused space that is traditional masculinity, as
Shane and Gareth's increasing frustration with a world that doesn't fit
their understanding of themselves represents their sense of their self as
men" - British Theatre Guide 2017. "Funny, moving & supremely clever!"-
Tim Ferguson- 'The Doug Anthony Allstars'.
Presented by: Gobsmacked Theatre Company
David McVicar’s Gobsmacked Theatre Company has a reputation for presenting exciting and bold theatre that integrates distinctive text with striking visual imagery and often a darkly comic sensibility. In 2017, Gobsmacked toured ‘Once Were Pirates’ to the Pleasance at The Edinburgh Fringe and David McVicar was selected by Arts SA as one of the Producers to represent Made in Adelaide. At the 2016 Adelaide Fringe Gobsmacked received one of the 24 major awards i.e. The Holden Street Theatres ‘Adelaide Fringe Award for Excellence in Theatre’ for the production of ‘DROPPED’, by Katy Warner. This production then toured to The Pleasance at the 2016 Edinburgh Fringe and was selected by Arts SA as one of the nine acts to represent Made in Adelaide.Suitability & warnings
Content rating:
M
Family friendly:
Yes
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Presented by: Gobsmacked Theatre Company
David McVicar’s Gobsmacked Theatre Company has a reputation for presenting exciting and bold theatre that integrates distinctive text with striking visual imagery and often a darkly comic sensibility. In 2017, Gobsmacked toured ‘Once Were Pirates’ to the Pleasance at The Edinburgh Fringe and David McVicar was selected by Arts SA as one of the Producers to represent Made in Adelaide. At the 2016 Adelaide Fringe Gobsmacked received one of the 24 major awards i.e. The Holden Street Theatres ‘Adelaide Fringe Award for Excellence in Theatre’ for the production of ‘DROPPED’, by Katy Warner. This production then toured to The Pleasance at the 2016 Edinburgh Fringe and was selected by Arts SA as one of the nine acts to represent Made in Adelaide.Social media
