This show belongs to the Adelaide Fringe 2024 season. This season is now over.

Rocky the Third - A man in an Elizabethan ruff and a white singlet stands looking dazed and concerned. He has a black eye and a bruised arm

Rocky the Third

Theatre and Physical Theatre • Comedy
Victoria • SA Premiere

In this Shakespearean reimagining of the classic 80's film, Rocky 3, two 'travelling players' attempt to bring to life all the characters and transform one of cinemas most inarticulate figures into one of Shakespeare's most verbose heroes in this heavyweight epic.

Whether you love him, hate him, or have no feelings at all for the Italian Stallion, this show will take you on a Shakespearean rollercoaster that will delight and amaze you. All the poetic language of the Bard infused with all the brutal poetry of boxing. A must see for all fans of comedy and/or Shakespeare and/or Rocky and/or watching two performers play multiple roles in multiple wigs. 

"...their comedic timing is brilliant...not just entertaining, but perhaps an entirely new genre of Bard-Blockbuster." Australian Stage

Presented by: Rik Brown

Rik has been an Actor and Improvisor for the past 25 odd years, since graduating from Rusden in 1996. He has taught and performed improvisation throughout Australia, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, Italy, Germany and The Netherlands. He has featured in the television shows Comedy Slapdown, Utopia Season 1 & 2, SlideShow, Prank Patrol, It's a Date, How To Stay Married and Why Are You Like This?. He also pops up on the TV trying to sell you things, from Fox Footy Channels to TicTacs and from Worksafe initiatives to Nissan X-trails, his face is proven to make you want to buy stuff.

Reviews & Fringefeed Reacts

  • ROFL 4
  • Hidden Gem 4
  • Standing ovation 5
  • Bang for your buck 2
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