Dirty People exemplifies all that is grassroots Australian theatre in its hard-hitting 70-minute runtime. The characters in Dirty People are about as slick as an oil spill on an iceberg; and just as deadly.
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FRINGE REVIEW: Alone Outside
Alone Outside is a one woman show; the role of Daphne is brilliantly depicted by Jo Morris. You often find yourself forgetting that there are no other actors on the stage, as the way Morris relays and reacts to the other characters is so genuinely visceral.
FRINGE REVIEW: My Greatest Period Ever
Our red-jumpsuit-donned revelatory tutor, Peach, spun a warm and safe cocoon of joy through casual conversation, relatable anecdotes and gorgeous ukulele ballads. The heartfelt camaraderie of not just sisterhood but humanhood was tangible as the audience shared in one horizon-expanding A-Ha moment after another.
FRINGE REVIEW: Lyall Brooks Gives a Tour de Force Performance in A Prudent Man
A Prudent Man is a cleverly written and performed play that never tells you what to think, but gives you a lot to think about. Lyall Brooks is a convincing actor, and the never slaps you in the face with any sort of moral (or even story), but trusts the viewers to understand by sprinkling snippets of information to piece together.
FRINGE REVIEW: Velvet: The Sexiest Show at Fringe
Velvet, the all singing all-dancing circus act dazzles at Fringe, with the right amount of sass and glamour.
FRINGE REVIEW: Club Briefs
Don’t bring your mum, or your grandma. Have a drink, buy a raffle ticket and leave your manners at the door.
Furnace & The Fundamentals bring the heat to Perth Fringe
Encapsulating so many of the best things about Fringe: Nostalgia, crowd participation, excellent showmanship, eccentricity, and of course music.
FRINGE REVIEW: Player 2
Player 2 is an exploration of death and what comes after, and evokes self revelation from its audience through incomparable audience participation.
FRINGE REVIEW: Limbo
Devilishly werid and awe inspiring, LIMBO is a collection of gasp aloud moments knitted together craftily with colourful, gritty music, recurrent feather motifs and characterful theatrics.
FRINGE REVIEW: If My Body Was A Poem
“More than beautiful (though they are), more than brilliantly performed (though they were), her poems are so very important.” - James Webster, Oxford based writer
FRINGE REVIEW: Out of the Cave
My experience at Out of the Cave, Skylight Theatre Company’s devised social commentary, I can safely say, was the exact opposite of what many others who have graced those steps have experienced, and if life imprisonment meant watching this play a thousand times over I would be so there!
FRINGE REVIEW: Fairybread promising 'hundreds and thousands'
The sharp, fiery dynamic amongst Fairybread's cast remained incontestable, with each beautifully portraying the demand for emotion and human connection.
FRINGE REVIEW: Faulty Towers: The Dining Experience is wonderfully traumatic
The night was full of Fawlty Tower’s hijinks, sporadic crowd insulting, and true-to-form bland food.
FRINGE World Perth: The Calm Before The Storm
This year’s Fringe Festival is the most ambitious to date; With over 200 acts performing over the 4 weeks beginning with tonight’s VIP launch, as well as expanding into the Swan region with Midlandia (so much class with the extra ‘i’) nobody could argue with that.