Reviews

With the Fringe World Festival just around the corner, a small group of people were given the opportunity to ‘get their fringe on’ early, with a media only preview of 4x4x4 at the Actors Hub.

4x4x4 is a fascinating concept. Almost Repertory Theatre, four actors appear in four different productions over four nights, over four weeks. Patrons can see the four shows over four consecutive nights, or they can show up on each Thursday, for example, over the four weeks of Fringe World, and see four different shows.

Queensland Theatre and the Dead Puppet Society have created a luminous boys’ own adventure about the voyage of young Charles Darwin on the Beagle.

Charles is running from a future in the Church but, ironically, the Beagle is really off to covert heathens in Tierra del Fuego, and use Charles to prove a then popular geological theory which would underline God’s purpose. 

Toyer - n. 1. One who toys; one who is full of trifling tricks. The Toyer in Gardner McKay’s 1983 play is a serial attacker. He toys with his victims emotionally and sexually before leaving them in a vegetated state by lobotomising them.

Directed by Tony Knight (former head of acting at NIDA), Toyer is the first collaboration between local Adelaide production companies Leading Line Productions and Tony Knight Productions. The two-hander stars Stephanie Ross (Extremities, Company) and Marc Clement (Reservoir Dogs, Dateless.com).

Michael Griffiths is renowned for bringing the music of female pop icons to life. His interpretations of Madonna and Annie Lennox established a successful formula with writer/director Dean Bryant. They have now turned their sardonic attention to Kylie. The arrangement and presentation of some of Kylie’s most memorable songs produce a performance that can be enjoyed immensely, regardless of whether you are a big fan.