Reviews

Visitors to Fringe World’s The Pleasure Garden could not fall to notice posters for Charlie Caper: Robot Magic on the boards surrounding Russell Square. One of the headline acts at Fringe World, this winner of Sweden’s Got Talent’s show runs for the full length of the Fringe World’s season.

Charlie is a magician who specialises in robotics and technology in line with Arthur C. 

Joe Louis and Friends is a late-night cabaret that bills itself as "THE perfect way to wrap up your evening at the Fringe World Festival.” I can’t disagree. A much gentler and relaxed way to round off your evening than the plethora of cirque and burlesque choices late at night, relaxing with excellent talent at the Ellington is hard to beat.

Playing for a very short season, I Can Have a Dark Side Too was a one man, one puppet black comedy that was expertly performed and darkly funny.

From the moment that Glenn Wallis, as Ray, introduced himself as Sergeant Safety, to a Year Two Audience (a less than subtle spin on WA’s Constable Care), he had his audience rapt. How could this vibrant children’s entertainer possibly have a dark side? Until we meet his puppet…….

This unique verbatim theatre piece features the opinions and beliefs of Perth children and teenagers, elicited in interviews with the performers, actors wearing headphones deliver the answers to the interviews exactly as they hear them.

Presented by Whiskey and Boots and Barking Gecko Arts as part of State of Play for FringeWorld, this show feels intimate and cosy. The production features a playground set, where the actors and musicians perform in front of a screen that features the questions being asked.