In Floor Thirteen, presented by The Blue Room Theatre and Director Marshall Stay, we see a woman isolated and yet surrounded. Phoebe is stuck in a lift, ruminating on past events. We had a chat with Elise Wilson about the show.
Read MoreSurrendering to Delusion: Diary of a Madman
By reinterpreting a classic, Company O taps into a rich vein of social commentary while staying true to the original material.
Read MoreA Stirring Wordless Opera: Speechless
Written in response to the 2014 Human Rights Commission report ‘The Forgotten Children: National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention’, Cat Hope's Speechless is a prime example of the power, weight, and connection music provides in a world that is often divided.
Read MoreA Showcase of Amateur Auteurs: Flopfest Film Festival
In a time when consumer-authored media is largely a product of digital communities, Flopfest Film Festival is something truly different.
Read MoreInnovative and Inimitable: Lé Nør [the rain]
Utilising a range of theatrical and cinematic techniques to portray a story of survival, The Last Great Hunt has created a unique show. Lé Nør [the rain] transports audiences into a world simultaneously different and relatable to their own.
Read MoreStories that Demand to be Heard: FEMME
FEMME is an empowering exploration of women and non-binary people taking back control of both their bodies and stories, and demanding we hear them.
Read MoreHats, Dance, and Spontaneous Laughter: SENSE AND SPONTANEITY
SENSE AND SPONTANEITY is a wonderful reinvention of classic literature for a modern audience that will make Austen fans of those not already in the club.
Read MoreBehind the Greasepaint: Fisticuffs
Fisticuffs is a deliciously fringey show. It’s as aware of itself and its peculiarities as much as it's a legitimately impressive set of circus feats.
Read MoreA Performance Like No Other: Silence My Ladyhead
Silence My Ladyhead is unconventional theatre at its intense, captivating, and downright breathtaking best.
Read MoreSongs, Sex, and the Uncomfortable Truth: LET ME FINISH
LET ME FINISH is a hilarious all-girl journey through the pitfalls of being a girl, a woman, and a sexual object that has audiences gripped all the way to the end.
Read MoreAbounding with Energy — Underemployment: A show about not enough work and way too much TV
Keren Schlink explores this concept through song, puppetry, and a whole lot of existential torment in her one-woman-show Underemployment: A show about not enough work and way too much TV.
Read MoreA Beerless Talent: Matt Stewart - Bone Dry
Matt Stewart - Bone Dry is a show that portrays itself as a relaxed chat about relatively low key things. It is anything but, and that's really the wonder of Stewart's work. You might not realise you've seen a show rich in social commentary and complex comedic devices but, in fact, you have.
Read MoreCompelling, Heartfelt Performance in Eleanor’s Story: Home Is The Stranger
Stories about war often fall victim to the temptation of focusing on the grand theatres, the sweeping engagements, and the larger societal pressures. Not so in Eleanor’s Story: Home Is The Stranger.
Read MoreGalactic Improv in Captain Spaceship: Maiden Voyage
Captain Spaceship: Maiden Voyage is a show that will appeal immensely to fans of modern sci-fi staples as much as improv comedy aficionados.
Read MoreRaw, Powerful, and Disturbing: PAPER DOLL
Written in response to Arthur Miller’s A View from the Bridge, PAPER DOLL is a play that explores the insidious and destructive impact of sexual abuse through its confrontation with the horrific consequences and ultimately lifelong tether between paedophile and victim.
Read MoreDolly Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend: Dolly Di*amond’s Bl*ankety Bl*nks
The classic Australian game show Blankety Blanks receives a deliciously naughty revival courtesy of fabulous drag queen Dolly Diamond.
Read MoreAffecting and Thought Provoking: Paper Doll
Written by multi-award winning playwright Katy Warner, and brought to FRINGE WORLD by New Ghosts Theatre Company, Paper Doll promises to enthral audiences and challenge some preconceived notions.
Read MoreA Comedic Romp Through Fantasy: Dr Felicity Rickshaw’s Celebrity Sex Party
Holland St Productions are back with their heralded show Dr Felicity Rickshaw’s Celebrity Sex Party and, this year, it’s saucier than ever.
Read MoreA Love Letter to Liza, Cabaret & Jazz: Kiara with a K
Kiara with a K is a wonderful example of the power of old-school variety shows. With a healthy dose of burlesque, tap dance, comedy, clowning, and cabaret the hour flies by like a breeze.
Read MoreThe Finest of Fringe - El Bizarro: Glamour! Danger! Freaks!
El Bizarro is a show that sits atop a festering heap of weirdness, as the paramount example of the bizarre.
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