39 stories by "Hayley Horton"
Late-night sideshows with a macabre twist are not uncommon at Fringe festivals. It's all part of the character and colour of this time of year. The rowdy crowd, complete with a Hen's…
Valentijn Dhaenens has been reading a lot of speeches from world history " in fact, at least one per day for the past year. The result of his exploration is the 90 minute showcase, Bigmo…
I'm pretty good at interpreting theatre. Even if I don't really enjoy a production, I can usually work out what the artist/s are trying to communicate and the reasons for their choices. I do…
Frank Woodley plays the fool with seemingly little effort. His physicality and bumbling ramblings on the surface may make the superficial feel like they've walked into a drunk man's delusion…
Fight the Landlord (Dou Di Zhu) is a card game primarily for three players. In each hand one player, the “landlord”, plays alone and the others form a team. The landlord’s …
I love a good documentary. I love good theatre. Put the two together and you have a fantastic afternoon at the Adelaide Festival Centre. Directors William Yang and Annette Shun Wah have asse…
If the media were to be believed, Australians wrestle with the impact of a multicultural society regularly. The Instant Café Theatre Company's production of Parah however highlights a r…
Anything goes at the Cabaret, and Hans likes to stretch the limits of this ethos to its glitziest extents. Hans is a well-known celebrity in Adelaide (and increasingly nationally) " he's kin…
I have a theory. Composers should not be allowed in front of a microphone. Not because they are terrible performers, but because it tarnishes the magic of these musical creations that have a…
Did anyone see that whirlwind go through Adelaide? That was the ab-fabtastic Georgeois Bourgeois and his sister Maurice Maurice. They swept into town with their big hair, massive lashes and …
The neat ideas that come together for cabaret are one of the bonuses of this art form. So often artists are able to explore ideas that would not normally see the light of day on a large stag…
I f*@king love Paul f*@king McDermott. He's very naughty, funny, swears like a sailor but sings like an angel. We've all kind of worked that out from his various TV appearances, as part of t…
It's that time of year again in Adelaide. The stars are coming, the stars are coming! This year is a bumper year for Broadway superstars, in Kate Ceberano's second year as Artistic Director …
Many of us would be aware of some of the atrocities of the holocaust. Most of us have probably seen and read stories about the cruelty and misery in the concentration camps during WWII " man…
