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FRINGE 2009
Here's a snapshot of Fringe 2009 at Holden Street Theatres!
A Winner of an Advertiser Fringe Award, Nominations for Fringe Award for Best Theatre, Two Nominations for Fringe Award for Best Performer with one commendation and a WINNER of the Fringe Award for Best Puppetry.... WOW WHAT A FRINGE.... And now...... Some FUN FACTS......... Holden Street housed 13.25% of theatre, 14.20% of Dance and .9% of music in the Fringe program. We had 150 individual performances by 13 companies and welcomed over 6750 patrons through our doors, a 25% increase on last year... Not bad for a little venue out of the city... Not bad at all... The Shows were Scarborough, The Tailor of Inverness - Krawiec z Inverness, Rough for Theatre 11, Nightlife, Concrete Solace, Pie Charts and Panties, Holy Guacamole, Planting the Dunk Botanic Gardens, The John Lennon Play: In His Own Write, A Stretch of The Imagination, MADHU - Sweet Diversity, JP, Lane Hinchcliffe and The Sam Lester Art Exhibition... Presented by companies from SA, NSW, VIC and QLD, UK, Scotland and Japan Scarborough sold out in the end and the only way we could fit everyone in was by shifting the furniture so we did. Tailor of Inverness flew in and performed within 24 hours of landing and flew out about 12 hours after the last show... We had to remember to tell John Ho (the man in the window of Rough for Theatre 11 by Samuel Beckett) to move because otherwise he would still be standing there now. Bizarre but true... We had over 35 AMAZING volunteers who helped us out and kept us going and Linka was the tallest. Again the main Beer of choice was Coopers Pale Ale, and the favourite wine was Pertaringa Scarecrow Sem Sav (white wine) and Pertaringa Undercover Shiraz (red wine) all South Australian products. Over 4 kg of organic ground coffee was filtered and consumed (and not just by the staff). The main chocolate of choice was Mars Bar and the favourite Chip of choice was Cheese Twisties AGAIN... (not even a chip!!). We danced to Proud Mary and did the Scottish Gig, we drank Scottish whisky and saw the dawn a few times. Our cheeks were sore from smiling and The Nature Foundation finally got their boardroom back. Sad to see it go really we had a ball and ....WE LOVE THE FRINGE!!!!!!! The Tailor of Inverness - Krawiec z Inverness
presented by Holden Street Theatres & Dogstar Theatre
POWERFUL, MOVING, EMOTIONAL, EVOCATIVE.
A forced migration amongst the brutal vagaries of WWII.
One man's journey from Galicia (Poland) to Inverness (Scotland).
In a new country, he became a new man.
Weaving himself into the fabric of life, reconstructing a new identity.
Was he who he said he was?
Scarborough
presented by Holden Street Theatres Company Inc.& Directors' Choice 09
Forbidden desire... A couple laugh, quarrel and make love, but don't dare go out of this faded seaside hotel room... You'll feel so close you could almost reach out and touch them, you could almost smell them. FUNNY, TENDER, UNPREDICTABLE. 5-star Edinburgh Fringe First Winner... A Sell Out...
Concrete Solace
presented by Phantom Limbs
Concrete Solace is a work by Melbourne's youngest dance company, Phantom Limbs, comprised of James Welsby and Amy Macpherson. Amid a miniature sized city, this edgy dance work evokes and explores themes of urban parallelism as well as macroscopic and microscopic perspective distortion.
Holy Guacamole
presented by The Good Room
In the depths of suburbia, lives Eustace - a half-boy/ half-avocado hybrid of human outcast and exotic fruit. It's not easy being green when you live on the fringes of good taste and monstrous 'normality'. In this black-green comic fairy tale, backyard magic and suburban angst collide with mouth-watering results!
The John Lennon Play: In His Own Write
presented by I Must Not Theatre
In an oppressively mundane world, Lennon's imagination runs wild; over-powering his dismal post-war surroundings and creating his own fantastical version of reality. Created from the poetry of John Lennon, In His Own Write is a moving tribute to childhood, the imagination and to the mind of a brilliant, enigmatic artist.
JP
presented by Theatre Group GUMBO
Melbourne Fringe Commendation Award winner, Theatre Group GUMBO is back with their new production! A comedy of crazy Japanese lovers influenced by their individual views on distorted love!
Lane Hinchcliffe
presented by GMK Artist Management
Popular Adelaide musician and live performer Lane Hinchcliffe returns to the stage in a fun, entertaining concert helping to raise money for children's medical charity "Heart Kids SA". A talented pianist, vocalist and all rounded performer, this show is funny, entertaining and a must see for all.
MADHU Sweet Diversity
presented by Niki Shepherd
MADHU Sweet Diversity is a celebration of the intoxicating nature of dance. Enjoy an evening of music, mime, dance and rhythm with Niki Shepherd, an innovative and widely acclaimed performer. Ancient Indian dance and new choreography come together in this unique and exciting solo performance.
Nightlight
presented by the indirect Object
'nightlight' is a dark comedy about an average Australian family unable to cope with the imminent death of a child. Scenes shift and slide between Josh's drug-induced fantasies, his Mother's awkward rituals of love, and his mysterious, sexy blue nurse. Their lives are crowded with dreams, memories and loneliness.
Pie Charts and Panties
presented by Vital Organs Collective and The Lost Rung
A bold, energetic two punch of movement. A double bill of dance and physical theatre. Fresh from a sellout season at the Melbourne Fringe Festival. Watch a corporate stand-off turn to all-out stationery war. See the contemporary-fused can-can... you may even get to see them all in frilly knickers!
Planting the Dunk Botanic Gardens
presented by David Malikoff
Powerful storytelling, stunning imagery, wondrous poetry - Mark O'Connor's passionate fight to plant an Eden on Dunk, challenged by time, cyclones and fellow man. With Olivier Award winner Emil Wolk directing to original music, Malikoff "gives... performance of great energy, creativity and love...masterful..." (Cameron Marshall, ABC). Meet Mark O'Connor Monday 2/3/09.
Rough for Theatre II by Samuel Beckett
presented by Holden Street Theatres
In a sixth-floor apartment, a man stands at the window, ready to jump. The final choice, however, is not his to make; his fate is in the hands of two bureaucrats who must determine the value of his life. Is he worthy of salvation, or should they let him jump?
A Stretch of the Imagination
Starring John Wood
A Stretch of the Imagination is a surreal black comedy, which introduces us to Monk O'Neill, one of the great comic creations of Australian dramatic literature. Monk lives a reclusive life on One Tree Hill amongst a panorama of dust, ant hills and dead grass. His colourful, rambling monologue cuts to the quick of what Australia once was and what one day it could become. The resilient ironies of the play will not be lost on today's generation.
Wednesday 18th 8.00pm Thursday 19th 8.00pm Friday 20th 8.00pm Sat 21st 8.00pm Tickets Available from FringeTIX 1300 FRINGE (1300 374 643) |
