Reviews

Old Nick has been able to present a Hobart Summer school every year since 2005. The last three have been darker coming of age stories, with the 2021 offering a macabre and surreal twist on the high school musical in the form of Heathers.

The Actors’ Hub presented a series of interactive Who Dunnit events as part of its Naughty Nights at Nine series for Fringe World. Each Who Dunnit was set in a different decade, and the final one, The Big Shot, was set in a New York Speakeasy in the 1920s.

Covid restrictions meant that The Big Shot was a little more static than originally intended but audience members were still split into two groups - each receiving a slightly different perspective, before being re-united to solve the mystery. 

The original production of We Will Rock You opened in London almost nineteen years ago. Despite being panned by the critics, it ran for over three years. The critics obviously failed to take into consideration the wide fan base of Freddie Mercury and Queen. Failed to understand that the eclectic, international appeal of their music would never “bite the dust”! That it would defy “the laws of nature and come out alive” for generation after generation.

Those who saw the first instalment of Golden Girls at Fringe in 2019 and 2020 were surely not going to miss this production, performed with the same cast. Golden Girls was first seen in 2019, winning the Fringe Festival Cabaret award and then played to full houses in 2020. Writer performers Amy Fortnum and Jess Clancy, both WAAPA graduates, workshopped this follow-up production in Sydney before presenting it at Fringe 2021. It was a delight to watch.