Reviews

Children of the Sea is a powerful theatrical work about survival and resistance, based on two years of research from writer/director Jay Emmanuel and interviews with over 60 survivors, border officials and human rights lawyers at Australian detention centres. Highly emotional and very moving, this powerfully presented piece is presented by Encounter and Performing Lines.

The team that has delivered such gems as The Girl That Jumped Off the Hollywood Sign and That Daring Australian Girl are back with their new offering The Reichstag is Burning. Having already well established themselves as award-winning writers and producers of the cabaret genre it is, perhaps, no surprise that their latest production invites the audience to spend the evening in the Katakombs Kabarett in the Weimar tradition.

Acclaimed choreographer and dancer Erin Fowler is premiering her newest offering, EGG, at the Black Box Theatre for this year’s Adelaide Fringe. In EGG, Fowler incorporates her background in dance into a comedic, physical theatre piece, unmistakably directed by none other than Adelaide’s king of clowning, Hew Parham.

Phil Aughey is Chopin, recounting episodes and playing music from his life whilst stuck in a foggy Scotland in 1848.

Aughey’s performance as an actor and pianist is of someone who has done this show a lot; he’s at his best when remembering the saddest times: then he has us captivated and listening to every word. Even the occasional missed note or imperfect timing on the piano feels like a composer who has had enough.