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June 29, 2011

Something Nobody Counted On

Filed under: 2011,Archive,Books

Parallel Worlds

Travesty
by Mike Johnson
Graphic Art by Darren Sheehan
Titus Books
titus@snap.net.nz
RRP. $ 39.00

Fosterling
by Emma Neale
Vintage
RRP. $ 29.99

Wulf
by Hamish Clayton
Penguin NZ
RRP. $ 30.00

Like many futuristic nightmares, the naming of the nihilistic Gaia colony of Travesty is both literal and metaphoric. Mike Johnson’s grim tale begins in a crummy tenement called the Rathouse where we meet the seedy principals of this sci-noir yarn. They have names reminiscent of William …

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Your table’s waiting : laid-back legends put festival on a high

Filed under: 2011,Archive,Cabaret

June 25, 2011

Cabaret Festival 2011
Adelaide Festival Centre
until June 25.

Batt on a Hot Tin Roof
Bryan Batt
Festival Theatre Stage
June 24.
The Basement, Sydney
June 30. Bookings : ??

Jimmy Webb
Dunstan Playhouse
June 25.

Michael Feinstein
Festival Theatre
June 25.

After three weeks the 11th Adelaide Cabaret Festival has ended with plenty to sing about. And in their third , and final, year as directors, David and Lisa Campbell have increased interest, even on last …

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June 17, 2011

Molly’s Shoes

Filed under: 2011,Adelaide Companies,Archive,Theatre

May 20, 2011
Adelaide Theatre
BRIEF

Molly’s Shoes
by Alex Vickery-Howe
Accidental Productions
Bakehouse Theatre, 255 Angas Street, Adelaide
May 19. Wednesday to Saturday until June 4.
Tickets: $16 – $23. Bookings: www.bakehousetheatre.com
Or by phone on (08) 8227 0505.

Enterprising independents Accidental Productions have taken an impressive next step
with Molly’s Shoes, a lively new work from Adelaide playwright Alex Vickery-Howe.
Undergraduates David (Tim Smith) and Elspeth (Rachel Jones) are challenged by fearless
physics professor Molly Taffy (Katie O’Reilly). …

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The Zoo Story

Filed under: 2011,Archive,State Theatre Company,Theatre

May 29, 2011
Adelaide
Theatre
BRIEF

The Zoo Story
by Edward Albee
State Theatre Company of South Australia
Space Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre.
May 27. Tickets  $ 18 – $30. Bookings : BASS 131 246
Until June 4.    SA Regional tour June 7 -23.
School bookings : 08  8415 5333.

Edward Albee’s tension-filled one act, two-hander from 1958, The Zoo Story,  reminds us, if we needed it,  that primitive animal instinct extends to human beings as well. Peter, a well-to-do …

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