Adelaide Fringe - Em O'Loughlin star of "How I Made My Arse Look Smaller"

Adelaide Fringe Review Of “How I Made My Arse Look Smaller Simply By Pulling My Head Out Of It” By Em O’Loughlin

Do you ever say to yourself…

• “I’m not fat, I’m just big boned!”
• “My arse is so big… it has it’s own postcode!”
• “I’ll have a large burger and fries but just the diet coke so it should be ok!”

Then this show may be for you!

Adelaide Fringe Review Of "How I Made My Arse Look Smaller" By Stuart

In “How I Made My Arse Look Smaller Simply By Pulling My Head Out Of It” Em O’Loughlin shares with us her frustrations with the diet and weight loss industry… and don’t worry, she is perfectly qualified for the job (she used to weigh 160 kgs herself). Em covers a range of topics in her show such as how the weight loss industry is brainwashing us with their commercials, the evolution of weight loss and why the diet industry keeps making billions of dollars each year whilst the average Australian continues to gain weight.

Em is, let’s just say a very passionate performer and at first I was a bit “put off” because it just seemed to me like a whole bunch of “in your face”, shock-horror, random comedy until she mentions that she too used to be overweight (something in the range of 160 kgs), when I realised that the show was about her and her weight loss journey everything was put into perspective and I actually enjoyed it a lot.

Adelaide Fringe Review Of "How I Made My Arse Look Smaller" By Morag

If you’re sick of being brainwashed by the diet and weight loss industry and want an honest “keep it real” voice to tell you how it really is then you will probably enjoy this show.

“How I Made My Arse Look Smaller Simply By Pulling My Head Out Of It” is presented by Em O’Loughlin. It’s on at the Maid and Magpie – the Barn, 1 Magill Road Stepney between now and the 5th of March 2010, for more information refer to the Adelaide Fringe website.

Adelaide Fringe - Alisha, Kat and Peta stars of "Single Admissions"

Adelaide Fringe Review Of “Single Admissions” By Lazy Young And Talented With The Good Room

Do you hate it when someone asks you…

• do you have a boyfriend?
• when are you getting married?
• are you a lesbian?

Are you sick of…

• the parentals always trying to give you relationship advice?
• friends always trying to make fun of your weight?

Scared of ending up alone?

Then “Single Admissions” may be the show for you!

Adelaide Fringe Review Of "Single Admissions" By Sanne

“Single Admissions” is a show about Kat and her two friends Alisha and Peta – three twenty something single girls trying to navigate their way through the mine field of life and relationships.

Together they deal with a range of topics including:

• Flirting and bad pick up lines.
• One night stands.
• Pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases.
• Facebook.
• Ex boyfriends.
• Online dating.
• Stalkers.

Will Kat find her Mr. Right or will she forever remain a spinster?

Personally I enjoyed seeing how the actors were able to change characters so quickly and demonstrate a diverse range of perspectives as well as how they were able to use a very limited number of props to create a wide variety of scenes and visual effects, although I thought that the show lacked a unique perspective – there wasn’t anything new or different being offered just a rehash of ideas and concepts that have been covered many times before.

Adelaide Fringe Review Of "Single Admissions" By Sam

If you’re frustrated with being single, love sexual innuendos, don’t mind a bit of drunken music and dancing and like chick flicks such as Mean Girls and Clueless then you will probably enjoy “Single Admissions”.

“Single Admissions” is presented by Lazy Young and Talented with the Good Room. It’s on at the Holden Street Theatres – The Studio, 34 Holden Street Hindmarsh between now and the 9th of March 2010, for more information refer to the Adelaide Fringe website.

Adelaide Fringe - Pip Comic Illusionist star of "Hypnolarious"

Adelaide Fringe Review Of “Hypnolarious” By Pip Comic Illusionist

Do you…

• want to quit smoking?
• want to lose weight?
• want to stop snoring?
• have trouble sleeping?
• love to be the centre of attention?

Then this show may be for you!

Adelaide Fringe Review Of "Hypnolarious" By Ulysses

In his show “Hypnolarious” Pip the Comic Illusionist takes ten unsuspecting audience members and runs them through a series of visualisation and meditation type exercises. Based on how these participants react to his instructions and their level of compliance he is able to select the best candidates to complete a series of mind bending tasks… and that’s where the fun really begins! Pip explains that the average person normally goes into a state of hypnosis eight to nine times per day e.g. when you are driving to work in your car you are essentially in a state of hypnotic trance, so much so that you rarely remember what happened from one trip to the next, so it’s totally normal and safe.

After some psychological preparation, the participants are given a number of tasks that are designed to distort their memory and perception of reality, some examples include:

• forgetting the existence of names and numbers.
• inanimate objects coming to life.
• believing that they are really speaking to someone on their “shoe phone”.
• being unable to lift objects that are normally easy to pick up.
• displaying amazing levels of control over their own bodies.

The show takes a little while to gain momentum as the right candidates need to be chosen for the more challenging tricks and it can be quite random as it depends entirely on the audience and having the right type of participants in the show but once it gets started it is very entertaining to watch and witness.

If you like magic, mind tricks and psychological illusions then you will enjoy “Hypnolarious”.

Adelaide Fringe Review Of "Hypnolarious" By Matthew

“Hypnolarious” is presented by Pip Comic Illusionist. It’s on at the Caos Entertainment Complex (Cafe & Bar), 188 Hindley Street, Adelaice city between now and the 14th of March 2010, for more information refer to the Adelaide Fringe website.

Adelaide Fringe - Tessa Waters star of "How To Be A Lady"

Adelaide Fringe Review Of “How To Be A Lady” By Tessa Waters

What does it mean to be a lady in this modern world?

• Someone who always dresses properly?
• Someone who always behaves appropriately?
• Someone who has the perfect boyfriend?
• Someone who is great in bed?

After a drunken night of shenanigans Tessa stumbles home to an empty apartment, desperate to cure her loneliness and boredom she starts rustling through her collection of cassette tapes and plays one after the other – a collection of easy listening, jazz and country music as well as a few self help, hypnosis and yoga tapes. Suddenly she comes across a tape that reveals to her the rules of “How To Be A Lady”…

Adelaide Fringe Review Of "How To Be A Lady" By Michelle

The show is a series of skits that cover a range of topics including “self mastery” (just think Seinfeld and “master of my domain” and you’ll get the idea), marriage, sex and what it means to be a wife / home maker. Tessa does a great job of portraying what it means to be a lady in this modern world and the challenges of following the rules of what she is supposed to do versus what she really wants deep down inside in order to be happy.

The highlight of the show is really Tessa’s talent with slap stick / physical humour although I was disappointed that there wasn’t much talking and not much of an ending or a moral to the story.

If you’re a fan of the TV show Ladette To Lady or you just like random silliness then this show may be for you.

Adelaide Fringe Review Of "How To Be A Lady" By Rhianna

“How To Be A Lady” is presented by Tessa Waters. It’s on at the Austral Hotel – The Bunka, 205 Rundle Street, Adelaide city between now and the 14th of March 2010, for more information refer to the Adelaide Fringe website.

Adelaide Fringe - Melinda Buttle star of "Sista Got Flow"

Adelaide Fringe Review Of “Sista Got Flow” By Melinda Buttle

Do you know what’s gay?

• Pink convertibles.
• The Mars Bar.
• Crocs shoes.

Do you know what’s not gay?

• Melinda Buttle and her lyrical rhymes yo!

In her show “Sista Got Flow” Melinda shares her experiences as a relief teacher by day and a single 27 year old virgin by night.

Adelaide Fringe Review Of "Sista Got Flow" By David

Melinda covers a range of topics including the differences between Adelaide and her home town Brisbane, her day job as a relief teacher, her crazy mum and dad, being single, online dating, working with kids and what it’s like to be a 27 year old virgin.

I found her to be very clever, witty and enjoyable to watch… and her rap battles are definitely the highlight of the show especially the “fag” battle and the beat boxing.

If you liked Eminem in 8 Mile and prefer your comedy straight without any gimmicks then this show may be for you.

Adelaide Fringe Review Of "Sista Got Flow" By Sheridan

“Sista Got Flow” is presented by Dirty Work Comedy. It’s on at the Ambassadors Hotel – Balcony Restaurant, 107 King William Street, Adelaide city between now and the 27th of February 2010, for more information refer to the Adelaide Fringe website.

Adelaide Fringe - Phil Denson star of "Attack Of The Ginger Ninja"

Adelaide Fringe Review Of “Attack Of The Ginger Ninja” By Phil Denson

Phil Denson is…

• a dude with a crazy set of dreadlocks.
• a comedian.
• a story teller.
• a musician.
• a Vanilla Ice / Will Smith (ala Fresh Prince Of Belair) style rapper.
• a maker of balloon animals.
• an interpretive dancer.
• a self confessed “ginger”.

and…

• a ninja!

Hurt and confused one day Phil wrote a letter to Chuck Norris, the one “ginger” who never gets picked on by anybody! Chuck responded with three pieces of sagely advice… Phil’s show “Attack Of The Ginger Ninja” is based on what Phil has done to apply the pearls of wisdom that were handed down to him by Chuck…

Adelaide Fringe Review Of "Attack Of The Ginger Ninja" By Angela

In his show “Attack Of The Ginger Ninja” Phil talks about his home town Darwin, what it’s like being an outsider and visiting Elizabeth (the town in South Australia), girls, his weird dad, his childhood, youth culture and of course, what it’s like to be a “ginger kid”.

Personally I thought that some of the jokes were kind of lame and the story could have been structured more tightly to fit into the overall theme but otherwise Phil does a good job of working the crowd and mixing comedy with story telling, music and interpretive dance.

If you’ve ever been picked on for being a little bit different, like “Borat” or any type of slap stick style comedy then this show might just be for you.

“Attack Of The Ginger Ninja” is presented by Stand Up Productions. It’s on at the Duke Of York Hotel, 82 Currie Street, Adelaide City between now and the 6th of March 2010, for more information refer to the Adelaide Fringe website.

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