Things at Fringe (1)

Team Loko's Human Graffiti

This free show, on as part of the Fringe programme at Fed Square, is TOTALLY BODACIOUS* and should be seen by all. As displays of physical prowess go - think backflips performed from the temporary platform created by the interlinked hands of two lithe and muscular blokes (note to self: don't drool) and forward rolls performed by two ace chicks off a head-high platform - it's fast-paced, spectacular, and is guaranteed to make you feel more unfit than you've ever felt in your life.

Three and a half awed gasps out of five.


Hitlerhoff

An unholy fusion of the lives of Adolph Hitler and David Hasslehoff that's performed by a cast of three with the assistance of some simply superb video projection (congrats to Anto Skene and Puck Murphy) this twisted piece of camp irony was outrageous and laugh-out-loud funny. It did seem to drag a little towards the end, so I think it might have benefitted from being maybe 10 minutes shorter (though this may also have been an opening night flaw, as I was told today the show ran overtime on its first night), but for the most part it's a very silly, very funny, and very wrong show. Special mention should be made of of Simone Page Jones and Exra Bix, who between them play a punishing range of characters, and do so with comic aplomb.

Three and half 'did he just say what I think he said?' gasps out of five.


Andrew McClelland's Somewhat Acurate History of Pirates (1550 - 2027)

The strictly limited return season of McClelland's mock lecture about pirates and piracy, complete with limes to ward off scurvy and wonderful props - puppets, forts, even a cannon (!) - was one of those shows I circled the minute I got my hands on the Fringe programme, and I wasn't disappointed. Having already seen the show once I was worried that it wouldn't live up to my memories of it, but I'm pleased to say it exceeded them. McClelland's awkward, endearing, slightly bumbling shtick isn't to every comedy fan's taste, but it definitely works for me. Arrr!



* Dude. You like, said, 'bodacious'. That's so awesome.