But I've been busy. Between rehearsals for the production of Macbeth that I'm in (which started in the first weekend of June), seeing shows in the Adelaide Cabaret Festival and Cabaret Fringe festival, and writing reviews – which sometimes takes more time than the show being reviewed – I just haven't had much time to sit down and put fingers to keys – at least not for anything that wasn't a review.
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Cabaret Season 2011
Forgive me, audience; it's been several weeks since my last confession blog post1.
But I've been busy. Between rehearsals for the production of Macbeth that I'm in (which started in the first weekend of June), seeing shows in the Adelaide Cabaret Festival and Cabaret Fringe festival, and writing reviews – which sometimes takes more time than the show being reviewed – I just haven't had much time to sit down and put fingers to keys – at least not for anything that wasn't a review.
But I've been busy. Between rehearsals for the production of Macbeth that I'm in (which started in the first weekend of June), seeing shows in the Adelaide Cabaret Festival and Cabaret Fringe festival, and writing reviews – which sometimes takes more time than the show being reviewed – I just haven't had much time to sit down and put fingers to keys – at least not for anything that wasn't a review.
Monday, May 30, 2011
Ben Folds
On Sunday May 22 I went to see the Ben Folds gig at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre Theatre1. It's the second time I'll have seen him since he went solo; the last time was quite a while back, when he played with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra at the Festival Centre. Prior to that I saw him twice when he was still with Ben Folds Five.
I was huge Ben Folds Five fan; their first (self-titled) album is one of my favourites, and I rate it as one of the best – maybe even the best – debut album of all time. While I'm not quite as fond of the later albums with the group or his solo stuff – which isn't to say that I think it's bad, per se; it's that the debut album is so damn good, with an amazing energy and some truly kickass songs like Underground, Philosophy, Best Imitation of Myself, Video, Julianne and Uncle Walter, it's hard for anything else to compare – there are good songs on each. So I'd always be up to see him live.
I was huge Ben Folds Five fan; their first (self-titled) album is one of my favourites, and I rate it as one of the best – maybe even the best – debut album of all time. While I'm not quite as fond of the later albums with the group or his solo stuff – which isn't to say that I think it's bad, per se; it's that the debut album is so damn good, with an amazing energy and some truly kickass songs like Underground, Philosophy, Best Imitation of Myself, Video, Julianne and Uncle Walter, it's hard for anything else to compare – there are good songs on each. So I'd always be up to see him live.
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
A Wicked good time
From the moment during last year's Cabaret Festival when the crowd of people emerging from co-creator Stephen Schwartz's show, buzzing with excitement because he'd let slip that the hugely popular show would be coming to Adelaide in 2011, I've been looking forward to seeing Wicked.
Obviously I could have travelled to Sydney or Melbourne or Brisbane to see it while it played in those cities, but I'm generally of the opinion that if the producers of a show aren't willing to bring it to Adelaide, then they don't deserve my money.
Obviously I could have travelled to Sydney or Melbourne or Brisbane to see it while it played in those cities, but I'm generally of the opinion that if the producers of a show aren't willing to bring it to Adelaide, then they don't deserve my money.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Needs More Banjo
As I was driving home from a friend's place the other night, my mp3 player – in shuffle mode – gave me two consecutive songs featuring banjo: Electrolite by REM, and White Blank Page by Mumford & Sons, and it reminded me of just how much I enjoy the use of that particular instrument.
I'm not sure where I first heard a song with banjo, but there would have been a few songs floating around while I was young.
I'm not sure where I first heard a song with banjo, but there would have been a few songs floating around while I was young.
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Frankenstein & Sucker Punch
I visited the Palace cinema twice in two days (Sunday and Monday) for two somewhat different kinds of entertainment, despite them being broadcast in essentially the same medium.
Frankenstein
Not a film – a filmed version of a play; England's National Theatre have done a series of these over the last few years – I saw their Hamlet (which was brilliant) a few months back – and they seem to be successful enough to be continuing with them.
This particular production was a stage adaptation directed by Danny Boyle (director of one of my all-time favourite films, Trainspotting, and winner of the Best Director Oscar for Slumdog Millionaire) and starring Johnny Lee Miller (also from Trainspotting) and Benedict Cumberbatch, who plays Sherlock Holmes in the brilliant BBC tv series, Sherlock. One of the more unusual aspects of the production was that Cumberbatch and Miller would alternate the roles of Frankenstein1 and the creature on different nights.
Frankenstein
Not a film – a filmed version of a play; England's National Theatre have done a series of these over the last few years – I saw their Hamlet (which was brilliant) a few months back – and they seem to be successful enough to be continuing with them.
This particular production was a stage adaptation directed by Danny Boyle (director of one of my all-time favourite films, Trainspotting, and winner of the Best Director Oscar for Slumdog Millionaire) and starring Johnny Lee Miller (also from Trainspotting) and Benedict Cumberbatch, who plays Sherlock Holmes in the brilliant BBC tv series, Sherlock. One of the more unusual aspects of the production was that Cumberbatch and Miller would alternate the roles of Frankenstein1 and the creature on different nights.
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