24 Mar 2025
3 Pigs ~ A Musical for the Whole Family ~ Adelaide Fringe Review 2025
You get 3 pigs, the obligatory wolf, bricks, straw(s) and stick(er)s. As you can see, there’s some creative interpretation of the classic tale, but that’s what…
Children's Entertainment
2 Mar 2025
Meg In The Magic Toyshop: Where All The Children Want To Play ~ Adelaide Fringe 2025 Review
Merilyn Greer wrote the show and engagingly performs the central role of Meg – a toy doll who is looking for a lost glove. Her friend Penny The Toy Soldier…
24 Feb 2025
The Flying Bubble Show: Grab A Dream, Catch The Smiles ~ Adelaide Fringe 2025 Review
[KIDS AND FAMILY/Circus ~ UK] The Vault at Fool’s Paradise, Sat 22 Feb, 2025.
9 Mar 2024
Mario The Maker Magician: Robots, Slapstick And Magic ~ Adelaide Fringe 2024 Review
Full of energy and New York pizzazz, Mario hits the stage running in a burst of high powered fun that remains rolling throughout his whole show. On his first…
4 Mar 2024
Amazing Drumming Monkeys: Right On Beat With The Kids ~ Adelaide Fringe 2024 Review
It’s not often that a show gets better the more things go wrong, but the Amazing Drumming Monkeys have a way of building failure into their stunts which winds…
26 Feb 2024
Seven Little Wonders: Helping Starman Sam Find His Way Home Again ~ Adelaide Fringe 2024 Review
On arrival the hall jingled with anticipation as children put on their bell-lined wristbands; an early invitation to join Imogen’s sensory journey.
18 Feb 2024
Monski Mouse’s Baby Cabaret: Singing Up A Nursery Rhyme Storm ~ Adelaide Fringe 2024 Review
This opening show of the season saw Monski perform her well-travelled baby cabaret with a new cast, joined by sidekicks, Johnno and Yulia. The trio present what…
4 Mar 2023
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: It’s Truly Scrumptious! ~ Adelaide Fringe 2023 Review
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is a mammoth undertaking by Theatre Bugs and Adelaide Theatre Academy; it’s clear that there has been an enormous amount of work gone…
26 Feb 2023
You Are A Doughnut: When Science And Music Forms A Comedy Hit ~ Adelaide Fringe 2023 Review
You Are a Doughnut is what happens when you mix musical theatre, comedy, physical comedy, our body’s organs and excretions together! It’s a riot of fun from…
19 Feb 2023
Science Magic: Messy Mayhem ~ Unicorn Vomit Is Funny! ~ Adelaide Fringe 2023 Review
Part Science/part comedy, with fleeting references towards magic (that are all explained as science). Despite admonitions at the start of the show about bad…
5 June 2022
Disney’s Frozen The Musical: Step Into A Glittering Magical World ~ Theatre Review
If this was going to be a very short review (not my forté) it would read like this. At the breathtaking and magical conclusion to the first act of Frozen The…
9 Oct 2021
Doctor Dolittle Jr – Presented by Theatre Bugs: An Old Classic Performed By Some Great Young Talent ~ Review
Doctor Dolittle Jr is based on the popular musical, scaled back a little to be suitable for the younger cast of Theatre Bugs and Adelaide Theatre Academy who…