A cowlick of a fringe
Posted by cacophony in : Entertainment , trackback
“Bob is an average insecure penis,” begins the Melbourne Fringe Festival’s synopsis for puppet play Tyrannosaurus sex. Bob the knob may be average but the Fringe is definitely not.
This year’s festival has the usual unusual smattering of experimental, post-post-modern, kitsch and just plain weird music, art and theatre but also has a strong puppetry bent and includes a children’s program for the first time.
Spring is my favourite time of the year to be in Melbourne and the Fringe is a big part of that. It’s a theatre of risk: the artists are doing non-bankable works that are often self-funded (and in the case of neon-bulb swallower Manx, really bloody dangerous) but the audience takes a risk, too. Fringe shows are mostly one-offs, and hit-and-miss depending on which show you attend.
But for about $12 a pop, that’s a risk I’m willing to take.
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That’s what I love so much about Melbourne. It’s diversity of cultural interests from visiting people in their high rise buildings in Fitzroy (Arts Festival a couple of years ago) to the Opera. We have the lot.
I don’t know that an “insecure penis” would be my cup of tea but that people come up with the concept and follow it through by self funding it is commendable.
I wish you every success with all the shows and as you say, for $12 worth the risk of being seriously entertained, by the hilarity of the mental image it conveys to its intended audience.