Badass
Tash York is back in town and anyone who has the privilege of seeing her is celebrating!Sam About Town has seen Tash starring in her brilliant show, ‘Adulting’ as well as hosting the sizzling ‘After Hours Cabaret Club’. This year she has a new show, ‘Badass’. Whether it’s wielding a bat to the patriarchy, challenging life’s norms, or just cussing like a sailor, Tash York is on a journey...
1000 Rhymes Per Hour – MC Hammersmith’s Magical Freestyle Factory!
Recently Sam About Town was completely wowed by the production, Men With Coconuts and so we were pretty excited to learn that the self confessed “tall skinny posh one” is doing a solo show as well. MC Hammersmith (aka Will Naameh, also known for Spontaneous Sherlock and Spontaneous Potter) is a multi-award-winning freestyle rap comedian. He is the world’s leading freestyle gangsta rapper to ever emerge from the...
Temporary
Amy has found herself in another receptionist contract when she had vowed never to do it again. She smiles politely, makes the perfect cup of coffee and has a delightful phone manner. Her life is a rut of emails, mundane tasks and ridiculous colleagues. Until……. Sam About Town chatted with actor and writer, Katie Lees, to learn more about her Adelaide Fringe production, ‘Temporary’. SAT: Amy sounds like a character many people could...
The Piano Men – 5 stars
Emma Knights is a seasoned performer, producer, presenter, writer, mentor and all round supporter of the arts. Her credentials and experience speak for themselves (check out her website for more info: www.emmaknightsproductions.com)In this cabaret show, Emma is not supporting anyone else, accompanying other singers nor directing from the sidelines. This is all about her. And she does it all. Writing and performing her first solo show,...
A Complete Waste of Time – 3.5 stars
Well, was this a complete waste of time? Absolutely not!It’s tricky to review a comedy stand-up show when there are only 6 audience members, but that’s the luck of the draw with the Fringe, 9pm on a Tuesday. It must be even more difficult for a comedian to work a room when there is a small audience.Steve Chang excels in audience interaction. He had us chuckling, giggling and laughing straight away, with his warm and...