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Two performers pull funny faces at the camera. The grey-haired man is wearing a shiny gold jacket and the other has a beanie and dog ears and is wearing a shiny red vest and gold bowtie. They are dressed as if entering a ballroom dance contest. This is the team from Strictly Barking at Fringe World. This dog’s life is the cat’s meow
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This dog’s life is the cat’s meow

23 January 2023

What happens when a lonely old man and a stray dog pair up for a ballroom competition? Junior reviewers Isabel and Eddy Greentree have a ball at Strictly Barking.

Reading time • 4 minutesComedy
Colossal. A young man in white t-shirt and jeans lies on his side in a relaxed pose, his head propped on one hand and the other hand gesturing towards the camera Classic double act the epitome of Fringe
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Classic double act the epitome of Fringe

21 January 2023

The rejuvenated Fringe World begins with a bang with two gigantic shows. (You’ll know why when you take David Zampatti’s advice and see them both!)

Reading time • 7 minutesFringe World Festival
Three performers clad in brightly coloured jumpsuits bend forward, arms behind them like ice skaters ready to launch. The middle one in green is also wearing a crash helmet. They are on a blue-lit stage with a drum kit behind them. They are part of Bradbury the Musical. Bradbury farce skates on thin ice
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Bradbury farce skates on thin ice

21 January 2023

For this very Fringy show, you’ll need to suspend your disbelief in a big way – and it won’t be what you expect, writes Erin Hutchinson.

Reading time • 4 minutesMusical Theatre
Reading time • 4 minutesFringe World Festival
Reading time • 3 minutesComedy
An image taken at Cash out of Hand: A Convicts Tale by Jet Kye Chong. Pictured a man talks into a microphone and arrayed in a line behind him on the stage are four musicians Beauty from pain
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Beauty from pain

5 February 2022

Brilliant musicianship turns an Australian convict story into something beautiful, says Kobi Arthur Morrison.

Reading time • 3 minutesFringe World Festival
A promotional from the show Dyad. Pictured a silhouette of a female figure against a blue background. She appears to be holding a ball of light in her hand Adventures in the shadowlands
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Adventures in the shadowlands

5 February 2022

Sometimes cute and other times creepy, Dyad takes audiences back to the eerie uncertainties of childhood, writes Claire Coleman.

Reading time • 4 minutesFringe World Festival
Scene in gallery with a feature image across the wall with the word RETHINK in black and white script Gems in our own backyard
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Gems in our own backyard

4 February 2022

This annual exhibition by ECU Galleries offers an unpretentious, environmentally savvy message, writes Jaimi Wright.

Reading time • 5 minutesFringe World Festival
Libby Hammer A woman in a Bavarian costume dances on stage with men behind her wearing lederhosen and playing brass instruments Mein Gott it’s back to the eighties
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Mein Gott it’s back to the eighties

29 January 2022

The 80s have arrived at Fringe World. Bourby Webster discovers some of the more quirky ways the decade of cheesy ballads, naughty pop and synth music can be kept alive, with two very brassy tribute shows.

Reading time • 5 minutesFringe World Festival
Three actors in a scene from the play 'Alex and Evie and the Forever Falling Rain'. Pictured is one young man in yellow rain coat and red hat, a young woman in colourful pattern dress with a aluminium colander for a hat, and a person in a cat costume. Each is looking around with a worried expression on their face Friendship that weathers every storm
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Friendship that weathers every storm

28 January 2022

An imaginative theatre show about the power of friendship has something for everyone, write Rosalind Appleby and junior reviewer Hannah Peterson.

Reading time • 7 minutesFringe World Festival

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