All in all though, this proved to be an extremely entertaining night of sights and sounds, a fantastic concert showcasing some very cool new music that enhanced the experience of revisiting an Aussie classic.
Wild Bore is not a play, in any conventionally narrative sense of the term. It is theatre as protest, as discussion, as polemic, as rebuttal; a bizarre, profane, stimulating, at times revolting and frequently hilarious grand guignol of highbrow ideas, low blows, bad taste, hot takes and bum jokes.
Meow Meow is an incredible performer, her chill-inducing singing no less impressive that her hilarious comedic persona as the bossy, slightly bedraggled songstress determined to propel the show forward even as it falls to pieces around her, by sheer bloody-minded vivacity.
Wakenshaw fills his various scenes with such noises to flesh out not only action but character, as he physically acts out various improbable, hilarious and even downright surreal encounters in his extraordinarily limber, almost contortionist performance.
One of the more original events this year comes in the form of an entertaining marriage of visual art and live music, tying in to the current exhibition Rembrandt and the Dutch golden age: masterpieces from the Rijksmuseum at the venerable Art Gallery of New South Wales.
The Barber Shop Chronicles a striking and richly engaging show about community and culture, from the personal to the political and all that is in between.
This show celebrated the first 45 years of the life of the Adelaide Festival Centre and the new star-studded walkway on the East-west promenade along its River Torrens side.
The most striking and enchanting element of this production is the extensive use of puppetry to bring to life the menagerie of creatures Darwin rigorously studies on his journey, these remarkable visuals and complex scenic elements work in perfect balance with the focus on character, story, and one big, history-changing idea.