As most of you will know, live theatre in Adelaide takes a well-deserved break over the December/January period each year, returning with renewed vigour, enthusiasm and all of the qualities necessary to join in the exciting Adelaide Fringe Festival Programme.
We are proud to announce that The Bakehouse Theatre will host a wide variety of excitingly different shows, covering many different genres, produced by both local and interstate artists.
Click on the "bookings and more information" tab below for a summary of Fringe shows on at the Bakehouse. Each show also has its own separate page with more information. Check out and click on the "what's on " list or choose "shows" in the top red navigation bar.
Also check out our "news" section to see what we are doing during the break to enhance your theatre experience.
The Bakehouse Theatre is proudly supported by AALT (Australian Audio & Lighting Technology) 8373 4222
Week one: Renee Gentle's 'Six Dollar Solitude', Week two: `Truth Teller', where three women discuss politics, Tesla and the end of all things, and `Germany Diary': If you could go back and re-live your past, would you play it the same?From the Award Nominated Local Company, Adelaide Duende Collective, who have brought you Play--Off, Slicing and Dicing!!! and No Hello, comes a short season of New Australian Plays, at the hub of new theatre in Adelaide, the Bakehouse.
All around you people are buying houses, getting married, climbing the corporate ladder. You, however, are trapped in a cycle of indecision, hangovers, student debt, the irreversable onset of wrinkles, bingo wings and alcohol dependency. It's the 1/4 Pounding. It happens to all of us at some stage! This play is close to home in the best possible way. The only cure is to laugh at ourselves!
Two comedians walk into a marriage counsellor's office and walk out with an hour-long show. This time the jokes are personal. "Very Impressive" - The Times (Aaron Counter). "Charms the giggles out of her audience" - London Evening Standard (Liz Stephens). Marriage...it's a funny thing.
Dining Uns-Table investigates failed familial relationships and the psychological effects they have on individuals long after. In this solo, Cloé Fournier draws upon the sense of rejection and abandonment from a neglecting and insulting father. Eventually, she questions the moral obligations one is expected to have for family.
More details at http://www.wix.com/cloe_fournier/cloe-fournier http://www.facebook.com/events/247095025363464/
Wicked women, seductive sinners, vicious vixens - The Femme Fatale is depicted as a glamorous blonde with a gun in her hand. Set in the gritty slums of 1929, explore the lives and minds of the female criminal in this gripping piece of theatre. Shatter the fantasy and discover the reality... (Winner of People's Choice Award - Short + Sweet Melbourne, 2011)
From the writer of Billy Elliot and the UK creative team behind 'Dye Young/Stay Pretty' (Pick of the Fringe 2010) 'Spoonface Steinberg', Lee Hall's extraordinary, award-winning play is a monologue by an exceptional autistic child. It is at turns funny, intensely moving and profound. "Definitely one to see!" The List.
A secession of stories rife with drama, dance, and an originally composed soundtrack come together to create a visceral landscape of flesh, feathers, demons, ghosts, and gods. Tapping into the mysteries, beauty, and struggles of living in contemporary times...Carnally, where do we go from here..is modern day mythology.
From the She-wolf of France to the Serpent of the Nile, Shakespeare's seductively powerful Queens star in a fascinating hour of intrigue, passion, tragedy and triumph, presented by Good Queen Bess and the witty Bard himself.
Sequel to 2011's 'Shakespeare's Mothers'. "Professional and slick" (Advertiser). "Clever and funny" (ATG). "Lively and engaging" (Fringe Review)
Meet Queens Margaret, Titania, Hermione, Tamara, Cleopatra and many others from over a dozen plays in sixty action-packed minutes.
Education Pack for Teachers is now available. Click on "read more", scroll down and download the attached file.
In just one sitting you might meet a US Special Forces NCO riding a runaway horse down a sheer mountain slope; a husband arguing with his deceased partner's ghost; a kidnapper discovering he's taken the wrong girl hostage; a Brooklyn roofing contractor rehearsing A Streetcar Named Desire in a New York subway car; a young British couple who's hobby of dressing in 1940's clothing has become a way of life that now imprisons them and everything they can think or do!
For a quck preview on youtube click HERE
Pratchett Pieces Three will consist of three brand new plays (never seen before), and a chance to catch up on a couple from Pratchett Pieces One and Two, that you may have missed in previous Fringe seasons. If you are a Pratchett fan you cannot afford to miss this! If you are not a fan yet, come along and see what all the fuss is about!
Fabulousity!! - a fringe show exactly as good as it sounds, only better. Is it a blissful rollercoaster of a stand up comedy show or the most important piece of theatre in our time? Yes it is.
A comedy show that hits every facet of society, juxtaposing the highbrow with the lowbrow, rewarding those paying attention and letting others slip into an oblivious ether of joy. Shiny things, existentialism, breasts and minimalist opera.
The Gilmore Girls meets the Golden Girls - only one of those girls is a man.
10 (and a half) year old Jessica has just moved in and has fallen in love with the boy next door. Problem is, he's convinced he's an astronaut and is building a rocket ship on his front lawn. He's also a bit of an a**hole. Bolstered by some unfortunate advice from her best friend Ivy, Jessica sets out to win the boy over. Can love survive an intergalactic separation?
Applekam Theatre Company is proud to present the world premiere of Comanche Club's The Housesitters at the Adelaide Fringe 2011.
The creative force behind Comanche Club is a passionate and dedicated group of recent school-leavers. With writing and direction from newcomer Alberto Di Troia, the stellar cast of young Adelaide talent includes Williiam Cox (winner of the 2008/2009 Curtain Call Award for Best Male Performance), Anna Bampton and Hudson Archer.
A black comedy about the miracle of a telephone line that unites two post-apocalyptic souls, presented by the award nominated local company Duende.