Kaleidoscope Recs: five messy, mushy shows about love this week at Sydney Fringe
Sophie McCrae is a writer, performer, hopeless romantic and lover of wine and cheese - especially if that cheese is from her home state, Tassie. Here are her recommendations for the five messiest, mushiest shows about love during the third week of Sydney Fringe Festival (click titles for tix):
LOVE SONG
This beautiful play explores just how much one person and one love can change everything. Beane is a loner. Then he meets Molly and all of a sudden, all of the love songs make sense. Written by American playwright John Kolvenbach, known for his unique approach to everyday situations, this one will be odd, sweet and kind of like a Wes Anderson film.
17 September - 25 September, Darlo Drama - Theatre
PASTABATE
This new work written by Dani Hayek asks: how many bowls of pasta will mend a broken heart? A question, I think, could have been useful to have a definitive answer to a few times in my life! Described as a “carb-tastic fantasia”, this’ll be a hilarious ride through Hayek’s misguided attempts to fix her life with her complicated love of food.
20 - 24 September, Erskineville Town Hall
LAST TIME
In the time slot straight after A few things that happened on the way to now is Lily Hensby’s new play, Last Time! Love, careers, and relationships are hard, and I can’t wait to see this fab new work talk about them. Jesse and Lucas used to have a casual thing, then their respective arts careers took off. This play explores the complicated, beautiful overlaps and encounters between them, and what it’s like to relate to other creatives.
20 - 24 September, Erskineville Town Hall
FAILED FILMMAKER
The world of the arts is a weird place to be and can take you in directions you’d never imagined. A pornographic film set? A prescription opioid documentary? Quite frankly, Christina Jobe’s life and work sound so eclectic and brilliant that I want to see her show and be her friend. This is an “intimate” night of stand up where she tells you about her attempts to make it in Hollywood.
18 - 24 September, Newtown Hotel - The Caravan Room
A FEW THINGS THAT HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO NOW
“Being loved? Sounds fucking terrifying.”
Think Promising Young Woman meets Prima Facie meets Bridget Jones, this one-woman dark comedy follows Annie as she finds the courage to reclaim her body after trauma. Through this window into Annie’s life: her adoration of David Tennant (her house plant of course), her obsession with croissants, and the joy she finds in trips to IKEA, Annie’s words paint a world in which she rediscovers what it could mean to truly loved.
After sell out shows at the Butterfly Club earlier this year, my long-time collaborator Gaden Sousa and I can’t wait to bring this gem of a show to Sydney Fringe!
Book now with the discount code AFEWTHINGS10 for 10% off!
20 - 24 September, Erskineville Town Hall
This article was generously donated by the hopelessly lovely Sophie McCrae.
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