Film & TV
Pioneering Adelaide visual effects studio Rising Sun Pictures has been sold to American studio FuseFX, a move which the company says will help it grow.
Adelaide Fringe
Comedy hypnotism may sit outside the comfort zone of some festival-goers, or at least on the fringe. But that didn’t stop 20 eager volunteers approaching the stage to be put in a trance on the opening night of this show. ★★★★ ½
According to Danny Bhoy, we are suffering through the worst bunch of world leaders in history – an age of fools. The air in the Royalty Theatre is so thick with laughs by the end of his Fringe performance that he may have proven himself right. ★★★★★
Stephen K Amos blends chuckle-filled stories of growing up in London as one of seven children with current affairs, politics and hilarious views on everything from Donald Trump to Hollywood’s attempt at creating a black superhero. ★★★★
Fuego Carnal – Spanish for “fire of the flesh” – has become a regular at Adelaide Fringe and continues to up the ante with breathtaking high-energy stunts by world-class performers pushing the limits of their professions. ★★★★ ½
A Norwood piano tuner who started his business from the back of a car has grown to be one of Australia’s largest vintage piano restorers and will head to France next week to eye a European expansion.
The remarkable recovery of an Adelaide woman who was totally ‘locked in’ for more than six years after a serious road accident has entered a new chapter with the launch of an autobiography about life trapped inside her own body.
