Events in the Theatre category that were part of the 1988 Fringe
Arrange in order of: Ascending | Descending
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SECOND LADY - USA, Theatre
Official, Presented by Nancy Black - Flash Rat at Mezzanine Theatre, Living Arts Centre - Cnr North Tce and Morphett St, Adelaide as part of the 1988 Fringe
The Second lady is the fictional Mrs Erskine, wife of US senator who is running for vice president. She stands in for her husband at a luncheon and begins to give his speech on ... -
SEVEN MINUTES IN SEVEN WOMEN'S LIVES, Theatre
Official, Presented by Women's Good Theatre Company at Wetpack Theatre - Living Arts Centre, Cnr Morphett St & North Tce, City as part of the 1988 Fringe
An integrated account of seven women's lives, set against a series of rituals: wedding, birth, death, sex, dressing and resurrection. -
SHE'S GOT KNEES, Theatre
Official, Presented by A.R.R.R.T. as part of the 1988 Fringe
She's got Knees stars Georgina Mills plus 4 boys. Puppetry, Theatre, Poetry- eerie, poignant, evocative, visually and musically. -
SHIP OF FOOLS , Theatre
Official, Presented by Whistling in the Theatre at Wetpack Theatre - Living Arts Centre, Cnr Morphett St & North Tce, City as part of the 1988 Fringe
The Whistlers return to the Fringe with the premiere of their latest play, set in mediaeval Europe and modern day Australia. Two groups of undesirables, the mad and the unemploy... -
SINGLE/SOLO/ONE, Theatre
Official, Presented by Public Tender at Troupe Theatre - Cnr Unley Rd and Oxford Tce, Unley as part of the 1988 Fringe
Originated as a solo performance by Donna Confetti in Berlin. Under her direction, the theme of loneliness has been individually redefined by three Sydney performers from divers... -
TALKING ABOUT THE WEATHER , Theatre
Official, Presented by Edge theatre Company as part of the 1988 Fringe
Per is a weather reporter and she has created an amazing invention a weather machine. Everybody switches to Per's station, she always gets the weather right, but things start to... -
THE BALD PRIMADONNA, Theatre
Official, Presented by Torch Players at Troupe Theatre - Cnr Unley Rd and Oxford Tce, Unley as part of the 1988 Fringe
A bizarre story of communication and relationships in suburban Adelaide - Ionesco's comedy of the absurd in a new Australian adaptation. -
THE CONSTANT GARDENER, Theatre
Official, Presented by Therry Dramatic Society Inc. at Royalty Theatre - 65 Angas St, Adelaide as part of the 1988 Fringe
Set in the south of France, South Australian playwright Betty Quinn's comedy THE CONSTANT GARDNER, has something for everyone - Did Alan Everly murder his three wives and bury t... -
THE GOLDEN OLDIES, Theatre
Official, Presented by Golden Oldies at Mezzanine Theatre, Living Arts Centre - Cnr North Tce and Morphett St, Adelaide as part of the 1988 Fringe
The play traces the lives of three generations of women in one family and the effect the various members have on one another. -
THE KEEPERS , Theatre
Official, Presented by Mainstreet Theatre at Troupe Theatre - Cnr Unley Rd and Oxford Tce, Unley as part of the 1988 Fringe
The latest and most remarkable play from the pen of Aboriginal playwright Bob Maza tells of a relationship between two families one indigenous, one immigrant over two hundred ye... -
THE LADY AND THE CLARINET, Theatre
Official, Presented by Salisbury Theatre Company at Theatre 62 - 145 Sir Donald Bradman Dve, Hilton as part of the 1988 Fringe
While waiting for her dinner guest Luba reminisces to a hired clarinet player about her past romances. Paul, Jack and George all figure in these reminiscences, but what is real ... -
THE LOVER AND THE BELOVED, Theatre
Official, Presented by Inside- out Theatre at Wetpack Theatre - Living Arts Centre, Cnr Morphett St & North Tce, City as part of the 1988 Fringe
The London based company currently residing in New Zealand, bring their highly successful performance of The Lover and the Beloved to the Fringe. -
THE MAP OF THINGS, Theatre
Official, Presented by Opf as part of the 1988 Fringe
Two plays by Craig Hamersley. A double bill of a short monodrama by a one act play. 0pf has a commitment to Australian writing and the development of new approaches to perform... -
THE PAINS OF SLEEP, Theatre
Official, Presented by Albatross at Side Space,Living Arts Centre - Cnr North Tce and Morphett St, Adelaide as part of the 1988 Fringe
A solo performance by Geoffrey Darling who has won critical acclaim in New Zealand. A reworked show will take Adelaide by storm. -
THE SERPENT'S FALL, Theatre
Official, Presented by Snakehouse Production at Theatre 62 - 145 Sir Donald Bradman Dve, Hilton as part of the 1988 Fringe
A one woman show exploring the image of the Snake as an ancient symbol in everyday lives and mythologies of a Greek Woman, an Aboriginal Woman and a retired anglo-saxon headmist... -
THE SHREW & BOOTH, Theatre
Official, Presented by Boulevard Theatre Company at Theatre 62, The Chapel - 138 Burbridge Rd, Hilton as part of the 1988 Fringe
A four person adaptation of Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew. Presented by Tony Mack it’s the story of the greatest American actor of the 19th century - Edwin Booth - son of a ... -
THE STORY OF THE MAHABHARTATA, Theatre
Official, Presented by Raj Hullgol at Red Shed Theatre - 255 Angas St, City as part of the 1988 Fringe
At last you'll understand India's epic saga of love and war, simply retold by Raj Hullgol and accompanied by slides of events, maps and family trees. -
THE TALE OF A TIGER, Theatre
Official, Presented by Zootango Theatre Company at Side Space, Living Arts Centre - Cnr North Tce and Morphett St, Adelaide as part of the 1988 Fringe
A fanciful oriental tale of a soldier on Mao's long march, who is left to die of wounds and is rescued by a Tigress. -
THE UNKNOWN WOMAN, Theatre
Official, Presented by Prolitkult at Red Shed Theatre - 255 Angas St, City as part of the 1988 Fringe
A rarely performed Russian Symbolist production, the play depicts a poets search for the 'Eternal Feminine.' -
THE WONDERFUL LYRICAL WORLD OF PEACHY BRUNO, Theatre
Official, Presented by Ho Ho Ho Theatre at Mezzanine Theatre, Living Arts Centre - Cnr North Tce and Morphett St, Adelaide as part of the 1988 Fringe
A five act play written by Damien Young is performed in the Ho Ho Ho tradition. A farcical tale about a retired detective doing missing things for missing persons who have lost ... -
THREEPLAY, Theatre
Official, Presented by Exploding Ferrets Theatre Company at Side Space, Living Arts Centre - Cnr North Tce and Morphett St, Adelaide as part of the 1988 Fringe
THREEPLAY is an original, intense and bizarre piece of psychodrama comedy based on a deep and meaningful dirty weekend, think if you like or just enjoy it. -
TISSUES, Theatre
Official, Presented by La Mama Theatre at La Mama Theatre - 4 Crawford Ln, Hindmarsh as part of the 1988 Fringe
A late night show performed in 50 scenes. -
UBU, Theatre
Official, Presented by Unley Youth Theatre at Side Space, Living Arts Centre - Cnr North Tce and Morphett St, Adelaide as part of the 1988 Fringe
An adaptation of Alfred Jarry's famous play .UBU is a farce about power and corruption. Its first production challenged theatre conventions of the time. This energetic productio... -
UNDER MILKWOOD, Theatre
Official, Presented by La Mama Theatre Company at La Mama Theatre - 4 Crawford Ln, Hindmarsh as part of the 1988 Fringe
After its first performance at the 1956 Edinburgh Festival, Dylan Thomas' play Under Milkwood was greeted with wild applause. The characters in the small Welsh town by the seasi... -
WAITING FOR ANNETTE, Theatre
Official, Presented by Vitalstatistix at Mezzanine Theatre, Living Arts Centre - Cnr North Tce and Morphett St, Adelaide as part of the 1988 Fringe
A play by Roxxy Bent about the riddle of romance. Meet four women waiting; waiting for romance, waiting for a wedding, waiting for Annette. -
WARNINGS, Theatre
Official, Presented by La Mama Melbourne at Side Space, Living Arts Centre - Cnr North Tce and Morphett St, Adelaide as part of the 1988 Fringe
First staged at Spoleto Fringe in September '87, WARNINGS explores and crosses the boundaries between various conventional artforms, is politically as well as aesthetically moti... -
WHEN YOU WISH, Theatre
Official, Presented by People Next Door at Fringe Club Theatre - Cnr North Tce and Morphett St, Adelaide as part of the 1988 Fringe
A two hander musical satire focusing on issues such as suburban living, women at work, consumerism, post war reconstruction and being a working class man. The show is loosely se... -
WHOSE BIRTHDAY IS IT ANYWAY, Theatre
Official, Presented by Multicultural Youth Theatre at The Parks Theatre Complex - Cowan St, Angle Park as part of the 1988 Fringe
Director Tess Brenner, Writer Ann Marie Mykyta. The Multicultural Youth Theatre's production Who's Birthday is it Anyway? is a light hearted but challenging look at the Bicenten... -
WOMAN OF THE DEEP, Theatre
Official, Presented by Chrome at Wetpack Theatre - Living Arts Centre, Cnr Morphett St & North Tce, City as part of the 1988 Fringe
Written and directed by Tony Strachan, Chrome presents a work of visual theatre which looks at a certain beach loving society through the eyes of a fishwoman rescued from the su...