346 - Adelaide Fringe at home and about

Adelaide Fringe at home, in a park, or in a theatre? Take your pick! The Covid-19 pandemic and ever-changing response protocols have prompted Hartstone Kitney Productions to make it possible to do the Adelaide Fringe at home this year, more than ever before. Joanne Hartstone and Tom Kitney formed their production company in 2017 and in recent years they have invested heavily in filming and streaming live shows. Amid the uncertainty of the pandemic, all their Fringe shows this year will only be available via livestream or on-demand. A reminder that Steve Davis and Ekkia Evans will be reviewing Fringe shows again this year. Read our Adelaide Fringe reviews here, throughout the Fringe. For the SA Drink Of The Week, local comedian and show producer, Wendy Torbet, will share a Coopers Pale Ale while discussing some stand up comedy insights. And Melbourne-based performer, Tash York, who lives in Adelaide every Fringe (and has done for many, many years), will share her insights on Fringe, interstate acts, and the glam/big hair aspects of cabaret. And in the Musical Pilgrimage, we finish off with a track by Nick Vulture, that will feature in a show he's putting on called Southern Sounds. You can navigate episodes using chapter markers in your podcast app. Not a fan of wine? You can click next to jump to the next chapter in the show. We're here to serve! The Adelaide Show Podcast: Awarded Silver for Best Interview Podcast at the 2021 Australian Podcast Awards and named as Finalist for News and Current Affairs in the 2018 Australian Podcast Awards. And please consider becoming part of our podcast by joining our Inner Circle. It's an email list. Join it and you might get an email on a Sunday or Monday seeking question ideas, guest ideas and requests for other bits of feedback about YOUR podcast, The Adelaide Show. Email us directly and we'll add you to the list: [e-mail] If you enjoy the show, please leave us a 5-star review in iTunes or other podcast sites, or buy some great merch from our Red Bubble store - The Adelaide Show Shop. We'd greatly appreciate it. And please talk about us and share our episodes on social media, it really helps build our community. Oh, and here's our index of all episode in one concise page Running Sheet: Adelaide Fringe at home and about 00:00:00 Intro Introduction to the show. 00:04:53 SA Drink Of The Week This week's SA Drink Of The Week is a Coopers Pale Ale, as recommended by Wendy Torbet, a comedian and producer who's producing some live, in-the-flesh comedy shows again this fringe. Shows mentioned: Open Mic Comedy at Legends Bar Fashionable and Fabulous The Good, The Bad and The Ugly 00:08:19 Adelaide Fringe at hom with Joanne Hartstone and Tom Kitney In 2020, when Covid-19 struck and theatres went dark, the State Theatre devised an ingenious program called Decameron 2.0; a weekly hour of 10 short monologues broadcast online. It was a hit and the production qualities were very high. Some amateur companies also experimented with livestreaming or prerecorded theatre with mixed results, typically due to lower budgets and lack of experience. Our guests today have truly honed the art of filming and streaming live theatre, so much so that for the Adelaide Fringe in 2022, all their shows will only be viewable online. Joanne Hartstone and Tom Kitney, welcome to the Adelaide Show. Shows mentioned: The Girl Who Jumped Off The Hollywood Sign by Joanne Hartstone / Hartstone-Kitney Productions The Reichstag Is Burning by Hartstone-Kitney Productions EGG by Erin Fowler Movement Spaces Between Us + Epilogue by Lewis Major Projects Satori + Unfolding by Lewis Major Projects You Can’t Hide In The Desert by Tracy Crisp Something In The Water by Scantily Glad Theatre Company Prepping For Theatre by Dr Lane Myths, Legends and Fantasy by Emma Knights Or just click HERE to see all Hartstone-Kitney Productions shows for the 2022 Adelaide Fringe I had my first virtual experience of Black Box Live, which is the manifestation of your livestreaming and on-demand theatre, last year. I'd missed Dr Gill Hicks' theatre debut, Alive And Kicking, so watched your on-demand version. It was wonderful experience and I'm glad I got to see it. I also know that because of her connections to the London bombings, there were readymade audiences in England who got to watch the broadcast performances. What are your recollections of that show and your other shows during the 2021 Fringe? And did audiences split evenly between in-theatre and online, or was there a skew? Can you take us through your thinking process for opting to only do Fringe shows online this year? Was it prompted by some heartbreak last year when restrictions were brought in right on the day before a big new season launch? Did you watch any of the Decameron 2.0? Thoughts? Apart from your productions, what livestreamed or on-demand theatre thrilled you over the past few years? I hear some people, Peter Goers is one of them, who ...