ADELAIDE FRINGE AT HOLDEN STREET
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-- Note this is an archived listing for performances in the year 2010 --
Holden Street Theatre's (HST) producer Martha Lott says their 2010 Fringe season will be the biggest they have ever presented with seventeen productions from local, interstate and international companies.

The season will be headlined by the Australian premiere of acclaimed 2009 Edinburgh Fringe five-star Award Winner Heroin(e) for Breakfast (UK), recipient of the second HST Edinburgh Award, and the return of the Adelaide University Old Footlighters Club in Be Your Age or Bust.

Presented by HST & Horizon Arts Ltd in association with Richard Jordan Productions Ltd and Ralph Dartford Associates, Heroin(e) for Breakfast by Philip Stokes is a riotous and irreverent look at how heroine can put the Great back into Britain; its part comedy, part farce, part morality tale.

Heroin(e) for Breakfast features Craig McArdle as Tommy the Brit who loves his country and has the T-shirts and underwear to prove it; Kirsty Green as Chloe - the original angry young man (only not a man), Kate Daly as the Tommy worshiping Edie and Hayley Shillito as the glamorous and enticing presence of Heroin in their shabby Northern flat.

Heroin(e) for Breakfast contains, sex scenes and coarse language. The performance runs for 70 minutes.

"terrific theatre" The Stage

"one of the finest pieces at this year's Edinburgh Fringe" the Fringe Review

"Heroin(e) is an astonishingly intelligent piece of work. Sexy, funny and yet truly horrible, Heroin(e) For Breakfast is made all the more compelling by some genuinely superlative performances." The Fest

Be Your Age or Bust returns for the last time after sell-out seasons in 2006 and 2008. In 2010 the line-up of mature-age stirrers includes former Premier John Bannon, Bob Lott, Rob Morrisson, Ed Pegge, Richie Gun, Margie Hill, Margie Butcher, Kitty Gilchrist and Tisha Brown and more. Directed by Wayne Anthoney Be Your Age or Bust revives the glorious University Revue tradition of 80 years as the cast romp through the night with music, biting satire and that wry look at life that only advanced years can provide?no politician or institution is safe.

Other Holden Street Theatres 2010 Fringe attractions comprise:

The Self Murder (Russia) a play by SSSR Productions; King Lear by So What? Productions (NSW); The Adventures of Alvin Sputnik: Deep Sea Explorer (WA) a play by Weeping Spoon Productions; The Small Poppies Don't Care (that the end of the world is nigh) a comedy by The Small Poppies (Vic); The Removalists by David Williamson presented by Applekam Productions (SA): 1 Camera a theatre piece by No Exit Productions; First Scene Last Seen a cabaret by ImproACT (ACT): Vari-A-Tease! burlesque, cabaret, magic and vaudeville by Missy and Danica Lee ( NSW); Goat Town theatre by Shiny Side (Vic); Peeled psychological burlesque by Cathy Strickland Starring Di Smith (NSW); Single Admissions a comedy for anyone who has texted under the influence by Lazy, Young and Talented with The Good Room (Vic); IExist.com physical theatre by I Must Not Theatre (Vic); Rhinoceros, Martin Crimp's adaptation of Ionesco's masterpiece by Urban Myth Theatre of Youth (SA); Nobody Cares But You three monologues by 504 Producers (WA) and Freefall circus theatre by Gravity and Other Myths (SA).

Martha Lott said, "Holden Street Theatres will be THE place to see a superb Fringe line up of local, national and international work. Schedule your Holden Street visit to see up to 5 Shows in a day or visit us a few times and take it a bit slower, have a drink of fine wine from Pertaringa or a cool Coopers beer in our bar and meet the artists after the show? all in one night! AND we have free parking"

Performance Dates:
-- Note this is an archived listing for performances in the year 2010 --
Various performances across various dates and times. See http://www.adelaidefringe.com.au for details.

Venue:
At Holden Street Theatres, 34 Holden Street Hindmarsh

Bookings:
-- Note this is an archived listing for performances in the year 2010 --
Visit http://www.adelaidefringe.com.au for details.