Crossing the Fourth Wall
Posted on Friday 29th February 2008
As the year comes round again it is time once more for the Fringe Festival to hit Adelaide. As last year, we made a point of catching the Street Theatre and Buskers Competition. I have always enjoyed street shows as they aren’t polished, yet require a degree of skill not needed in the controlled environment of a theatre house. The performers have no guaranteed audience or income, so it is quite a gamble to pin one’s living on this genre.
Tonight was a special moment as both Regan and I were invited by the performer to participate in a mime theatre show. We were given props made of balloons and encouraged to act roles directed by a clown mute! I think we put on a good show and certainly got plenty of laughs and cheers. Please have a look at the busker’s website – one Pedro Tochas – as he was one of the best and most original I have ever seen.
It certainly made a change being part of the show instead of just watching it. It would have been nice to have seen our performance – I’m sure we looked pretty silly, but I suppose that was probably the intention!
