As the curtain comes down on the 2014 Adelaide Fringe, it’s time to announce what were considered the best shows of the festival.
The big winner of the night was Five.Point.One’s Notoriously Yours by Van Badham taking out 3 Awards (A.F.C. inSPACE:development, Adelaide Critic’s Circle and Flinders University ‘Behind the Scene’), while The Boy with Tape on his Face: MORE TAPE took out 2 Awards – BankSA Best Comedy and BankSA Pick of the Fringe.
This year, the Fringe program featured a record 966 events consisting of107 cabaret shows, 25 circus and physical theatre shows, 112 theatre productions, 269 comedy events, 32 dance shows, 4 film events, 198 music concerts, 113 art exhibitions, 41 children’s events and 64 special events, making it a very tough choice for the judges.
The 2014 Adelaide Fringe Award Winners are:
BANKSA BEST CABARET
In Vogue – Songs by Madonna / Sweet Dreams – Songs by Annie Lennox
BANKSA BEST CHILDREN’S
The Luck Child
BANKSA BEST CIRCUS & PHYSICAL THEATRE
A Simple Space
BANKSA BEST COMEDY
The Boy with Tape on his Face: MORE TAPE
BANKSA BEST DANCE
Flamenqueando
BANKSA BEST MUSIC
Katie Noonan & Circa: Love-Song-Circus
BANKSA BEST THEATRE
The Bunker Trilogy
BEST VISUAL ART AND DESIGN
Testing Ground
BANKSA EMERGING ARTIST
Woodcourt Art Theatre
BANKSA PICK OF THE FRINGE
The Boy with Tape on his Face: MORE TAPE
BANKSA TALKFRINGE
Deception
JOHN CHATAWAY INNOVATION
Now We Can Talk
A.F.C. inSPACE:development
Notoriously Yours
ERAN SVIGOS BEST VISUAL ART
New Works by Tsering Hannaford
MINTER ELLISON ‘FRINGE & BEYOND’
A Gaggle of Saints
ADELAIDE CRITIC’S CIRCLE
Notoriously Yours
THE PEACE FOUNDATION AWARD
A Sense of Home & A Special Day
TOUR READY – MELBOURNE FRINGE
You Wanna Talk About It
FLINDERS UNIVERSITY ‘BEHIND THE SCENES’
Notoriously Yours
EMERGING ARTIST
Woodcourt Art Theatre
Congratulations to all Award Winners. For more information, visit: www.adelaidefringe.com.au for details.
Image: Michael Griffiths with his Best Cabaret Award – photo by Stefan Elliot