Fringe 2009
Dark Side of the Choir
An Evening of Choral Rock
What do choristers do after the conductor has gone home? They plug in their guitars and make choral rock! Join the seventy voice Adelaide University Choral Society in an evening of classics from five decades, including The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Queen, Toto, The Beach Boys, Coldplay and The Who.
Sunday 1st March, 7:00 PM Saturday 7th March, 5:00 PM Sunday 8th March, 7:00 PM
The Cavern Club, 136 North Tce (Downstairs in Station Arcade)
$17 Regular $12 Concession
Rip It Up Review
How to ensure a full house on opening night? Be a hometown choir with 70 members. From the first spine-tingling, joyous crescendo, our charming MC/conductor led audience and choir through thrills and spills in a who’s who of rock classics, a cappella or with band.
Ambitious centrepiecemedleys from Dark Side Of The Moon and Jesus Christ Superstar (Michael Gehling’s solo particularly well-handled) were satisfying, sometimes sublime. Beatles’ Blackbird, Cohen’s Hallelujah and Seal’s (strangely Medieval) Kiss From A Rose were perfectly blended, emotion soared with Nic Lock’s solo on Queen’s Teo Toriatte, Fix You made Coldplay sound like the cover band. Balance issues (band/choir and between sections, particularly where tenor melody was overwhelmed by on-mic soprano harmony) and first-night synch wobbles were largely resolved by second set.
A wild and haunting show that simply rocked. - Kate Battersby & Ian Newton
