Adelaide Fringe Presents THE PREACHER
The Preacher will be presented 19 February to 21 March 2021.
By: Chloe Rabinowitz Jan. 26, 2021
Performing online to no live audience, comedian David 'Dave' Davidson struggles to maintain the momentum in his act. However with effort and a liberal dose of wine, he takes the audience along on his journey to question a seemingly absurd and unfair world.
Originally recorded during the COVID lockdown in Melbourne, Australia. The Preacher embraced the limitations of isolation to present a performance of the Biblical book of Ecclesiastes framed as a contemporary stand-up comedy show.
The production views the text from the Hebrew Bible as the written recording of a performance to a gathered crowd some two millennia ago. A performance that used humour and rhetoric in a similar manner to today's stand-up comedians.
'The Preacher' incorporates this text to explore the relationship between performance and preaching, and contemporary and ancient wisdom.
Written and adapted by Anthony Noack. Anthony is a Melbourne writer with a background in producing comedy.
The Preacher
Dates: 19 February to 21 March 2021
Times: 730pm/2pm (Suggested. Link available to watch on demand within 48 hours.) Tickets: AUD $9
TO BOOK TICKETS visit https://adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix/the-preacher-af2021
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