ADELAIDE FRINGE GETS ALL FIRED UP!
Take two regional creatives from Far North Queensland, Roz Pappalardo and Rachel Terry, inspiration from a series of rocking female 80’s musicians, a few ‘writing trips’ to Port Douglas, and what do you get? A cranking and inspiring part rock concert / part 80’s aerobics dance class / part theatre show, telling the story of one woman’s epic mid life crisis solved by a touch of timetravel and a close encounter with the favourite songs of her youth – All Fired Up.
After a sold-out season at Brisbane Powerhouse, an exceptionally well received Queensland tour from Brisbane Festival to Townsville Civic Theatre, renowned Queensland artists Rachel Terry and Roz Pappalardo (women in docs, Soldiers Wife and Lontano), are set to present their uplifting epic adventure at The Boboli, Garden of Unearthly Delights for Adelaide Fringe Festival in February 2023.
Roz Pappalardo is known for her long term music and performing arts career thanks to women in docs, solo music career, The Soldiers Wife community engagement project, and now Lontano, and Rachel Terry, is a Cairns born and bred NIDA trained actor, writer, community engagement specialist, choreographer and director. Hearing Pat Benatar belt out Hit Me With Your Best Shot and Cyndi Lauper shriek with passion to her parents that Girls Just Wanna Have Fun were life changing moments and made creatives, Roz Pappalardo and Rachel Terry, and a host of women YOU know, the people they are today. Rachel and Roz take great pride in gathering and leading a team of strong and uniquely skilled regional creatives to present this new work. The team includes Cairns based four piece live band taking the place of the AM radio playing the hits of the decade LIVE, written, directed, set designed, produced and musically directed by Terry and Pappalardo, with a touch of Brisbane injected by award winning lighting designer, Jason Glenwright, and musical maestro on keys, Tnee Dyer.
A 60 minute jammed packed show featuring Rachel Terry and her real-life daughter, Scarlet Terry, who time travel to tell the story of the power of the arts solving life’s problems, and Roz Pappalardo as your favourite radio DJ “Neon” and singer of approximately 20 hit songs of the decade. All Fired Up will inspire, excite and literally have you singing and dancing on your seats.
All Fired Up – solving the problems of your world, one 80’s song at a time
The Boboli
The Garden of Unearthly Delights
Adelaide Fringe Festival
17 Feb – 26 Feb 2023
5:30pm each night except for Monday 20 Feb
Tickets avail here
*All Fired Up* is a proud recipients of Adelaide Fringe Artist Fund
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