THE ASPIE HOUR
A CABARET ABOUT AUTISM AND MUSICALS.
credit James Penlidis
CREDITS:
Written and Performed by Sophie Smyth and Ryan Smedley
Directed by Fiona Scott-Norman
Musical Direction by Rainer Pollard
HISTORY:
- Stonnington presents So Soirée (2021)
- Adelaide Fringe - Garden of Unearthly Delights (2021)
- Sydney Festival (2020)
- Perth Fringe World - Blue Room Theatre (2020)
- Melbourne International Comedy Festival (2018-19)
- Melbourne Writers Festival (2018)
- Ballarat Cabaret Festival (2017)
AWARDS:
WINNER – Green Room Award – Best Writing in a Cabaret
WINNER – Perth Fringe World Weekly Award, Best Theatre
WINNER – Adelaide Fringe Weekly Award for Best Emerging Artist
NOMINEE – Green Room Award – Best Ensemble
REVIEWS:
- ★★★★★ You Should See It Melbourne
- ★★★★1/2 Glam Out Adelaide
- ★★★★ The Age
- ★★★★ Time Out Sydney
- ★★★★ Scenestr
- ★★★★ On The Town
- Pelican
- In Review
- Broadway World
- The West Australian
- SeeSaw Mag
- mindshare
- Weekend Notes
- Sometimes Melbourne
- My Melbourne Arts
- Stage Whispers
- Milk Bar Mag
- Pop Culture-y
INTERVIEWS:
- Radio Adelaide, February 2021.
- 2ser, November 2019.
- Time Out Melbourne, July 2019.
- ABC’s All In The Mind, March 2019.
- Herald Sun, March 2019.
- AMAZE, March 2018
- The Courier, Feburary 2018.
- ABC News, September 2017.
- The Courier, October 2017.
THANKS ALSO TO:
Federation University Arts Academy; Eliza Grundy - Original Choreography; The Butterfly Club; Glenn Elston OAM; James Penlidis; Samara Clifford; Annie Willing; David Wynen; Michael Lavine; Ann Smedley; Peter & Dianne Smyth.