While in Montreal, Whitney and I took time out from out tour to chat to my favourite local Podcast Edge Of The City! We talked about the tour, Trampoline and played some very serious dice game. You can listen to the entire thing HERE!
Team Trampoline talk to Edge Of The City
26 08 2015Comments : Leave a Comment »
Tags: Dice Game, Edge Of The City, FRINGE, MONTREAL, No More Radio, podcast, Shane Adamczak, Victoria Fringe, Whitney Richards
Categories : CANADA, FRINGE FESTIVAL:, INTERVIEWS, PODCAST/RADIO
ZACKIE AWARDS 2015
25 08 2015
So a few years ago I started a dumb little award ceremony at the end of The Edmonton Fringe and this year Murray Utas, The big boss man of the Festival, invited me to present them as part of the closing night celebrations in addition to the “proper” fringe awards. Pretty fun stuff. Fun awesome festival. So for those that were there and for those that are curious, here are the 2015 ZACKIE AWARD WINNERS!
#Zackies2015
00. We came saw we conquered AWARD Attendance and participation
WINNER- Everyone!
1.”Hi I’m a dear award – for most endearing portrayal of an animal in a show”
WINNER – Sam Mullins (accepted by Devin Mackenzie)
Honorable mentions – Lawrence & Bever Play Bingo, Bear Dreams, Caws And Effect, Hip-Bangs slow fighting sloths & Shirley Gnome’s camel toe.
2. The Sam Mullins Award for most MIA fringer
WINNER- Sam Mullins
3. The BURN THE WITCH! Show me how that stinking shoe trick is done you harry potter motherfucker
WINNER- Travis Bernhardt
4. Winning streak Best beard award
WINNER – Leif Ingebrigtsen (from Beautiful Nonsense)
Hon mentions – James Jordan, Richard Martizer , Ross Vegas, Kevin from LNC
5. Honey I Shrunk The Fringe Award for littlest fringers –
*The Cast of Fiddler On The Roof couldn’t be there to win because their show was still going
WINNER – Jon Bennett
6. I wanna Spin that propeller yank that scarf award – Sexy clowns
WINNER- Beau And Aero
Hon mentions – every other clown show
7. The mask doesn’t move and i don’t understand this and I’m scared and hows he gonna fuck the moon nononononono I’m scared – 3 stars Award
WINNER – Loon
8. I got your dick right here and he says congrats on your stupid award Award
WINNER – Tara Travis (from Searching For Dick)
9. The Your happiness and relationship stability makes me sick award (for Cutest couple) Award
Hon mentions- richard&ingrid, beau&aero, martin&vanesssa, tim motely&anyone, erica&paul, jess&chloe (claws and effect) tom&amy
WINNERS – Peter ‘n Chris
10. Self indulgent award for sexiest Australian
WINNER – Whitney Richards (Trampoline)
11. The Are you human? Are you kind? That goat song is never ever leaving my brain and i dont ever want it to award (for most whimsical show)-
WINNER – Yanomi from Kiss Around Pass Around
12. Man if this keeps up I could get four solo shows out of this award for Best Dead grandparent show
WINNER – Katie Dorian (How Often Do I Dream?)
Hon mentions – Andrew Bailey, Adam Bailey and Sam Mullins
13. The Lyle Lovett commemorative golden kazoo award for the funniest musical ladies
WINNER – Shirley Gnome and the Famous Haydel Sisters
14. The Let Me Win An Award Because I Never Win Awards Award
WINNER -Bike Boy
15. That just ain’t Reich award – most swastikas on your poster
WINNER – ingrid garner from Eleanor’s Story
16. The Come flyer with me come flier lets flier away Award – for amazing dedication and scheduling of hand billing
WINNER – Andrew Bailey
17. Breast of Fest Award (for great fringe exposure)
WINNER- Thea fitz-james (Naked Ladies)
Hon mentions – Rosie Bits, Eleanor O’brien, Oh Manada and the #yegfringefemmes collective
18. The Jem Rolls award for most jemmy Jem Rolls of the fest Jem Rolls lifetime achievement award
WINNER- TJ Dawe
And finally
The Thanks for Letting me Do My Stupid Awards at your awesome fringe award
WINNER – Murray Utas (Festival Director)
?
Comments : Leave a Comment »
Tags: AWARDS, CANADA, Edmonton Fringe, FRINGE, Shane Adamczak, ZACKIE AWARDS, zackies2015
Categories : CANADA, FRINGE FESTIVAL:
NEW TRAMPOLINE TRAILER
17 06 2015Comments : Leave a Comment »
Tags: Edmonton Fringe, FRINGE, Theatre, Trampoline, Victoria Fringe, Winnipeg Fringe
Categories : CANADA, FRINGE FESTIVAL:, THEATRE
Sound & Fury – Don’t fuck up the band.
28 03 2015
“I’m fucking up my favourite band…by playing in it” – Davey Lane, You Am I.
That is one of my favourite quotes from the You Am I documentary “The Cream and Crock” where Davey expressed his concern of not quite cutting the mustard when he first joined his favourite band. This kinda reflected how I felt about this summer. I have been a fan and friend of LA’s Sound And Fury for many years from touring a lot of the same Canadian Fringe Festivals (and more recently, the Australian Fringes) with them and so when they asked me to replace third troupe member Ryan for the Australian leg of their 2015 tour, I was firstly honoured, then excited and then absolutely terrified. S&F have been around as a troupe for over 17 years and have a strong following in Australia so I had big shoes to fill, two shows worth of lines to learn and a lot of people to try and impress. It was a really daunting task, but I love a challenge. I cut my teeth at Fringe World in Perth with a whirlwind week of performances of Hitchcocked and Hamlet & Juliet (insanely sandwiched between performances of my own show Trampoline) but it was really the Adelaide Fringe season of Hamlet & Juliet that I really started to find my feet. I started to feel more at home in the troupe, more comfortable improvising within the shows and trying out new jokes (mostly involving attempting to annoy Richard onstage) and putting my own goofy spin in the characters I played.
It was a whole new experience as an actor or improviser. We all have a similar sense of humour and while we’d all done a lot of improv but a S&F show is a whole different beast and it was a rewarding experience for me as a performer to challenge myself with something like this. It was important to me (and to the others) that I wasn’t just doing an impression of Ryan and the guys really made me like I had to the freedom to play around and make my spot in the troupe my own and I am forever grateful for that. The feedback from new, and perhaps more importantly, long time fans of S&F was overwhelmingly positive and it was lovely to be accepted as more than just “the new guy” or “not Ryan”.
Patrick and Richard, thank you both so much for all your hard work and for helping me feel so much part of the team. Ryan thanks for needing time to plan your wedding, you were very much missed this tour, but I’m sure glad I go to be the first ever Aussie Sound & Fury-er. I do hope we can all do it all again someday.
Some reviews, with a few mentions of me, not fucking up.
“We were also introduced to the filling-in Shane, found in Perth and more than capable of getting formidably silly in the best Sound & Fury tradition.” – Rip it up ★★★★
“Forget the nunnery; get thee to Bally tent in Gluttony, where Hamlet and Juliet plays nightly “ – InDaily
“Joining Maritzer and long-standing member Patrick Hercamp for their Australian tour is Perth local, Shane Adamczak. He fits right in, despite the clash of accents” – Glam Adelaide ★★★★
“Genuinely, laugh out loud funny” – Yaniism Blog
Comments : Leave a Comment »
Tags: Adelaide Fringe, Fringe World, Hamlet and Juliet, Hitchcocked, REVIEWS, Sound And Fury
Categories : BLOGS, FRINGE FESTIVAL:, THEATRE
FRINGE WORLD 2015
19 01 2015
Hey gang. It’s been a while between drinks, but as usual I’ve been busy working behind-the-scenes wearing my Producer’s Hat and I’m so excited to finally launch into 2015 with a bunch of exciting shows at the Fringe World Festival and a new position as Artistic Director of Weeping Spoon Productions.
Firstly, my play TRAMPOLINE returns to Perth for the first time at the Fringe Festival and with two incredible new cast members joining me onstage from Jan 23rd. It’s been a blast having two of my favourite performers, the ridiculously multi-talented Ella Hetherington and Brendan Ewing, help create a really fun, fresh take on the show. Dare I say, the best yet. Tickets on sale here.
I’m also joining my good friends from the States, Sound And Fury for their 2015 Australian Tour, performing in Hamlet and Juliet and Hitchcocked. Be sure to check out their website for tour dates and times at Fringe World and The Adelaide Fringe.
Beyond that I’ll also be in Adelaide with the return of the Blue Room Award winning This Is Not A Love song at Tuxedo Cat. Tegan Mulvany and Greg Fleet are back and joining us this time around is muso Mick Moriarty of GUD and The Gadfly’s fame.
I should also mention I’m (ever so briefly) in the feature film Paper Planes, currently playing across Australia. You should go see it.
IN THE FUTURE…
2015 is looking like it’s going to be a big year for Weeping Spoon. In the second part of this year there’s some big news in regards to Canada and some brand NEW works (plural!) from my brain this year which I am really excited plus some really awesome collaborations about but more on that once I get through Fringe.
Comments : Leave a Comment »
Tags: Adelaide Fringe, Brendan Ewing, Ella Hetherington, Fringe World, GUD, mick Moriarty, paper planes, Sound And Fury, This Is Not A Love Song, Trampoline
Categories : FRINGE FESTIVAL:, THEATRE
Art, Sex and Snacks – The Podcast
9 10 2014During this year’s Melbourne Fringe Festival, I had the pleasure of appearing on super-cool comedian Lisa Skye‘s podcast Art, Sex and Snacks alongside Lisa, my friend friend Cath Styles.It was a super fun show to be involved with and it was an awesome night. There’s a whole series of them that are worth checking out, but here’s the link to my episode: Check out the full show here!
Comments : Leave a Comment »
Tags: Art, comedy, Lisa Skye, Melbourne Fringe, podcast, Sex, Snacks, This Is Not A Love Song, Tuxedo Cat
Categories : FRINGE FESTIVAL:, INTERVIEWS, PODCAST/RADIO, THEATRE
This Is Not A Love Song – Melbourne Fringe Reviews
27 09 2014The Melbourne Fringe season is This Is Not A Love Song has been going great. Tickets for the final week and a half can be purchased here. Response so far has been awesome, so be sure to get tickets and come check out this show if you’re in Melbourne.
Here’s a few nice reviews that have popped up so far.
★★★★ Sydney Morning Herald/Age – Review
Toorak Times – Review
Comments : Leave a Comment »
Tags: Melbourne Fringe, REVIEWS, This Is Not A Love Song
Categories : FRINGE FESTIVAL:, REVIEWS, THEATRE
2014 TURNSTILE AWARDS
14 09 2014The 2014 Turnstile Awards for “excellence in theatre in Perth acknowledging outstanding locally produced (or co-produced) stage shows” were announced recently and I am proud to announce that out of nine winners, I was involved in three winning productions! Two of which were Weeping Spoon shows!
Thanks to everyone else involved in my show Trampoline, my Australian/Canadian co-production Vicious Circles and also to Greg Fleet, Tegan Mulvany and team for This Is Not A Love Song.
I am super chuffed, these are three shows I am extremely proud of and it’s always nice to have that work recognized.
Comments : Leave a Comment »
Tags: AWARDS, Greg Fleet, Perth, Tegan Mulvany, Theatre, This Is Not A Love Song, Trampoline, Turnstile Awards, vicious circles, Weeping Spoon
Categories : FRINGE FESTIVAL:, REVIEWS, THEATRE, WRITING
THIS IS NOT A LOVE SONG
20 07 2014Very excited to let you know that I’m in a new play called THIS IS NOT A LOVE SONG* written by Australian Comedy legend Greg Fleet, directed by Hoo-Haa’s own Tegan Mulvany, starring the three of us PLUS live music by the insanely talented Michael de Grussa (Who I have worked with on Checkout The Musical and various Zack Adams projects!)
We are super excited to debuting this show at The Blue Room Theatre in Perth before we take it to Melbourne. If you want to know more and would even like to help us crowd-fund our tour, check out our Indiegogo page and you can get some awesome stuff as rewards (including original artwork and/or mix tapes by your truly)!
*This is pretty interesting if the realise that the last major role I played was Johnny Rotten…
Comments : Leave a Comment »
Tags: comedy, Greg Fleet, Music, Play, Shane Adamczak, Tegan Mulvany, The Blue Room Theatre, This Is Not A Love Song
Categories : FRINGE FESTIVAL:, THEATRE
MONTREAL FRINGE IS HERE!
5 06 2014It’s my favourite time of year again, FRINGE TIME! Montreal is already starting to get a bit crazy with Fringe kicking off this week and all the main shows starting next week! Be sure to check out my sketch show with Flackjack Cadillac called BANANARAMALLAMADINGDONG with my super talented pals Al Lafrance (who also has his own kick-ass solo show that you should see called The Quitter) and Jo Willers! Watch a trailer HERE!
You can also, once again catch me hosting my favourite after-party in the world, The 13th Hour at Cabaret Du Mile End every damn night of the fringe from 1am! Come and drink, unwind, laugh and get ready to DANCE YOU ASS OFF!
Here are the 2014 hosts! Improv/comedy genius Vance Gillis, the delightfully gorgeous Holly Gauthier-Frankel!
Comments : Leave a Comment »
Tags: Bananaramallamadingdong, Flapjack Cadillac, FringeBuzz, Montreal fringe, The 13th Hour
Categories : CANADA, FRINGE FESTIVAL:, THEATRE
ZACKADAMS.ORG 