Velvet Rewired, The Moa at Gluttony, Rymill Park, Adeliade Fringe Festival, 5-19 Mar (and touring subsequently to Hobart, Townsville, Newcastle and Melbourne)

 So I've managed to miss this cross between Circus and Disco in the last 8 years of its on-and-off touring (including the run in Canberra in February) but finally, in the middle of a busy Adelaide Fringe, I managed to catch it. It's an energetic celebration of the music, the lights, and the attitude of the 1970s, starring Genuine Australian Disco Diva Marcia Hines as our diva, delivering a whole heap of classics, closing up with her 1977 classic, "You". There's strong efforts all round, from Tom Sharrah as a wandering disco visitor slowly brought into the musical ecstasy, the high energy support work of DJ Joe Accria and his multiple rhythms, the gorgeous support work of sirens Jacinta Gulisano and Sascha Lee Saunders, the stunning routines of aerealists Beau Seargeant and Hayey Timmermans, the astonishing rollerskating acrobatics of Sven and Jan, or the dancing styles of the aptly named Marc "Fullout" Royale.

Director Craig Ilott has created a tempting 70 minutes of pure joy, as act flows into act with rhythm, style and verve,  stunningly lit by Matt Marshall in a style that perfectly distills disco style with clarity and beauty, costumed and designed by James Browne in a variety of glittery spectacles. It's sultry, it's fun, it's ridiculous and it's pure enjoyment that will leave you grinning. Particularly up close in the big Moa tent at the fringe, the "acrobatics with a theme" show has been a staple of fringe festivals for the last decade or show, but seldom as well as this one is.