Fringe review: Twenty Sixteen
This high-energy show revives the music and memories of the stars we lost in 2016, blending powerhouse performances with heartfelt stories. ★★★★★
Twenty Sixteen (described as a ‘live rockumentary’) explores the lives of the iconic musicians who died in 2016, bringing their stories and music back to life.
Featuring David Bowie, Prince, Sharon Jones, Leonard Cohen and many more, Twenty Sixteen blends musicians and their works, with the audience joining in the song and dance. Bowie’s segment is perfect, with his most popular songs (‘Space Oddity’, ‘Changes’, ‘Starman’, ‘Rebel Rebel’, ‘Young Americans’) blended into one continuous anthem. Lead singers and guitarists, Jaron Jay and Dusty Lee Stephensen, do a remarkable job, engaging with the audience and making them laugh. Todd treats us to a spectacular drum solo, and Nic Jeffries performs a magnificent sax riff to George Michael’s ‘Careless Whisper’.
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But Twenty Sixteen isn’t just about hearing the music, it’s about feeling it too. For a lot of people, music is a big part of life, and the band doesn’t just play the songs, they connect to them. Lead singer Kylie Auldist’s personal story about Leonard Cohen’s ‘Hallelujah’ visibly moved the audience. This deeply moving show immerses the crowd in the music and lives of these late artists, and is guaranteed to have them singing, dancing, laughing and sobbing along.
Twenty Sixteen is playing at the Fantail at Gluttony Rymill Park from February 19 – March 9
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