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Fringe Parade to unveil 13m Disco Cuttlefish

Adelaide Fringe Parade, PWC Float (2013). Photo by Charles Seja

The 2014 Adelaide Fringe will kick off with a mighty explosion of colour and light on Friday, 14 February with the iconic Fringe Parade.

 

Adelaide Fringe Parade, PWC Float (2013). Photo by Charles Seja

Adelaide Fringe Parade, PWC Float (2013). Photo by Charles Seja.

The 2014 Adelaide Fringe will kick off with a mighty explosion of colour and light on Friday, 14 February with the iconic Fringe Parade. The Parade theme this year is ‘Two Colour Collision’ and each section of the Parade will feature a different combination of two very bright and bold colours that will be highlighted with stunning lighting effects.

From 7pm spectators will be treated to pre-Parade entertainment by buskers, 100 roller derby skaters and tunes from DJ TR!P before more than 700 Fringe artists, in a whirl of elaborate and colourful costumes, strut their stuff up King William St from North Tce to Victoria Square/Tarntanyangga from 8.30pm.

Fringe Designer Ali Jones and Fringe Parade Director Roz Hervey have created a visual spectacular to celebrate the Fringe’s opening. The Parade finale will feature a sensational fireworks display that will erupt over Victoria Square.

Adelaide Fringe Director and CEO Greg Clarke said “Everyone attending this year’s Parade will be treated to a feast of the senses with 25 of the most amazing Fringe designed floats, six extraordinary moving fire sculptures and more than 200 sparkling lights all moving along the street to a pumping soundtrack of great dance music”.

Highlights include the beautiful Bickfords Fruit Garden Picnic float, the Coopers float featuring a stunning dress made completely from Cooper’s beer cans, Fringe Ambassador Katie Noonan in her mesmerising live projection dress, the BankSA float featuring Fringe Club host Fez Faanana in a ring of LED lights and a stunning float that features aerialist Bianca McKail.

“I’m especially excited by the giant 13m long Disco Cuttlefish float that features an amazing flashing electric light show of kaleidoscopic colour,” Mr Clarke said.

“We wanted to create a creature unique to South Australia and were inspired by the uniqueness and beauty of the giant cuttlefish that inhabits the gulf waters of South Australia. As the theme of this year’s Fringe was about colour we were entranced by how this magnificent creature has a colourful flashing effect on its skin.”

The Parade will also feature a number of community floats including an incredible new Kaurna fire float, a giant skipping girl surrounded by 25 young performers from Cirkidz and a glamorous Hollywood-style float featuring members of Restless Dance Theatre, Tutti, Company@ and No Strings Attached Theatre of Disability.

Mr Clarke added “ After the Parade we invite everyone to explore and discover the many Fringe venues that will be open late including Tuxedo Cat, Royal Croquet Club, Tiki Tai, Gluttony, The Big Slapple, the Garden of Unearthly Delights, La Boheme, The Jade Monkey and the Rhino Room, to name a few. Just ask one of the 200 volunteers lining the parade route on the night for directions.”

This year there is a record 966 Fringe shows being held in more than 350 venues across the city, suburbs and regions. For 31 days and nights, audiences can choose from a massive program that features 107 cabaret shows, 25 circus shows, 112 theatre productions, 269 comedy events, 32 dance shows, 4 film events, 198 music concerts, 113 art exhibitions, 41 children’s events and 65 special events.

Opening Night Event Details:

  • Pre-parade entertainment from 7pm
  • Parade starts at 8.30pm
  • Family Zone areas between North Terrace and Rundle Mall
  • Wheelchair accessible viewing areas are located on the two tram stops along King William St
  • In the tradition of the Christmas Pageant please stay behind the blue lines
  • The Parade route is down King William St from North Tce to Victoria Square

For information on road closures please listen to local radio throughout the afternoon or visit the Adelaide Fringe website.

 

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