Top 5 unmissable shows at Fremantle International Street Arts Festival
Fremantle’s historic streets will burst to life as a world stage over the Easter long weekend as the world's best street theatre returns with the Fremantle International Street Arts Festival!
Watch leading international artists and returning festival favourites when they descend on the port city from April 7 – 10 to surprise, delight and shock during this four-day festival.
With a program of staged events a well as roving performers and buskers, there is no shortage of entertainment on offer. Here are our top 5 unmissable shows to inspire your visit.
1. NIGHT SHOW
(VARIOUS)
Sat 8 & Sun 9 April
A street cabaret of astounding FISAF artists, hosted by show-stealing MCs – Mat Ricardo (Sat) and Joel Salom & Erik the Dog (Sun). This fast-paced extravaganza delivers a cavalcade of comedy gold, explosive acrobatics, circus artistry and high-speed fun.
2. ZIMBOYZ
AUSTRALIA, ZIMBABWE, ETHIOPIA
Fri 7, Sat 8, Sun 9 & Mon 10 April
Breathtaking acrobatic flexibility, imagination and pure muscle strength. Zimboyz will take you on a journey to a world of the spell-bindingly impossible. If you think your nerves just can’t take anymore, then get ready to laugh with their explosive antics as they release untold daring energy and the desire for maximum fun.
3. PERTH SAX ROCKERS
AUSTRALIA
Sat 8 April
Do you like saxophone? Do you like good music? Do you want to have a rockin’ good time!? Perth Sax Rockers are ready to rock your socks off with their infectious energy and huge sax sound! Strap in for an epic action-packed, high-energy, rockin’ extravaganza filled to the brim with all your favourite rock’n’roll classics.
4. BOGOMILLA & SON PTY LTD
AUSTRALIA
Fri 7, Sat 8, Sun 9 & Mon 10 April
Step inside an amazing and bewildering world of comic fortune telling services, personal beauty care and ‘value added’ magical charms. Take in an enticing encounter with Bogomila and Bogomil, a mother and son team of professional personal service renderers, who bestow psychic comedy wisdom on a truly unsuspecting public.
5. PAUL CURRIE
NORTHERN IRELAND (UK & IRELAND)
Fri 7, Sat 8, Sun 9 & Mon 10 April
Enter a comedy sweat flurry of mime puppets and experience crowd participation on a massive scale. A one-man turbo Monty Pythonesque show where the absurd is spun into inventive comedy gold. Marvel as Paul Currie slays the streets of Fremantle with masterful, bread-filled anarchy.
There are many more wonderful artists to see over the Easter long weekend at Fremantle International Street Arts Festival. View the full program.
NEW! Behind-the-Scenes Walking Tour
The Behind the Scenes Tour offers an exciting new way to experience Australasia's largest street arts festival.
Get an insider’s perspective of festival preparations, and spontaneous interactions with performers amidst some of Fremantle’s iconic landmarks. Your exclusive tour will culminate in a ringside seat to a final street theatre performance at one of Fremantle’s newest garden venues, accompanied by drinks and refreshments.
The Behind the Scenes Walking Tour departs from Fremantle Visitor Centre in Walyalup Koort. Tours are scheduled for two departure times over the weekend, 12 noon and 3pm on Saturday, Sunday and Monday.
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