MARVELous Maniacal Mayhem

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Date Reviewed: 07/03/2025

MARVELous at the Adelaide Festival Fringe is an ambitious, high-energy, and BIG production that showcases the incredible talents of a remarkably athletic ten-member cast performing impressive aerial stunts, live vocals, and raunchy dance routines with technical proficiency.

This risqué parody aims to combine superheroes from the Marvel Cinematic Universe with musical theatre and film – a considerable stretch; however, the MARVELous company achieve this feat with ease.

Integrating these seemingly disconnected theatrical phenomena begins with a musical number reminiscent of a Las Vegas cabaret show that quickly turns the cheesy appeal of this style of theatre into a satirical spoof. Deadpool, in his inimatable style, narrates the twists and turns of an adult only bedtime story as only he can!

The industrial styled setting is impressive as the performers own the stage, transforming familiar musicals such as Dirty Dancing, Magic Mike, Wicked, Flashdance, The Greatest Showman and Hamilton into spectacular and hilarious routines.

The audience is bombarded with satirical references to the associated Hollywood stars, generating genuine spontaneous laughter as the cast’s delivery packs just the right amount of punch.

Cohesively integrated into this raunchy bedtime tale was the lighting, laser, and smoke effects complimented by an atmospheric rock-infused soundtrack, all topped off by eye-catching costumes that had just the right amount of tear away pants and sassy tongue in cheek nudity choreographed into entertaining dance routines.

MARVELous is a witty, clever and fun night out – with or without an insight into the Marvel Universe this risqué and comedic parody is great entertainment and a really good belly laugh!

To book tickets to MARVELous The Show, please visit https://gluttony.net.au/shows/show/1106/marvelous-the-show

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