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Review: THE LOST AND FOUND ORCHESTRA: ADELAIDE FESTIVAL 2018 at Elder Park

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Review: THE LOST AND FOUND ORCHESTRA: ADELAIDE FESTIVAL 2018 at Elder Park ImageReviewed by Corinna Di Niro, Saturday 3rd March 2018.

Fans of Stomp, created by Luke Cresswell and Steve McNicholas, which was an international sensation after its sell-out success at the Adelaide Fringe in 1992, flocked to Elder Park last night to see just what these two extraordinary minds have thought up 25 years later with The Lost and Found Orchestra. Throw into the mix, Nigel Jamieson, director of How to Train Your Dragon, and the Tin Symphony for the Sydney Olympics opening ceremony, and this time the spectators were treated to performers filling the multi-tiered stage, popping up in the audience, and even appearing on the Riverbank Footbridge. The stars aligned for perfect weather too!

To kick off this year's Adelaide Festival, the international cast of The Lost and Found Orchestra teamed up with hundreds of local volunteers, who played everything from household objects to recycled hosepipes, roadworks 'witches hats', and more, with a number of them even offering their voices as part of the wonderful choir. It was certainly a treat to see sounds being produced from everyday percussive objects. Who would have thought that soup pots, barrels, 'wheelie bins', and even drainpipes, could collectively sound symphonic?

Adding to the spectacular was the pleasingly low-tech requirements, which gave way to the amazing tribal rhythms and moving sounds that filled Elder Park by such a huge company of performers.

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