Adelaide Fringe review 2017: Mojito!

THIS production had it all: songs, often in Spanish; dance routines solo and in groups; and music from vocals to an eight piece instrumental group and all with a retrospective Latino tinge.

Mojito!

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GOUD — Magic Mirror Spiegeltent , until March 6

THIS production had it all: songs, often in Spanish; dance routines solo and in groups; and music from vocals to an eight piece instrumental group and all with a retrospective Latino tinge.

The show was hosted by the late ‘Ernest Hemingway’ in his famous bar haunt, La Bodeguita del Medio.

Many of the spoken parts were in Spanish, as were most of the songs, such as Oye Como Va stunningly sung by Charmaine Jones-Devasagaya.

There were fine solos from guitarist Alain Valodze and Cuban trumpeter Lazaro Numa.

Featured dances were both solo and group performances, one especially stood out in a tango rhythm: Dance Me To The End of Love and a second in Quizas, Quizas.

To conclude, ‘Hemingway’ tells the Mojito cocktail story, giving its history as a 16th century Voodoo potion from Cuba.

John McBeath