LIVING THE NIGHTMARE
The Australian Alice Cooper Show
2 hours of outrageous platinum selling classic rock anthems
Our show has EVERYTHING.
Fully costumed with costume changes during the show.
All props and effects mimic the original ‘70s shows by Alice Cooper.
Building a tribute to Alice Cooper was no easy task. Least not when the man himself was touring the country days ahead of the opening night of “Welcome to the nightmare – A tribute to Alice Cooper” for Adelaide Fringe 2020. All the same, The Australian Alice Cooper Show pressed on and now, 9 months later, they’re glad they did.
The show’s co-producer and representing Alice on stage, Dave Hudson is still amazed at the coincidences that surround the show.
“We booked our shows and venues back in Nov 2019; the registration fees, the hire of equipment, everything and then BAM – two days later he announces his Australian tour. And we thought, geez this could go either way. But Wow, February 2020 seems like a lifetime ago now!”
“Our show is a little different to some of the other local tribute acts we’ve seen over the past few years. Firstly, there’s the music;
1970’s Alice Cooper was influenced by everything from vaudeville shows and macabre horror through to material influenced by 60’s TV and comic books. Secondly, it hasn’t been done (here in Australia anyway). You can see just about every other classic artist tribute, from Led Zeppelin to Pink and of course: Elvis, but noone has ever touched Alice. Thirdly and most importantly; we put on a REALLY energetic SHOW with dancers, balloons, bubbles, babies, monsters, American Presidents, spiders, gang fights, murder, mayhem and more! “We wanna provide that escape for people and we’re bringing back a bit of dazzle to the live music scene. Oh, and that’s just the first half! In the second set we reenact Alice’s award winning concert show ‘Welcome to my Nightmare’ in its entirety, drawing from imagery in the concert movie of the same name.”
The original Alice Cooper Band were renowned for incredulous and often shocking stage antics. They exploded onto the scene in 1971 and quickly gained notoriety as the “most dangerous band in the world”, practically coining the phrase ‘Shock Rock’ that always included Alice’s execution, by electric chair, a hanging or a ten foot high guillotine! In fact, the AACS commissioned the construction of a replica working guillotine contraption and it was built here in South Australia.
“It’s a very dangerous piece of equipment but the show just wouldn’t be authentic without one.”
“We wanted to recreate the excitement and shock of those original shows and inject some fun, passion and attitude back into the live tribute scene with a frenetic show full of musical twists and turns.”
“But the best part is the crowds. The crowds have been really getting into the spirit of the shows and they’re growing larger all the time. Some dress up or put on the makeup. We can’t wait for those COVID restrictions to ease further and allow more people to share the experience.”
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