Gremlins: The Unearthly Delights Of Adelaide Fringe

Bent Schematic will be flying into Adelaide Fringe Festival's Garden Of Unearthly Delights to present their slapstick comedy show 'The Gremlins'.

The characters are a dysfunctional family of flight-obsessed creatures, with entrepreneurially minds plagued by naivety. Armed with potatoes, grease and accordions, 'The Gremlins' will be bringing the audience in on the attempted maiden voyage of their budget airline, Airlinius Hipopotæmus.

Bent Schematic are a troupe who have been involved in the organisation of various outdoor events within Brisbane, and will be heading down to South Australia with their wild and bizarre comedy show, which was first created for Woodford Folk Festival in 2010.

'The Gremlins' have toured extensively around Queensland, including the Cairns Festival, Anywhere Theatre Festival, as well as Woodford. Keep an eye out at Fringe, the performers have been known to wander around out of shows, interacting with festival-goers in character.


Roxoff Gromlot talks about his family, how he started the show and how the airline is going:

Where did the idea for the show come from?
Roxoff have idea for show after first crashlanding, he thinking to himself: screaming passengers make big distraction when trying to fly plane and put out fire in engine. Have show, distract low-survival rate economy 'guests' from fire.  Also, pinkskins say laughs be good medicine, so we trying to put the ‘s’ back on the front of ‘laughter.’


How did you become involved with Bent Schematic?
Roxoff, my sister Mofball, half-brother Gargarov and in-fly-entertaining frenemy Pensil capture handful of humans to use for slaves and fireproofing. Some offer to help produce show if we not force them to clean-fix inside of turbine propellers. Took while to think-learn what to feed them. Mostly scorpions.




What will the show bring to audiences at Adelaide Fringe Festival?
Better question being 'What will passengers bring to their flight at Festival?' Answer to that question depending on where plane make its landing: fire-extinguisher, blanket, floaties, parachute, scorpion repellent (some got free and make lots babies in seats).


Since the first production in 2010, how has the show developed?
Oh, having much pride at both attendance, added extra make-safe features and distance plane travel. First plane had rockets to thrust into sky. Rockets explode early. No launch. Second plane fall over, blast 500m across ground and sink into lake. New plane can get into sky, big bonus. Landing not so much.



Is this the first time the show has performed outside of Queensland?
First time plane make it into sky and stay in the up-ground for long enough to get us to new place. Last one have crash into your Reef of Greatest Barriers. Long swim to shore.


Why are you obsessed with flight?
Why are you not?


Any successful flights to date, or could Adelaide be the first?
We have hoping Adelaide be first flight with surviving passengers after landing, so yes.


Considering the fact you are inviting the audience in to help with 'The Gremlins' air-bound mission, will there be a lot of spectator interaction in the show?
That is depending on how much passenger/ audience are knowing about engines, starchy-vegetables and how flammable are clothes they wear.



Out of curiosity, how do the potatoes and accordion come into play when trying to build an aeroplane?
Have you ever try make plane without them? Oh, you have not? Of course not, you know nothing about the technical arts of the aeronautical.


Anything else?
Thank you for choosing to fly Airlinius Hippopotaemus, where the only thing lower than our prices is the altitude.

'The Gremlins' perform The Garden of Unearthly Delights 11 February - 13 March as part of Adelaide Fringe Festival. Win a double pass to 'The Gremlins'.