The Hilary Duff Film Re-Enactment Festival!

The Hilary Duff Film Re-Enactment Festival!

Four of your fave cinematic masterpieces from the esteemed Hilary Duff oeuvre brought to life, celebrated and critiqued by one woman, her film degree, and a bunch of wigs. Experience The Lizzie McGuire Movie, A Cinderella Story, Cadet Kelly, and/or Raise Your Voice through riotous (consensual) audience interaction, singalongs, costume balls, quizzes, rifle choreo, and more!

The Lizzie McGuire Movie - Jan 22 & 23
Raise Your Voice - Feb 5 & 6
A Cinderella Story - Feb 12
Cadet Kelly - Feb 13

FRINGE WORLD Weekly Comedy Award 2019
Adelaide Fringe NZ Tour Ready Award 2020

"Can we give this show 10/5 stars?" ★★★★★ Perth Happenings, 2019

"I loved this show so deeply very much ... the most fun and well-received audience participation I have ever experienced.” ★★★★★ Collage Adelaide, 2020

More about this event
Comedy | Participatory
The Shoe Bar & Cafe
4:30pm, 5:00pm
22 Jan - 13 Feb
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Reviewed by: Fringefeed
Review by Giorgia Beasley | 29 January 2020

Nicola Macri is wicked clever.

It would have been easy for a film degree alumna of Nicola’s standing to savage The Lizzie McGuire Movie. But instead, she savours every minute of this Disney Channel original.

By retelling the story with both the enthusiasm of the young teenager the film was made for, and the dry humour of the slightly cynical millennial she is, Nicola has created a loveable comedy show in The Hillary Duff Film Re-enactment Festival.

The balance of this enthusiasm and cynicism is key.

It allows for a huge amount of fun in singing and dancing along to all the best bits of the movie, while also giving Nicola the opportunity to perform some hysterically funny bits around the film’s mountain of plot holes and questionable character development.

The very 2020 “roast” of Paulo, for example, is a particular highlight fans of The Lizzie McGuire Movie can look forward to.

It’s Nicola’s relaxed and easy to enjoy style of comedy that made her a big hit with the crowd. From the moment she stepped on stage, she truly had the audience wrapped around her little finger.

Where other shows may struggle for audience participation, how eager Nicola makes the audience to be involved is undoubtedly one of the highlights of this show.

From adopting the roles of supporting characters, to participating in surprise quizzes, to full blown sing-alongs; there’s nothing the audience won’t do. If anything, the enthusiasm just grows throughout the show, until people can’t hold back from yelling out the next iconic line.

While the show’s budget may be low, with a toy scooter taking the place of a Vespa and a Babybell cheese replicating a 10kg wheel, Nicola’s talent and warm interactions with the audience more than make up for it. Her passion and commitment to the show are enough to transport you to Rome along with Lizzie McGuire and her posse.

If you loved the movie in 2003, you’ll love this “Re-enactment Festival” even more.

To put it simply, this show is what dreams are made of.