Photo Credit: Alex Wohlhueter
FRUIT FLIES LIKE A BANANA
3 Performers. 20+ Pieces. 60 Minutes
Few musical ensembles earn top marks for their "deft choreography," but this is no ordinary ensemble. Part chamber music group, part devised theatre company, part modern dance troupe, part circus act, The Fourth Wall blends music, theatre, dance, and acrobatics into a new hybrid art form. In their award-winning variety show Fruit Flies Like a Banana, this trio of musicians creates new interdisciplinary works and reinterprets classic repertoire - all performed in an order chosen by the audience - to make music the leaps off the stage. Interactive online performances of Fruit Flies Like a Banana: Virtual Style put everyone in a front-row seat, and all are invited to help create a show that leaps off the screen.
Time Flies Like an Arrow... Fruit Flies Like a Banana!!
Every performance of Fruit Flies… is different - from show order to parameters to repertoire. We're always adding new repertoire to specifically suit our audience (such as inside joke for primarily musician audiences or bringing in local celebrities in different towns) and finding new ways to make our friends and fans join in. Fruit Flies… was premiered at the IndyFringe Festival in August 2013 and has been performed at festivals, universities, schools, performing arts centers, and on computer screens across the country ever since. In 2022, Fruit Flies… jumped across the pond to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with over 50 performances. Read our mention in The Scotsman!
AWARDS for + REVIEWS of FRUIT FLIES LIKE A BANANA
Veteran Producer’s Award — Orlando Fringe 2022
Patron’s Pick of the Orange Venue — Orlando Fringe 2022
Best of the Fest — Orlando Fringe 2020 (Fringe Today, Virtual Fringe)
Five stars, #6 seller of 174 shows — Minnesota Fringe 2016
Jenny Award, 5 stars from the Winnipeg Free Press, 5 stars from CBC Manitoba — Winnipeg Fringe 2016
Full Frontal Pass Pick of the Fringe — Cincinnati Fringe 2016
Patron's Pick of the Green Venue — Orlando Fringe 2016
Audience Choice Award for "Best of the Green Venue" — Orlando Fringe 2015
Critics' Choice Award for "Best Family Show" — Orlando Fringe 2015
Five stars, #10 seller of 174 shows, only out-of-town company to win a coveted encore performance — Minnesota Fringe 2015
Miller Award, #3 seller of 64 shows — Indyfringe 2015
“Deft use of audience participation and a sprinkle of recorded numbers perfectly mixed with the live feed made for a phenomenal hour of fun.”
“ Serious music by seriously talented musicians in a show
that doesn’t take itself seriously at all.”
“The trio is funny and engaging while remaining
masterful in both movement and musicianship.”
“Fruit Flies Like a Banana” is musical, mesmerizing and pure Fringe magic.”
“My 11-year-old leaned over and said, “These people are really talented.”
She totally refused to see this show, but I dragged her.
Afterwards, she couldn’t stop talking about it.”
“Their musicianship would be impressive if they just stood still and stared at their music stands and their acrobatics would impress if they never saw an instrument, but together they make stage magic.”
“Fruit Flies Like a Banana is a musical happy place. It’s full of joy and love and passion that never, ever takes itself seriously. If you think you don’t like classical music, go. If you think you do like classical music, seriously go.
This is simply, Fringe at its best. Don’t miss it.”
“Bottom line: If you don’t smile during this show, you have no soul.”
OTHER VERSIONS of FRUIT FLIES LIKE A BANANA THAT WE HAVE TOURED:
21 THINGS THEY WON'T TEACH YOU AT JUILLIARD
ALPHABETICAL DISORDER
CIRCUS PEANUT
RELATIONSHIP EDITION
HOLIDAY EXTRAVAGANZA
WORLD TOUR
VIRTUAL STYLE
