IN THE BAKEHOUSE MAIN STAGE.

The Rocksurfers Hit the Adelaide Fringe 2010 after a sell-out season at the Old Fitz in May 2009.

The Chronic Ills of Robert Zimmerman is a surrealo-absurdist theatrical re-imagining of the life and weird times of folk-rock legend and pop cultural icon Bob Dylan.

Written by award winning Sydney poet, playwright, and journalist  Benito Di Fonzo, The Chronic Ills is a reverently ironic homage to the man born Robert Allen Zimmerman sixty-eight years ago this May 24.

We follow Bob/Robert as he begins his career by running away from home at ten, twelve, thirteen, fiften, fifteen-and-a-half, seventeen and eighteen years old. Instructed by Woody Guthrie, a young Bob/Robert goes in pursuit of a holy grail of songs armed with only a fascist-killing guitar and a dream.  Accidentally renamed Dylan in a New York public hospital, he encounters, corrupts, jams and gets lost at sea with fellow icons Ginsberg, Lennon, Pound, Elito, Joan Baez, Johnny Cash, Billy Bragg, and a  hipster-Yiddish speaking Abraham Lincoln (to name a few).

**** (4 stars) from The Advertiser - "The Tamarama Rock Surfers, directed by Lucinda Gleeson ensures that (the) Dylan-esque stream of consciousness is fun.....a particular crowd pleaser " - Tim Lloyd

****1/2 stars from Adelaide Theatre Guide - "This play is so well written, directed and performed, that this non-Dylan fan was rapt"  - Brian Godfrey

"for fans of the man, concept or era, dont' think twice, it's great - Dylanological" - Troy Foster - Rip It Up

"Saw The Chronic Ills of Bob Zimmerman. It was fantastic and will be a hit of the Fringe! I am sorry I was not reviewing"   -David Grybowski

"...a well-crafted journey into the life and times of one of the most enigmatic recording artists of our lifetime." Peter C. Pugsley - Independent Weekly

***1/2 "Tamarama Rock Surfers combine the music of Bob Dylan with a mess of other musical icons and poets to deliver one of the wackiest shows in the Fringe so far" - Matt Byrne - The Sunday Mail

Read the full reviews by clicking on the attachments below.

More information on the Rocksurfers at:-  http://www.rocksurfers.org/thechronicills

BOOKINGS: At Bakehouse by clicking on the "bookings and more information" tab below or at FRINGETIX 1300 FRINGE http://www.adelaidefringe.com.au