A comedy show at RiAus, the Science Exchange, sounds like a recipe for sharp, topical humour on stuff like homeopathy, climate change and evolution. But we only got a little of that with these two shows, Where? Why? Where? and Earth: May Contain Traces of Human
This is not the most exciting, up-to-the-minute Fringe, but the stories these women tell are pleasant, quirky and warm. Go for breakfast, take your nan, enjoy the coffee and experience this gem of a cafe.
There aren’t a lot of reasons to check out a high school production if you don’t, in fact, go to school. Either you’re a parent of one of the kids or you’re hoping you might catch the next Snakadaktal before they go big.
The Book of Loco flies along with tempo and spittle, bouncing from tale to tale as Alirio invites the audience to share in his stories.
420 is made to be a guilty indulgence. It is relentlessly awful character improv, featuring off-the-wall bits like a gimp performing ventriloquism through their ball-gag, or a baby singing about toilet-training to the tune of “Bohemian Rhapsody”. It is terrible and it is hilarious.
Ben Mellor crafts clever anatomical polemics which take inspiration from our insides.
Tales of the Sea is a genial memoir of life inside a nuclear-powered tin-can, at depths the state-secrets act prevents Eric from revealing.
Carla has a vibrant stage presence and a playful affinity for the risqué. She is honest enough to share in her ambitions and insecurities, and cheeky enough to drop a pianist joke.
The greatest trick Stuperstition pulls off is that it indulges your doubts as a rational person, with jokes about homeopathy and references to the scientific method, and then whacks you on the side of the head with confounding illusions.
This low-budget film is not the most thrilling political drama you’ll see, but thanks to believable performances and competent direction it makes for an accessible illustration of city-life in modern San Pablo.
All told, Foreign Objects is a decent round-up of three confident and talented (if not ground-breaking) comedians.
Occupy White People is an illuminating exploration of issues of race in Australia, told through a very funny and talented comedian.
Le Foulard plays the long joke, the humour cooking over in a slow boil that plays tension against relief as Lucy builds towards the laughs.
Girl Who Won’t Grow Up is surprisingly quirky and refreshingly unique; a top-notch show from an emerging local talent.
This is punk rock comedy: shocking, minimalist, energetic, honest, and a mess of fucking fun.
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