Our Pajama clad men haven’t mixed up the formula too much, but if you are on to a Barry-Award winning formula, surely you don’t cast it aside like a bottle of differently-labelled soda? No, you keep improving on it!
There were possibly one too many ukuleles in this show or perhaps too few cellos but somehow this was not the performance it had the potential to be.
So if you are looking for some classic comedy that will have you comfortably satisfied with the right amount of anticipation and friendliness, I recommend seeing these three men attempt to write a TV show in the theatre.
I’ll leave it to your imagination how John Batman may feature in this reimagining. This is history as you’ve never read it.
Charles Barrington, actor, theatre rouseabout, connoisseur of conserves, and playmate of the rich and famous, takes an hour of his precious time to bestow some insights into this life less ordinary.
The funniest thing for me about Hunter’s comedy is the representation of the jaded short man. He invites very successful comedians, the night I saw featured Claire Hooper and Dave O’Neil, and does everything he can to cut them down.
In his latest show The Boy Who Cried Sober, Greg Fleet talks about trying to get on top of his heroin addiction through years of touring, acting and breakfast radio.
Even if you’re not a tourist, seeing a Dracula’s show is a right of passage for anyone with an interest in the obscure, grotesque, gastronomic and/or undead pleasures of the world.
Adam played one of the smaller rooms in the Town Hall, what is usually referred to as an intimate setting, and the room was packed. It was clear from the constant laughter that everyone really enjoyed the show.
Dave the hairy, irish, dancing, 6 and a half foot Viking is a favourite of the festival and has been for 20 odd years. Is it because he’s funny to look at? Partly, but he also says some funny things… and dances, did I mention he dances?
As a comedian Michael Hing will learn, with time and experience, not to apologise. For himself… for his comedy… eventually even for being late probably, it’s all part of the job.
Jon Bennett sets the gold standard in storytelling. This show is powerful, brutally honest, and drenched in the rich humour of pathos. This is unlike any other show you’ll find at the festival. Get your hit of raw and real comedy.
If we had ratings on heckler, this show would get four gumshoes out of five.
If you’re not able to see the show in the flesh, you are truly missing out on an amazing piece of small-scale theatre and, should it ever come around again, you should go out of your way to see it. It deserves to be seen, it needs to be seen. It is that powerful a performance.
You know those people who are just so full of life that they’re exhausting to watch? That’s the best way I can describe Sean Choolburra to you.
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