The duo adopt the personas of two scientists/test subjects, held captive in a laboratory for the purposes of ascertaining how effective a variety of elixirs are in improving their physical attributes. This is a perfect narrative structure, given the impressive array of acrobatic feats that the artists perform throughout the hour long show.
Now. I am not a pushover. You can’t just pull the wool over my eyes. I pride myself on knowing. I’m usually the one saying, “Oh, can you see the strings?” In this case, I didn’t know how you did it. And I liked that. I liked it a lot.
Here’s a public service announcement: if the title of the show has “fuck” in it twice, and starts at 11PM, don’t expect it to be pre-schooler appropriate!
By the end of the show, the room was erupting with laughter, and many stayed behind to chat with the hosts and take pictures with the life sized props from the series – sure signs of a successful show!
heckler doesn’t often post 800 word reviews, but when you’re looking at this calibre of talent it can’t really be helped.
While the boys showed promise, they weren’t performing to what would have been their target audience – Gen X and Y – as the crowd consisted of mostly older people. There were funny moments but the jokes fell short the majority of the time and the biggest laugh that was received was prompted by an obviously bored audience member.
Taylor has travelled extensively, and is able to effectively juxtapose his international cultural perspective with local experiences.
When [Emma Knights] suspended the Popeye under the King William Street bridge, the beautifully live acoustics provided by the cavernous space proved her point that there are other venues suited to the performance of Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” or Puccini’s “Turrandot”.
We sat Amy Michaels down for an interview (or, at least, another woman by the same name) and asked her the tough questions.
At once concerned with both the pursuit of truth and faecal discharge, his pacey performance is both reflective and refreshing, rather like the experience of taking a healthy poo (except instead of being left with a turd we find a golden bar of comedy).
There’s singing, dancing, twerking, and even the showdown between Kylie and Dannii Minogue that we’ve all secretly been dying to see happen.
Griffiths has a beautifully rich and deep singing voice. Paired with his own skilful piano accompaniment, his covers of the pop diva’s classics are totally unforgettable and, at times, haunting.
You’ll laugh, you’ll gasp, you’ll bop your head along to the music, and you might even question your sexuality after the priest performs a hauntingly erotic strip tease.
From a particularly adorable story about a dad joke going too far, to a man realising his dream of participating in a threesome with a married couple, all the way through to a character comedian who reminded me of every delusional safety officer I’ve ever worked with, the laughs were always forth coming.
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