Anderson can be vulgar at the best of times yet his interaction with the audience never really crossed the line; he seemed well accustomed to reading the crowd and knew just how far to push a joke. The nervous anticipation that you may be the next target was outweighed by the simple comical possibility that it could also be someone else.
Nob Happy Sock is something of a memoir of Keck’s life up until his suicide attempt, and the show works because, and this is going to sound morbid, but it’s a fascinating tale.
Grab a beer and embrace the bizarre. Trish Parry and Will Glenn from Wish Theatre Company are here to take you on a cross-continental, time-travelling journey in their Quantum Pint Machine through the highlights of beer history, from the beginnings of brewing in ancient Iraq through to today.
Can You Believe We’re In A Forest is subtly disturbing and extremely funny, usually at the same time.
Ever wanted to join a club where the secret handshake involves jazz hands and a paddle? Let the Syndicate initiate you into their world of mental penetration, terrifying talents and gasp-worthy stunts.
Luminous is black-light luminescent body-art, burlesque and circus show, and while you may be able to see any of these a thousand times at other venues throughout the city, you will not see them together like this.
Dave Campbell is a bit of a contradiction and a bit of a riddle and a whole lot of funny.
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”.
What the masses said