We came. We saw. We laughed. Hard. Not a bad way to spend your Saturday night, hey?

Themed ‘Behind The Music’, this edition of Erotic Fan Fiction featured a line-up of mixed musical talent, which made it all the more surprising and delightful. The less musical of the bunch, writer Elmo Keep, Max Lavergne (triple j) and Virginia Gay (Winners and Losers), still owned the stage, despite following up on the singing, dancing, musical productions of The Lady Sings It Better (a four-lady, feminist cabaret troupe) and Thomas Rawle (Papa vs Pretty).

Briefly taking over the role of host, Fran Middleton (Shanty Club) opened the night with some snazzy flute playing, which segued into a collaborative story with a pantsless, boxer-wearing Eddie Sharp about glamping and Sharp being left in the forest with the spirit of legendary jazz musician Louis Armstrong, who was accidentally let out of Fran’s flute. Cue the penis metaphors. You laugh, you learn some things (the many ways instruments and everyday items can be eroticised – jazz juice, anyone?), and you laugh some more.

Lavergne was up next, with a story about Angus & Julia Stone going on a date, which had the audience squirming and giggling at the same time, uncertain about how it was all going to play out. Complete with props, Photoshopped photos and a piano, The Lady Sings It Better gave Robin Thicke’s ‘Blurred Lines’ and Justin Timberlake anthems a feminist spin. There were many highlights from their set, but the moment when they dropped a line with “*NSYNC”, everyone erupted with pure joy; it was inserted so smoothly and at just the perfect moment, the crowd’s deep-seated 90s nostalgia was fulfilled.

With his laptop and two mics, Rawle imagined what sex would be like with Daft Punk, robot Cher and her assistant Macarena; this mental image made more vivid by the voice changer software and 70s porno music. Although there were some technical issues, Rawle handled the set with ease, improvising with playful observations and light banter. Following, Elmo Keep delivered an intelligent, witty and portending – considering it was originally performed in 2011, predating Spike Jonze’s Her – piece about Google being in love with (also: stalking and generally invading the privacy of) a human lady who just wants to go home with a nice guy from the bar.

Closing the night was Gay, who also hosts the event down in Melbourne, and it soon became obvious why. Her performance was a class of erotic fan fiction that expertly straddled the terrible and great: it was disgustingly good and addictively filthy. Her impressions of Lady Gaga and Beyoncé were spot-on; so too were the descriptions (K.D. Lang as a “Tony Bennett-buddha” and Madonna, a “Chewbacca-ed Yoda” with her “terrifying, pterodactyl arms”). She knew how to write a good story, and tell it with conviction and emotion – it was captivating to watch her perform. Someone, please give this lady a Logie.

For its Sydney Fringe Festival edition, Erotic Fan Fiction promised to go deep ‘Behind The Music’, and it certainly satisfied. Featuring a top-notch, all-star, jam-packed line-up of comedians, writers and performers of varying musical skill, Erotic Fan Fiction delivered on its promise, with titillating tales of robot popstar trysts and torrid love affairs that had the crowd in stitches.

The next edition of Erotic Fan Fiction is themed ‘Sci-fi’. To keep updated about Erotic Fan Fiction shenanigans, check out giantdwarf.com.au or follow them on Facebook.