Clown Lights Stage is a multi-form physical comedy performed by Alice Mary Cooper. Cooper’s unsuspecting star, Clown, begins by explaining that Alice cannot make it to the show due to an accident. She then takes the audience on an adventure through the objects that fill Alice’s handbag, attempting to find new meaning in everything from […]
Continue ReadingX – Pirates, Puppets, Adventure!
The once mighty Honoria Whitelace (rhymes with ‘on-OR-ia’ rather than ‘gonorrhoea’) has turned her back on the high seas and now spends her days diving to the bottom of rum bottles and professing “real estate” to be “the real adventure these days.” Enter the idealistic young monsters Lily and Mike to draw her back to […]
Continue ReadingAnyone For Tennis – Prepare To Be Tuned
With only 15 people at the opening night of Prepare to be Tuned, I was surprised the turnout wasn’t bigger. I had previously seen Anyone For Tennis? at this year’s Melbourne International Comedy Festival where they performed a scrumptiously zingy bite-sized version of Prepared to be Tuned at The Local Taphouse. It only left me […]
Continue ReadingKnock Off
A Zen gardener, a stripper turned renovator and an interior designer take you on an Ikea style step-by-step lesson in how to create a contemporary circus show. Reminiscent of Play School, but for adults, the trio will have you laughing, gasping and maybe even learning a thing or two about occupational health and safety when […]
Continue ReadingUta Uber Kool Ja
Uta Uber Kool Ja might not be in the best spirits when you arrive at the after party for the launch of the new Swagger Club remix of her one hit wonder, Savage Chien (Angry Dog). Her assistant, George, welcomes you like the VIP you are, instructing you to wait in the foyer until all […]
Continue ReadingAt the Sans Hotel
Nicola Gunn takes inspiration from Cornelia Rau, the unlawfully detained schizophrenic German citizen and Australian permanent resident in At the Sans Hotel. The 2004-05 incident becomes the basis for Gunn’s more-personal analysis of psychic isolation in this highly original work. At the Sans Hotel begins with a Nicola Gunn inhabiting a quirky French character, Sophie, […]
Continue ReadingCharles Barrington in My Pickled, Pickled Days
Actor, writer, director, producer and beekeeper Charles Barrington is a man of refined tastes and prodigious talent. Tales of his successful and decadent career are delivered with pomposity and wit. The only thing is, not a word he says is true. Barrington would have you believe he is the son of a successful stage manager […]
Continue ReadingElectronic Abstractions
The only introduction I have had to analogue synthesiser music is a friend I made years ago, who tried to convince me Klaus Schulze was the most important composer of all time. I was nervous that I would hate Electronic Abstractions, however I strangely enjoyed myself. The upstairs of Bar Open was filled with large […]
Continue ReadingFrankenstein in Love
Frankenstein in Love performed by the Monash University Student Theatre in the Collingwood Underground Carpark is a thrilling descent into the macabre, desperate world of monsters and men who behave like monsters. Strong performances are enhanced by impressive lighting techniques and clever use of space. The delivery is creative and varied – resulting in a […]
Continue ReadingBinge Thinking
I spent a lot of time in April this year going to various shows during the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and it’s safe to say I never came across anything like Binge Thinking, by a relatively unknown Aussie comedian and author Xavier Toby. His performance was energetic, passionate, friendly and engaging, something which worked well […]
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