 THE COMEDY CURE: WORD ON THE STREET at BATS reviewed by John Smythe 7 May 2009 |
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Potential hijacked by technology No-one knows better that the Comedy Cure quartet that their opening show as BATS was a disaster but ‘word on the street’ is it can only improve. Far from deliver a show apologetically predicted to be “so good that the rest of your life will pale into insignificance”, Wednesday’s Word On The Street almost cured its audience of any further appetite for comedy. [more] |
 BREAKING THE 5TH WALL – OR WHAT IS HUMOUR? at BATS reviewed by John Smythe 7 May 2009 |
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Well worth it Well rehearsed and dynamically presented, Breaking the 5th Wall – or What is Humour? is a refreshing step up from stand up. Written by Josh Samuels (from the USA, trained in OZ), who also performs, it seriously sets out to answer the question in its title. But of course the anarchic nature of comic energy both subverts and advances it in a surprisingly intriguing way. [more] |
 SAMMY J IN THE FOREST OF DREAMS at Downstage Theatre reviewed by John Smythe 9 May 2009 |
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Astounding skills in comic coup This stunning send-up and celebration of phantasmagorical escapism begins with an anti-anthem to Disney. But when Sammy J, who claims to be a man now and past such childish things, is phone-threatened with disconnection due to an unpaid power bill, the compulsion to succumb to portal that sucks him into the Forest of Dreams is just too great. [more] |
 TE RADAR’S EATING THE DOG at BATS reviewed by John Smythe 13 May 2009 |
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Witty, perceptive and quite astonishing With his characteristic glee at discovering and sharing anything odd, idiosyncratic and questionable about our past histories and present natures, Te Radar plunges us – via PowerPoint – deep into a land richly populated with a wide variety of birds. [more] |
 5 - STIR-FRIED SKETCH COMEDY at Paramount Theatre Foyer reviewed by John Smythe 20 May 2009 |
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Sketch stretch a romp Five troupers, already known for certain skills – e.g. writing, acting, improvising, producing – now take on other roles as well, to co-create this amusing hour of sketch comedy. Each has written a piece and directed another and all play roles throughout. [more] |
 A SONG FOR THE UGLY KIDS at BATS reviewed by John Smythe 20 May 2009 |
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Subtly insightful On the surface it all looks quite silly ... The question is, is there more than meets the eye; some element that gets in under our skins or lodges in the folds of our brains; a vein of gold than runs just under the surface of their playground? [more] |
 PHILIP PATSTON GIVES YOU A BIT OF WHAT HE’S GOT at Fringe Bar, Cnr Cuba & Vivian reviewed by John Smythe 21 May 2009 |
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Catch it Philip Patston’s relaxed and amiable ‘sit down’ comedy set offers a new perspective on everyday things from the point of few of a gay disabled vegetarian social entrepreneur comedian who sometimes has serious ideas and occasionally trains bus drivers. [more] |
 CORI GONZALEZ-MACUER PRESENTSPROMO GIRLS AREN’T MODELS at Fringe Bar, Cnr Cuba & Vivian reviewed by John Smythe 21 May 2009 |
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Substance by stealth Promo Girls Aren’t Models turns out to be a metaphor for people who think they are cool but are not, and later, via some day-in-the-life mockumentary footage – involving the Rock FM crew and his flatmate Jared – Maceur includes himself in that category: a legend in his own showreel. [more] |
 THE BURN at BATS reviewed by John Smythe 21 May 2009 |
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Left with little to take away Maybe it’s festival burnout, but as the mostly well-performed comedy business carries on – Sampson is especially good with his timing, Moore makes an excellent foil, Keir-Smith is good in the relatively straight role, Vient struts well but resorts too often to shouting – I find myself asking “what’s the point?” [more] |
 HOT PINK BITS at BATS - return season reviewed by John Smythe 3 Dec 2009 |
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Enlightening, enlivening, amusing Penny Ashton’s Hot Pink Bits is (are?) titillatingly informative and entertaining. Combining motor mouth delivery and exquisite timing with a surprisingly comfy intimacy she delivers on her promises of info on “the ins and out of the global sex trade” (a plethora of wiki-wacky facts and figures), “x-rated audience participation”, “hot tips” and a communal ‘orgasm’. [more] |
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