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Doin’ it for the Kids: Score Reloaded

By Tim Norton ⋅ May 25, 2006 ⋅  Email This Post ⋅  Print This Post ⋅ Post a comment

If you’re into musical comedy, you’re gonna love this one. 90 members of the Melbourne Youth Orchestra pack the Melbourne Town Hall to perform alongside comedians including Scared Weird Little Guys, Russell Fletcher as Danny Kaye, Genevieve Clifford and Nicholas Buc. According to Dhari Vij, who plays double bass in the orchestra, it’s an experience they’re unsure how to handle. ‘Our rehearsals are made up of comedians cracking jokes.’

Ranging from Mozart to John Williams, Score Reloaded is basically a war on music, performed live on stage in front of hundreds. The involvement of so many budding musicians like Vij is refreshing to see amidst the International and Australian comedians that crowd stages throughout the festival. With Score Reloaded being a one-off gig, rehearsals are incredibly important to all those involved. ‘We’ve been practicing every Saturday, and it’s been going great so far,’ says Vij, who is looking forward to the eventual performance. ‘It’s great to work alongside comedians rather than musicians for a change.’

It all makes for an out of the ordinary performance. ‘There are some weird things going on in this performance’ says Vij, ‘mostly involving a vacuum cleaner and some hoses.’ This is definitely an all-ages show for the whole family, with a touch of the bizarre that’s sure to entertain.