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Wellington WHO

By Matt Heath ⋅ April 23, 2007 ⋅  Email This Post ⋅  Print This Post ⋅ Post a comment

I got a late phone call to see Wellington WHO, so I decided not to read any of the posters advertising the show and just check it out with no prior idea or expectations.

The first part of my mission late on a Saturday night was to navigate into the bowels of Trades Hall and enter through the doors of The Police Box into a slightly-larger-than-a-broom-closet like room.

After an epic sci-fi type introduction, the title Wellington WHO started to make sense. Craig Wellington declared his geek past and an obsession with the BBC television series ‘Doctor Who’.

This Melbourne International Comedy Festival show is a comedy journey through Wellington’s life and his ‘Doctor Who’ nerd world. I’m not a ‘Doctor Who’ fan in the slightest, and a lot of the material went over my head.

Numerous times, I was that one person you find in every comedy audience who wasn’t laughing while everyone else was in hysterics. I just struggled a little bit because I really dislike ‘Doctor Who’.

What I did laugh at was the comedy skill with which Wellington jumped in and out of different nerd characters during his story.

This is an absolute must see for anyÔø?Ôø? ‘Doctor Who’ fan or sci-fi buff, and judging from everyone else’s laughs on the night, Wellington WHO was a winner.