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Brianna Summers

Brianna Summers has written 5 posts for A New Leaf Media
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Seven True Stories and One Massive Lie

By Brianna Summers ⋅ May 5, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

The comic material for Evan Jones’ show writes itself, as the man’s life is so full of bizarre shit that he need only relay it to an audience to achieve stand-up success. Jones’ real-life experiences, festooned with oddities and hilarity as they are, no doubt fuelled the creative presentation of his show.
His performance is an [...]

Polycomic

By Brianna Summers ⋅ May 5, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

Polycomic’s offer of three comedians for the price of one is a bargain that would make Dimmeys proud. Not two, but three likely lads make up a local laughter deal that simply won’t last. Just like a factory direct outlet, Polycomic is cheap, and although it contains lots of outdated fashion, there are still hot [...]

Wendy Little: Limited Sedition

By Brianna Summers ⋅ April 27, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

Sedition is a topic ripe for comic exploitation. What’s not funny about lengthy and complex legislation designed to curtail our freedom of expression? It’s got ‘comedy gold’ stamped all over it in red bureaucratic ink. Well, Wendy Little certainly thinks so.
In her one-woman show Limited Sedition, Little bounds around a cluttered stage filled with props [...]

Porthole into the Minds of the Vanquished

By Brianna Summers ⋅ April 27, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

If you’ve ever considered therapeutic surgery to overcome your low self-esteem, or caught your arm in the fridge door of a car door’you’re probably a bit weird. You will also probably love A Porthole into the Minds of the Vanquished. Three men, a keyboard, and a host of sound effects expel a truly twisted, black [...]

Hoodwinked

By Brianna Summers ⋅ April 20, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

When host Marcus Jones bounded on stage to warm up the audience with a few ballsack jokes, he set the comedy bar pretty low. Yes, late night comedy does tend towards the cheap and smutty end of the spectrum, but I held out hope that things would improve once the game began. My optimism was [...]

 

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