Greg Burchall
The Pun 2007 Reviews »
You can tell by the show’s title that this will not be subtle storytelling from one of Melbourne’s most versatile and volatile actors.
Clacker is not the only c-word Tammy Anderson lets loose in this howlingly funny but often cringe-worthy tour of the body’s private places and less popular functions.
Yes, there are fart jokes. And ones about childbirth, sex, anal infections and incontinence.
Just for starters.
Anderson already has a great reputation for honest and confronting writing and performance, particularly through her solo show I Don’t Wanna Play House, which examined her Tasmanian, …
The Pun 2007 Reviews »
When comics segue from rampant rants about sex, government and the press into ‘message’ terrain, the outcome can be as dire as an election-headed politician espousing family values.
But Sean Hughes has a very important message: don’t go drunk to a charity auction.
His main prop, seated on the chair at stage right, is sober testimony to his latest life lesson.
The London-born Irish comic has been missing from the stage for some years, gleaning laughs through TV, film and novel-writing.
So it was a decidedly well-fed Hughes who declared it was ‘great to …
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