Leanne Minshull
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Cancer is not the lightest of subjects to tackle in a comedy show, and certainly not in the basement of the Melbourne Town Hall with a start time of 10.45. Feeling fatigued, I must admit to entering the show with a bit of a ‘God, I’m not in the mood for this’ attitude. Then the show opened with a bright and engaging 23-year-old displaying an X-ray of his lungs, one with a massive tumour in it. I suddenly felt a little shallow for being in such a shit mood.
Two things …
The Pun, The Pun 2009, The Pun 2009 Reviews »
Spending an hour with Dave Thornton is kind of like spending an hour in the pub with one of your older brothers funniest friends. Thornton has an Australian lackadaisical style without the overplay of some recent ‘Australiana’ comedies. In fact, Thornton delivers a hilarious critique of what it means to be ‘Australian’.
Never Sweat looks at Thornton’s childhood and adolescence without making the audience feel as though they are sitting through a public therapy session. The focus on the narrative of an Australian regional centre did not exclude those in the …
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