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I'm not a fan of hackneyed 'oxford dictionary defines' introductions to articles and speeches but, in this instance, I think it's necessary to confess my ignorance, hoping I'm not the only one out there who didn't know what spruiking was. Lots of odd images and definitions came to mind: the garnisher of restaurant meals ('Hey, kitchen-hand! Spruik that plate for service.'), a speciality cleaner or redecorator of some sort ...

Moppets (don’t mess with Henson) and Lego—you can’t go wrong! Promising Melbourne theatre company Sticky Apple Legs combine musical theatre, puppetry, comedy, and a sharp script from successful playwright Tom Taylor in the world premiere second show. It’s the first of its kind to deal, through comedy, with the exceptionally rare condition (so rare it escapes research) of City Head—a society living in your brain. The show started even ...

Straight to the point with the title (the posters too), then hammered home with a raunchy pole-dancing introduction (not Davis, yet). It was a good start. The standard R18+ tag dressed in comedic voiceover confirmed our hopes. We all knew what we were in for: lots of dirty jokes, fetish fun and phallic humour. Sex slides itself into nearly every comedian’s routine at some stage. So just think ...