Penelope Hone
The Pun 2006 Reviews »
Nestled within the Comedy @ Trades program guide is a small, short and anonymous quotation from The Age reviewing The Birdmann’s previous exploits. It reads, quite simply, ‘he is funny.’ Reading this, and not knowing much else of the elusive birdlike figure, I was, I admit, apprehensive. What was a show that engendered such a bland and unimaginative statement going to be like?
I’m a nervous spectator. I worry about the quality of what I’m going to see, for myself, for my fellow audience members and, just to be fair, for …
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