Sarah Carson
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Hate is too strong a word; therefore, I’m going to say that I disliked this show. Really disliked it.
In an eclectic (Read: slightly dingy.) room, I watched as one-by-one four comedians descended the theatre steps. For 12 minutes each comic performed their particular act as a character: an uptight government official, an eccentric old woman, a rock star parodying Courtney Love and a nudist athlete. It felt like the longest 48 minutes of my life.
Firstly, if the routine involves smutty humour, best check that you have the cheekiness, wit, or …
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Be warned: this is not a normal stand-up show. Most notably because Perth based comedian, Claire Hooper, doesn’t speak for the entire length of the one hour routine. Now before you start thinking, ‘Oh God, not mime, anything but mime!’ rest assured that Oh! is filled with her animated voice. She just never utters a word on stage. Confused? Let me explain.
This show is an autobiographical account of Hooper’s overreaction to throat surgery, during which this comedian and radio DJ was threatened with the prospect of losing her voice. It …
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A Mark Watson show is kind of like watching a guy on speed with a microphone. Once my senses adjusted to his quick darting lunges, flailing gesticulations and the way his words seem to pour out at a million miles an hour, I came to realise that Watson may be one of the best acts at the Comedy Festival this year.
The internet told Watson he has 50 years to live. His show examines the different life stages we must all go through up until death. Whilst I could see that …
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Being an Australian household name in the Comedy Festival carries with it a certain level of expectation. That burden couldn’t fall more heavily on Peter Helliar whose notoriety from ‘Rove Live’ and a fan base generated from ‘Before the Game’ seemed to be a major drawcard for the first of his two shows at the Melbourne Town Hall. Fortunately for this home crowd, Helliar is one of those rare comedians who actually live up to all the hype.
His talent doesn’t lie in the jokes he tells but the way he …
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