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Tom Doig

Tom Doig has written 3 posts for A New Leaf Media
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Jo Randerson is a freak!

By Tom Doig ⋅ May 25, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

There is no one in the world doing comedy quite the way Jo Randerson does it. The maverick kiwi performer’s Billy T Award nominated show Jo Randerson’s Skazzle Dazzle entirely defies genre with its addled blend of characterisation, dance, theatre, puppetry and ‘wig-work’. The show’s (extremely loose) narrative typifies Randerson’s highly original and offbeat [...]

Jo Randerson’s Skazzle Dazzle

By Tom Doig ⋅ May 5, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

Jo Randerson’s Skazzle Dazzle is an… experience. If your idea of ‘funny’ is famous guys with Scottish accents telling dick jokes, Skazzle Dazzle probably isn’t the show for you. However, if you like weird shit - like watching a woman on the verge of psychosis express herself through ribbon dance’you just might love it.
The premise [...]

Ridiculusmus: The Importance of Being Earnest

By Tom Doig ⋅ April 27, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

When I saw Ridiculusmus’ 2004 Comedy Festival show Ideas Men, one of the people I went with laughed so hard that he headbutted his own knee and broke his glasses. Our other companion ended up making inhuman human sounds whilst expelling bright rivers of snot from her nose. So when I heard that David Woods [...]

 

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