Published on RHUM.org.au, April 2011
When Dr Brown lowers his bathrobed body to sit on a terrified audience member’s face, two guys at the back get up and leave. The venue is tiny, and packed – the vacant seats are quickly snapped up and there are still several people [...]
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Published on RHUM.org.au, April 2011
Trades Hall is the perfect venue for Andrew O’Neill, because he’s a very right-on sort of fellow. He hates racists. He hates homophobes. In fact, he hates all people, or so he says. It’s as if he’s unaware of how sweet and affable he comes across onstage. And [...]
Published on RHUM.org.au April 2011
Australia is over fourteen thousand kilometres away from the United States. Travel from one to the other takes around a day. And Melbourne is a city without a harbour bridge or an opera house. I mean, where is Melbourne, anyway?
Are these the barriers that keep young and emerging [...]
Published on RHUM.org.au October 2010
Geraldine Quinn has been on my radar for the last few years as must-see local comedy talent. The postcard lying on the table in the Trades Hall New Ballroom supported this theory, boasting four-star reviews for Shut Up and Sing from six different Australian and British publications. And the feisty cabaret [...]
Published on RHUM.org.au October 2010
The promo for Ugly Blue Flowers says, “It is not something that is understood. More felt.” Hopefully that lets me off the hook to at least some degree – I certainly didn’t understand this show. I can’t tell you what the point of it was, or even if there was a [...]
Published on RHUM.org.au October 2010
A box of cornflakes once told me that the simple things in life are often the best. And so it is with Michael Connell, a comedian who does simple stand-up and delivers barrel-loads of easy, hearty belly laughs.
However in response to a country newspaper review describing Acting the Goat as ‘just [...]
Published on RHUM.org.au October 2010
It’s a shame that Fan Tales was a one-off show – this afternoon of fan fiction readings was a little ripper. Hosted building-wise by queer bookshop Hares and Hyenas and person-wise by cheeky stand up comic Jules Wilkinson, Fan Tales served two purposes – a celebration of the form for all [...]
Published on RHUM.org.au September 2010
One of my pet hates is reviews that open with, ‘I had no idea what to expect when I arrived for blah blah blah blah blah.’ But I really, truly didn’t know what to expect when I walked up the stairs at the back of Errol’s Café to see The Future [...]
Published on RHUM.org.au September 2010
Sometimes it’s tough being a fifty foot woman. The council’s always on your back about civic damage, dating is difficult and birthday parties just aren’t that much fun. But – it’s nothing a spot of hula hooping over breakfast can’t fix, right?
Big Shoes to Fill: An Expose of a 50 Ft. [...]
Published on RHUM.org.au September 2010
After breaching her student visa, bewildered international student Shireen finds herself locked away in a detention centre. At first she expects a quick resolution to her dilemma but her hopes are dashed by her lawyer Huong, a Vietnamese-Australian woman who was once a refugee herself. Huong’s sense of optimism is being [...]