5 Good Reasons To See Murphy McLachlan Has Corn Chips 

1.     You get to sit down on chairs. Like, proper chairs. No hipster crate bullshit.

 

2.     There will be cool rock and/or pop music briefly playing at the start and end of my show! So you can boogie down, laugh heaps, and then boogie down again.

 

3.     I will be wearing a decent-ish buttoned shirt AND it’ll be probably be different every second night! So there’s an incentive to come to multiple shows!

 

4.     After the show, I will be handing out flyers for the other Fringe show I’m doing, Murphy, Tom & Claire Present  A Modern Guide To Etiquette in the 21st Century & Beyond: A Detailed Cross Section of Life From the Expert Minds of Some. It’s about etiquette I think.

 

5.     I has corn chips

Murphy McLachlan Has Corn Chips  at The Improv Conspiracy Office

Tickets & Info: https://www.melbournefringe.com.au/program/event/view/d9c38d0b-2fe8-45d6-b6ae-eb5dbf254a73

5 Good Reasons to see Murphy McLachlan Tries Everything

5) There will be impersonations.

Some say I’m the man of a thousand voices. Not me. I say I’m the man
of a thousand and one voices. But there’s only time for about two in
the show. My own and a fairly spot on Christopher Walken impression.
Maybe a Kermit the Frog attempt if there’s time. Maybe.

4) There will be caricatures.

I didn’t have time for learnin’ or readin’ or educatinin’ back in
school. I was too busy doodlin’. That’s the technical term for drawing
pictures of the Simpsons. If you’re lucky enough, I’ll draw a
caricature of you during the show! Especially if you look like a
character from The Simpsons. Preferably Milhouse. It’s fun to draw
Milhouse.

3) There will be music.

I’m not going to let a little thing like not having any musical talent
in the slightest stop me from smashing out the greatest power ballad
society will experience. Or I’ll just play the Smoke on the Water
riff. That’s probably easier actually.

2) There will be magic.

If you’re lucky enough to put your hand up and volunteer, you’ll get
to help me out with a magic trick during the show! Don’t worry, it’s
just a simple card trick; I’m not going to set you on fire!

I got in some legal trouble last time I did that, so I had to make
some alterations…
It’ll still be fun though!

1) There will be every other form of entertainment!

Dancing, singing, miming, burlesquing, ventriloquisming- they’ll all
be in there!
But why take my word for it?!
Because it’s my show.

 

5 Good Reasons to see a Melbourne Fringe Festival show at The Imperial

Five Reasons to visit The Imperial during Melbourne Fringe

ONE) The Imperial will be hosting 19 fringe shows this year! All comedy!

3 LITTLE GIGS
OUR LITTLE STORIES
XANDER ALLAN – GLAM
SIMON TAYLOR – FUNNY
LOVE, FACTUALLY WITH TOM LANG
NELLIE WHITE IS THE SHITTY CARER
NEIL SINCLAIR ‘CHARMINGLY USELESS’
VICTORIA HEALY PRESENTS WE ♥ COMEDY
MURPHY MCLACHLAN HAS TWO LAST NAMES
SONIA DI IORIO – DON’T KISS THE WEIRD GIRL
THE LATE NIGHT BOARD GAME SLUMBER PARTY WITH MIKE BROWN AND FRIENDS
SOME NUTTER’S DONE A RUNNER WITH CRAIG MCLEOD AND DOUG GORDON
THE HAPPIEST BOWERBIRD AND OTHER STORIES BY JONATHAN SCHUSTER
SITCOM THEME SONG SINGALONG (AND TRIVIA) WITH BERT GOLDSMITH
PEOPLE CRYING ‘ADAM KNOX’ AS THEY LEAP FROM PLANES
ROLAND HOFFMANN – EVERYTHING WILL BE ALRIGHT
BEING A WHEEL FAMILY. MEET THE MCGERES
BEAU STEGMANN: HERE’S LOOKING AT ME…
COME HECKLE JESUS

TWO) We have a lot of shows on every night. You can show up, and know something will be on. In fact, we only have two nights off for the whole festival (the first two Saturdays). We have shows starting on the hour, and we’ll have some discount drinks cards around for anyone who wants to come and hang out in between shows. We’re a comedy hub!

THREE) Whether you want to sing along to sit com themesongs, or shout abuse at Jesus Christ, we have a show for every taste! We also have a lot with zero audience participation, if the singing and heckling isn’t your style. The Imperial is a great place to take a punt on a new show. Our volunteers on the door can tell you all about the shows, and make recommendations based on your tastes. Sketch, poetry, standup, impro, storytelling, and whatever else you can think of.

FOUR) We are very generous. Head to our Facebook page (www.facebook.com/impycomedy) where we will be giving away tix and keeping everyone up to date on deals, whether tickets will be available on the door and of course, instagramming the hell out of the whole thing.

FIVE) The Imperial is a great place to observe comics in their natural habitat. Stick around after the show, have a beer with these kids, and you’ll be fast friends. Buy the beer, and you’ll have a friend for life.

The Imperial is one of the main Fringe Festival venues in Melbourne’s CBD at the corner of Bourke and Spring streets right near Parliament Station.

Find out more at The Imperial Website

http://comedyattheimperial.com/

Almost Almost Almost Famous

By Colin Flaherty.

A group show featuring some newish faces on the scene is the perfect event to take a chance on, in that you are sure to make an interesting discovery. Almost Almost Almost Famous is one such production that provides a solid hour of laughs from a quartet of stand up comedians who, given the cheeky title, have lofty ambitions.

Courtney Parker opened up the show with a self confessed set of on-stage therapy. A large portion of her set revolved around her Bogan father which included an indecipherable recording of him that went on a touch too long. An extended story about some pathology procedures had the audience in fits as our hero went from one embarrassment to the next. Her use of small props to make plenty of witty comments was well done and her closing segment complete with adorable visual aides and cutesy singing made the crowd fall in love with this slightly daggy girl.

Up next was Murphy McLachlan who is very much an old school joke teller; short shaggy dog tales with zinger punchlines. This joke telling with tenuous linking is somewhat of a rarity these days and piqued my interest. An example was the inclusion of a trio of bad puns just for the hell of it got the huge groans they deserved but were fun nonetheless. A fair bit of his material was steeped in Ironic Misogyny (which was entertaining if you identified it as such) but he dared to push it too far with a line of extremely poor taste that almost made the audience turn on him. Fortunately he was able to back-peddle successfully and win us back with his cheeky persona.

Next on stage came Sonia Di Iorio with observations on being single, trashy television, rap music and . In spite of the pedestrian topics, she had a cynicism and world weariness (in spite of her youth) that provided a nice edge to her material. Sonia was supremely confident on stage and personable enough to command everyone’s attention to keep them laughing. Her decision to end on a long story that clearly had a weak pay-off was a bold move, especially when she admitted that she only has the length of this shows run to work it out.

Rounding out the show was Anthony Jeannot whose jokes traded heavily on grammatical pedantry and cynicism. Targets such as his personal trainer, his girlfriend and various fellow commuters all copped a serve with his eloquent and clever lines that were counterbalanced with silly figurative jokes. He closed with a reading of a letter to a multinational company which perfectly captured the innocence of childhood along with a jaded attitude to add extra bite.

With enough variety in the comedic styles this was a fun hour from some great up and comers (must…resist…using… the line… about…seeing them…before…they are…famous!).

Almost Almost Almost Famous is on at The Bull & Bear

http://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2012/season/shows/almost-almost-almost-famous/