Category: 5 good reasons

In the lead up and during the Festivals we cover, we ask Comedians to give us 5 good reasons to come and see their show!

5 Good Reasons to see Stuart Daulman is The Principal.

Stuart’s 5 Good Reasons are

1– Stu is not a qualified principal.

2– Stu was a state finalist at this years’ RAW Comedy Competition.

3– It’s an over the top highly random Zane brain off the wall story about a Principal at a “school”

4– You probably won’t be educated, but you’ll be entertained.

5– There’s a plot twist involving cups of tea.

You can re-live those nightmarish schooldays with Stuart at Revolt Melbourne in Kensington from October 1st.

http://www.melbournefringe.com.au/fringe-festival/show/stuart-daulman-is-the-principal/

5 Good Reasons to see The Late Night Board Game Slumber Party

1. It’s a show about my love of board games and playing board games with friends. I’ve played a heap of them over the years, and have managed to find the most interesting, unique, and fun games and will bring them to the stage for some great gameplay.

2. Cool kids can’t stay away from a Slumber Party. Each edition has four special guests – comedians, musicians, artists and more competing for your love – but more importantly to say they are the Slumber Party Board Game Champion!

3. But those guests aren’t just playing for themselves – they could be playing for YOU! Each of the guests is playing for a member of the audience, with the winning audience member getting a board game of their own to take home.

4. The show is the perfect night-cap for a Friday night at the Fringe. Spend some time at the Imperial seeing Neil Sinclair, Victoria Healy, or Simon Taylor; then finish the night off with a Slumber Party!

5. It’s free. Board games, awesome guests, the chance to win a prize, and it doesn’t cost you a cent. Get your friends together and make a night of it.

The Late Night Board Game Slumber Party with Mike Brown and Friends is on Friday September 27 and Friday September 4, 11pm at the Imperial Hotel.

http://www.melbournefringe.com.au/fringe-festival/show/the-late-night-board-game-slumber-party/

5 Good Reasons to see The Technology Show by Squid Stamp:

1. It’s a family-friendly, educational AND hysterical sketch show about the way we use technology, depend on it, rely on it, and might even be addicted to it! And it gives parents something to do with the kids during those nasty school holidays!

2. It’s written and performed by Squid Stamp! SQUIDS! Yummmm … calamari. www.squidstamp.com

3. It’s a on at La Mama theatre (Drummond Street, Carlton) which is right near Brunetti’s – so mums can drop off their kids to see the show and then go and shoot up some caffeine for an hour. (Disclaimer: kids under the age of 10 must be supervised at all times. Squid Stamp does not support recreational drug use).

4. The show opens on Grand Final day at 2pm so it’s perfect for people who don’t like AFL or if your mum or dad gets a bit crazy and shouts at the TV whilst throwing Four N’ Twenty pies and singing Up There Cazaly, the kids can get out of the house and be in a super fun (and safe) environment.

5. Three actors play over 50 different characters, use cool props like an old-school Palm Pilot, have a sketch where they speak completely in MSN lingo, perform about 3 Dream Ballet sequences, and there is a tribute to the First Wives Club!

Squid Stamp: The Technology Show
Sep 28 – Oct 6 2013
La Mama Courthouse, 349 Drummond Street Carlton
2:00pm – 1 hour

5 Good Reasons to see 24 Hour HOO-HAA!

5 Good Reasons from The Big HOO-HAA! 

1) 24 hours of Melbourne’s best improvisers running low on sleep and high on energy.

2) It’s presented by The Big HOO-HAA!, who have been making audiences howl with laughter for over 10 years in both Perth and Melbourne.

3) A show as interactive as you want it to be – join right in or sit back and watch the chaos.

4) Tickets are $24 and you get a dollar back for every hour you stay – plus it’s right near the Fringe Hub in North Melbourne so it’s easy to pop in and out!

5) How often do you get the chance to be part of a 24 hour comedy show? In the past these roller coaster events have a achieved legendary status in comedy folklore. You don’t want to miss this one!

For One Night and One Day Only (Just as Well!) From 8pm on Friday the 4th of October through Saturday 5th of October at The Czech Club in Queensbury St, near the North Melbourne Town Hall.

http://www.melbournefringe.com.au/fringe-festival/show/24-hour-hoo-haa/#

5 Good Reasons to See Ben Pobjie: Wearing A Towel

5 Good Reasons to See Ben Pobjie Wearing A Towel:

1. You know from the title and the poster that I’ll be showing some skin. You’ll be getting your money’s worth as far as acreages of flesh go.

2. This is the first time I’ll be devoting an hour to exploring my own feelings, stripping back layers of pretence and artifice to reach a place of true honesty on stage. As such it is possible that during the show I will suffer a nervous breakdown, and you KNOW that’s gotta be entertaining!

3. In their review of my last show, Australian Stage wrote “Pobjie bundles all kinds of comic devices together into a brilliant hilarious mess.” And that’s coming from Australian Stage. They review actual, proper plays and stuff. They know what they’re talking about. I am indeed a brilliant hilarious mess.

4. I give out hugs to people who come to my shows. Good hugs too. I’ve got these enormous arms. It’s like being hugged by a gigantic plush orang-utan. Really the hug will be worth the price of admission alone. The jokes are just a bonus.

5. Because there is nothing like hearing about another person’s problems to make your own seem less daunting.

You can see Ben Pobjie at the Lithuanian Club at 9pm til the 27th

http://www.melbournefringe.com.au/fringe-festival/show/ben-pobjie-wearing-a-towel/

5 Good Reasons to see 10:45pm World Record Show.

THE 5 STUPIDEST WORLD RECORDS WE’LL ATTEMPT:

1. DARING STUNTS:
Alasdair Tremblay-Birchall and Pat Burtscher will compete to see who can snorkel in a fish tank the longest, whilst completing puzzle challenges.

2. SEX APPEAL:
Greg Larsen will try and set the record for the ‘fastest time to get an erection and play Baker Street on saxophone.’

3. YOUR CHANCE TO MAKE HISTORY:
We’re going to break records with the audience:
– Most people eating a single Le Snak biscuit.
– Most people pretending to fate at once.
– Most people saying ‘Beat Cancer’ in Chinese (all real records).

4. TRUE LOVE:
We’re going to lock comedian and local lover Jonathan Schuster in a sound proof booth with a stranger for an hour and get to them to complete a series of scientific experiments to see if we can break the record for ‘Fastest time for Jonathan Schuster to fall in love.’

5. REAL RISKS:
Hosts Adam Knox and Dave Warneke will compete to break ‘The world’s most terrifying message left on their own mother’s voice mail…’

(We’re also going to try a bunch of real records including the LONGEST EVER VARIETY SHOW on Saturday October 5th from 10am at Tuxedo Cat).

The most chaotic and unpredictable comedy show of the Fringe is on at Tuxedo Cat on Friday and Saturday nights at 10:45pm from September 20 – October 5.

http://www.melbournefringe.com.au/fringe-festival/show/10-45pm-world-record-show/