Tag: Sam Garlepp

Sam Garlepp – Scam Garlepp

By Bella Jones

You might know Sam Garlepp as a writer for The Hundred and The Cheap Seats (as well as appearing on the latter) but if you work at Coles you’ll definitely know him from the internal training videos.

From Facebook Marketplace to divorced parents, in Scam Garlepp Sam covers it all. This show is really tight and the addition of some tech only adds to what is such a delightful and more than laugh minute almost-hour of comedy.

Garlepp quickly comes across as relatable and seemingly effortlessly moves from straight stand up to tech to song parodies – the crowd takes particular joy in a rework of ‘Please Please Please’ to be about the perils of board game nights.

His style is such that he has no trouble balancing quick quips with callbacks and the occasional move into darker jokes – this show isn’t political by any means but an apt comparison of comedy show flyers to political flyers draws a big laugh.

Sam Garlepp is a seriously talented performer and this show could be his best work yet!

Sam Garlepp performs the rest of his run of Scam Garlepp at QT Melbourne from April 16 – 20

https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/browse-shows/scam-garlepp/

 

Seemingly Evil – Mix Tape

by Elyce Phillips MIix Tape

Melbourne locals Seemingly Evil (Alice Tovey, Clare Rankine, Melissa Trancia, Sam Garlepp, Lachie McKenzie, Will Reinehr and John Liacopoulos) returned to MICF this year with a fresh bunch of sketches. As the title would suggest, Mix Tape is a grab bag of skits with no unifying theme. Some are snippets of satire with a local bent, poking fun at tram inspectors and the like. Others wander into the realm of the absurd, such as a man going through a painful break-up with his microwave.

A good mix tape is well-constructed, paying careful attention to the transition from song to song. Seemingly Evil’s Mix Tape was more akin to an iPod on shuffle, fading to black and re-setting after each sketch. I found these cuts detracted from the momentum of the show somewhat, and served to emphasise the disconnected nature of the content. This would have been fine if the quality of the sketches was consistent, but pausing for applause after each sketch really highlighted when one wasn’t received as well as the others.

For an up-and-coming sketch group, Mix Tape is a solid piece of work. The show was uneven, but entertaining. There were plenty of good nuggets of comedy, but pacing was an issue. A few of the sketches fell flat, taking a long time in the set-up without enough of a pay-off. However, there were also some hits. One sketch featuring some alfoil-hatted visitors from the unforeseeable future of slightly later in 2015 was particularly hilarious.

The troupe work really well together and they look like they’re having a heck of a lot of fun on stage. There were plenty of fans in the audience and the room was filled with laughter the whole way through. Mix Tape may be a little shaky, but Seemingly Evil is a group to watch – they’ve got the talent and the ideas to produce something really great, and they’re almost there.

 

5 Good Reasons to see Mix Tape

1. A sketch show with a mix of everything – from the topical and observational to the down-right absurd. Think Monty Python meets Mad as Hell.

2. We’re the creative brains (and the not so creative kidneys) behind comedy shows like the Melbourne Uni Law Revue (2012-2014), ‘Tres Miserables’ (2014-2015) and ‘Office Party’ (2014).

3. EVERYONE GETS A CAR!!!…sometime in their life.

4. We’re at the beautiful Trades Hall on Lygon, so come grab a bite and a drink at the bar. Get another and we’ll be funnier still.

5. It starts at 7:15, so why not bring a date? Both sexes are attracted to people who make them laugh. So this will be a horrible first date for you, but we’ll do alright.

Mix Tape is on at Trades Hall from April 7 until April 19
For booking information visit the Comedy Festival website :
http://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2015/season/shows/mix-tape-seemingly-evil