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Comedy
Infinite Number Of Monkeys (iilded Balloon at Peppermint Lounge. ll l7 Aug. 4.30pm. In previous years they ~ye tackled Shakespeare and gravity. so expect an imaginative ride from these sometime l’errier New comer nominees. Three stars in The List last year,
Ironic Yanks Boom ('hicago. l’lcasancc. until 37 Aug. (i.3llpiii. America may have had an irony-by pass. but they don't suck big time at sport. Acclaimed improv troupe Boom ('hicago w ill attempt to chronicle the downfall of the British limpirc through sport.
Dom lrrera (iildcd Ballooli at chiol Row House. 14 27 Aug. 10.30pm. If you start to get tired of all the inexperienced. young. louslc-liaircd Trish or (icordic blethering stand-up comedians that seem to populate the Fringe these days. then check otit the real deal. l)om li'rcra is an American veteran of stage. television and the big screen. and has stacks of awards to prove it. A mainstay ol late night American telly. lrrcra has appeared in countless chat shows. sitcoms and films. and is also regularly in demand as a cartoon voice- over maestro. Best mates with goolball comedy genius Rodney Dangerfield. this is lrrera's first ever visit to the l-"ringc. and his edgy. filthy and utterly un-l’(' material will undoubtddly be a breath of fresh air. for which we should be eternally grateful. (l)oug Johnstone)
It Woulda Been Nice (‘ra/y Ladies. Pleasance. tiiitil 27 Atig. 4.30pm. Steven liroelich plays all roles in his own one- man/thrce-woman play. featuring the principal characters from Weekend In Rio. also at the Pleasance. post-plane crash.
It’s Me Sylvia - Live & On Film ('ra/y
Ladies. l’leasancc Dome. I3 37 Aug. 4.45pm.
Wild woman of filiii Sylvia Miles talks unreservcdly about her ()scar nominations for Midnight (‘owboy and Farewell My Lovely. Another cura/ee lady with a highly engaging past.
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Jake And Elwood - The Blues Brothers Show .\'l-.'l‘l‘ t‘K. Komcdia Southsidc. Ulllli 26 Aug. 10.30pm. Toe- tappin'. hip-sway in'. singalong tribute to the silver screen sy blings of cool.
Noel James And Company Boom Boom at The Tron. until 27 Aug. 7.30pm. Highly respected by fellow comedians. the young \Vclsh comic bow s to peer pressure and lil\ ites some of them along for the ride. lzxpcct a cocktail of dark humour. word-play. monologues and anarchy.
John And Kevin’s One Man Show l’lcasancc. tiiitil 27 Aug. 5.45pm. Acclaimed satirical stand-up duo let you in on the things they get tip to behind the closed doors of their dressing room.
Just Married l-n-aky Pigeon. (iilded Balloon at 'l'eviot Row llousc. until 37 Aug. 4.30pm. limma Burgess and Stewart l’erris got married on 4 Aug and they want you to
Join their honey moon escapades.
Phil Kay (iilded Balloon at Teyiot Row llouse. until 13 Aug. 10.30pm. linprov master Kay unleashes his imagination for a typically unpredictable two hours of hysterical iiitisiiigs. See his column in our non-Festival section.
Sarah Kendall In War 000 (iilded Balloon at Teviot Row House. until 27 Aug. 7.45pm. Sarah Kendall in \‘i'ar‘.’ Try Sarah Kendall is raw. liirst and foremost. the young Atistralian shows amazing potential; her timing is excellent. she is canstically enthusiastic, her material is meticuloUsly researched. convincingly stated and forcibly yet amicably levied.
Basically the premise for Kendall's show is her warfare obsession and this is her self- conscious comic history lesson which tweaks out the ironies of war through a doubting female perspective. Kendall touches on everything from America‘s firearm culture and .\'B("s footage choreography to national stereotypes and even questionable Nazi apparel. transforming hatred and the downright nonsensical into intelligent and
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Fucking Our Fathers: Scott Capurro and John Cardone
0... Assembly Rooms. until 27 Aug. midnight. Men of a certain age. suggested Freud. want to kill their dads and sleep with their mums. Sigmund was thinking more of infants than of tliiny-soiiiething gay men from San Francisco. but that hasn't stopped Capurro and Cardone from exploring the Oedipus attraction from the queer angle. Their show, wedged in the comedy section of the Fringe programme (presumably to cash-in on Capurro‘s stand-up cachet) owes more to theatre. and features the pair debating their desire for ‘hot muscle daddies’ — although they fortunately stop short of discussing how to dispose of their mothers.
Capurro plays John. a jobbing assistant film director who meets his Starbucks- serving friend Danny (Cardone) every Saturday in a bar to drink. bitch and talk about failed relationships and bad sex. It sounds like a bad sitcom. but the two create real pathos and humour about a subject that could easily have engendered nothing but predictable jokes.
The pair debate the relative strengths of therapy and psychoanalysis. men in uniform and email voyeurism before John has graphic. hilarious sex with a bisexual rent boy and Danny fobs off a rather unconvincing Death. After his attention- seeking ‘Holocamt. Scliolocatist' gags last year. it‘s no surprise to see (‘apurro wading into a controversial subject area. but it is surprising to see him make good theatre out of it. (James Smart)
inventive comedy fodder.
It's all very worthy. keen. thought- provoking stuff but ultimately neglects the laughs which would make it all worthwhile. Technical shortcomings and a bewilderingly sentimental ending don't aid the effort. A
courageous exercise. but lacking in execution.
(Maureen Ellis)
Matt King Is A Child Assembly Rooms. until 27 Aug. ll.45pm. Touted as Australia's favourite stand-up. King is a master of intelligent surreal associations and throws away the script for an expedition into the recesses of his mind.
Daniel Kitson: Love, Innocence and the Word Cock Pleasance. until 27 Aug. 10.30pm. ()nce known for his endless profanity and spiralling improv, the highly acclaimed Kitson has discovered the advantages of having material and doesn't believe that vulgarity and intelligence are mutually exclusive. Krater Comedy Club Komedia Southside. until 26 Aug. l2. 10am. He toured Scotland looking for a spare pan for his car and now Stephen Grant uses his newly-aquired knowledge to comic effect. Oh. and there‘s guests too in this late night cabaret.
O Lano 8t Woodley: Bruiser 00000 The Famous Spiegeltent. until 26 Aug. 8pm. You don't expect Australians to be good at surrealist comedy. but Lano and Woodley are masters of the art. Bruiser sees them tackle the masculine psyche in a show whose apparently anarchic nature belies its meticulously planned gags.
The largely irrelevant plot sees the pair fall in love with the same non-existent woman. try to avoid the same puffed-up bruiser (who. bizarrely. sounds like a cross between Michael Caine and Danny from \Mthnail and l) and generally tie each other in knots while swapping accents and costumes like their show depends on it. And with their bubbling chemistry. the duo ensure that this chaotic.
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Chaotic, exhilarating feast of physical theatre and
deprecating wit
Lano & Woodley: Bruiser
exhilarating feast of physical theatre and sell- deprecating wit could crack the most stony ol Festival audiences This is inspired and inspirational stuff. (James Smart)
Late ‘n’ Live (iilded Balloon 'l‘hcatie. until 27 Aug. lain. The infamous late-night bear pit where comics are either dcilicd or crucified Laughs And Mad Musical Inventions The Amazing Mr Smith. ('alton ('entre. until 27 Aug. 8.45pm. liccentric comic musician who‘s known for doing unUsual things with condoms,
Legendary Polowskl Diamond Heist Pleasance. until 27 Aug. ll.~15pm. liast lind crook skit that started out as a five-minute routine and kept growing.
Let’s Have A Shambles! White Rabbit Cowboy's. until 26 Atig. 5.30pm. Local cowboy (iarth (‘ruickshank hosts more lascivious fun. games and comic mishaps.
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0.. (iilded Balloon at chiot Row House. [bill l2 Aug. 5pm. ‘Remember. here at ('hutney 's. a tidy gym is a happy gym.‘ Just one of the ironic platitudes offered by the painfully enthusiastic fitness instructor of ‘(‘hutney 's Health ('lub', Set in this torture palace. Life ls Sweat presents a series of satirical sketches exploring the sordid underworld of that British obsession — keeping fit. With characterisation often reminiscent of Victoria Wood‘s stock. there are some well-observed moments.
However. the dialogue is hampered by a ratherjaded and unimaginative Use of stereotypes. Some surreal touches pick it up though. and a slow motion pas de deux to ‘Magic Moments' by pot-bellied men is truly just that. Maybe a little more time down the gym is needed to really tone up. (Ruth Hedges)
Up Service Gilded Balloon Theatre. until 27 Aug. 9.45pm. Ellen (‘ollier and Kiki Kendrick are two sex-line telephonists who fall in love with the same man and find the line between reality and erotic fantasy becomes blurred.
Lipstick On Your Teeth Bag It L'pf. C Venue. until 26 Aug. 5pm. Three Hackney ladies ham it up in a raunchy. raucoUs sketch show.