Damian Callinan in Swing Man | Casa Mondo | til Feb 25th | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ I have a confession. Despite being a renowned character and multiple award-nominated stand-up comedian, I didn’t know who Damian Callinan was before I saw his show. I should get out more — perhaps to one of the Swing Dance classes […]
Tatterdemalion | Casa Mondo | til Feb 25th | ★ ★ ★ ★ Fringe World implores us to “Forget Boring.” Tatterdemalion is wonderfully absurd. It’s surreal, it’s silly, it’s clever, it’s funny, it’s even a little confusing at times — one thing it never it could never be called is boring. Tatterdemalion — and I’m unsure if […]
John Robertson: Looking Sharp | Four5Nine | til Feb 11th | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Arriving at Bar Four5Nine, the space has been turned into a kind of house of horrors. You half expect a dollar store Leatherface to come stumbling through with a chainsaw. I also have missed the memo about wearing all black, and worry […]
A friendly discussion at work with some colleagues I like a lot left me pissed off. An offhand comment about our offshore call centre: “We’ve got everything there. We’ve got some gays, we’ve got some lesbians, we’ve got some people who are just confused…” Let me tell you one thing: I am not fucking ‘confused’. […]
