The show, they say, must go on. And so it did.
The second Sydney fringe show I've seen now, and also quite worthy of its festival. I picked it because it had "Macbeth" in the title and I'm slightly obsessed with all things Macbeth, which I think was a pretty fair reason to pick it.
It was, as its title implies, a variety show. With a loose, thin plot holding it all together. The actual substance was tenuous at best, but it was a fun sort of tenuous. Vaguely odd and oddly vague, you know, the usual.
There were all the usual elements of a variety show -- songs, stand-up comedy, magic tricks, hula hooping -- interspersed throughout the loose plot. Kind of how I envision a certain book to be, sort of.
Oh, the actual plot? I seem to have left it out: it was all about which of the characters had killed the actor meant to play Macbeth in the cursed play. They figured it out in the end.
Anyway, it was a riot. I think you could also call it a hoot. My favorite bit was the stand-up comedy. It was all pretty good, but my favorite was about the bipolar bear. Was he suffering drastic mood swings, or did he like both boy and girl bears?
Monday, September 19, 2011
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Great review! I loved the show too and was there for the last night. If you liked the standup you may be interested to know that Seaton Kay-Smith has started doing a bit of that. He has a facebook page doyoueverwonderment and a blog dyewonderment.com and usually lets people know when he is doing a set. He's in the finals of the Roxbury Hotel Glebe in October sometime. Cheers, Paulette
Cool cool, thanks so much!! Great to know :)
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