The Age reviews A Record or an OBE
Helen Razer in today's Age gave A Record or an OBE three stars, describing it as "goody, goody fun" and "a must" for Goodies fans, as well as a "pacey and perfect evening". Fellow Comedy @ Trades performer Simon Palomares also scored three stars.
A few pages earlier in the same paper (and at The Age online), you can find one of "moddish geek" (thanks Helen Razer!) Ben McKenzie's dinosaur jokes from the Melbourne Museum Comedy Tour in the article "A man walks into a bar...ouch!" which collects 50 one-liners from across the Festival.
Comedy Festival openings ahoy
Well, just as A Record or an OBE launched to a packed house and critical acclaim last night, so do other shows launch across the city as the Melbourne International Comedy Festival enters full swing. Some of the other comedians involved in the Melbourne Museum Comedy Tour open their own shows tonight, and OBE co-star Rob Lloyd has already blasted off with his show. Here are some of the friends of Shaolin Punk who you can catch at MICF 2008:
- Rob Lloyd and the Hound of the Baskervilles in Every Film Ever Made at Trades Hall from March 19.
- Tommy Dean in Are We There Yet? at the Melbourne Town Hall from March 20.
- Kent Valentine in A Fistful of Rainbows at the Portland Hotel from March 20.
- Bec Hill in If You Can Read This, My Cape Fell Off at Trades Hall from April 1.
Remember you can get special ticket prices when booking multiple shows at Trades Hall - including OBE and the shows above!
First Comedy Festival review
The opening night of Comedy @ Trades was a great success, and the packed audience attending A Record or an OBE was in fine form! And, in perhaps the first review posted for the Comedy Festival (not counting those based on previews), we already have a review from Australian Stage Online, who described OBE as "inspired Goodies silliness".