Shaolin Punk

If you’re after a taste of Set List,  then you’ll get your chance this Sunday, as Karin Muiznieks, Dan Walmsley and Ben McKenzie appear as a guests for the fourth meeting of the Anarchist Guild Social Committee! Melbourne’s smash hit sketch comedy group - which counts Ben and Set List guest star Andy McClelland among its members - bring you another show full of all-new material!

The AGSC’s fourth meeting is at the Bella Union, Trades Hall, starting at 5:30 on Sunday, September 21; tickets are $15 full/$10 concession or group, and you can get them at the door or via the Bella Union web site.

Shaolin Punk’s musical impro show Set List is now on sale through the Melbourne Fringe web site! Book your tickets now for your favourite genre - jazz, folk or rock - or come to all three. Each show is a one off, never to be repeated set list of songs in which the audience calls for the “greatest hits” of a band that never existed before the beginning of the set…

See the Set List page for more details!

Last night was the first preview season performance of Set List, and taking the stage were Emma Muiznieks, Karin Muiznieks, Dan Walmsley and Ben McKenzie. They formed urban whimsical folk quartet “Absynth”, and the set list for their one and only Melbourne performance included:

• “Clinton”, an ode to the sleepy little New Zealand town whose chief attraction was being the only part of the country not featured in Lord of the Rings.
• “The Brush Went South”, a tragic tale of two lovers forever separated by the misuse of a toothbrush.
• “Reasons to Leave Your Phone On in a Show”, a list of…well, you get the idea.
• “Snow Dome” - a terrifying glimpse of the hidden dangers within seemingly innocuous ornaments.
• “The Best Nose in the World”, a love song for a man with beautiful nose hair.
• “Fight the Faint Smell”, a rousing political anthem espousing the olfactory superiority of communism over capitalism.
• “City of Evil”, a chilling expose of the supernatural horrors which lurk in the seemingly cheery home of beer, Prague.
• “Life is Like a Rolling Pin”, an allegory for all those times when you’re feeling flat.
• “The Band Whose Name Has Been Forgotten”, a spooky story of what happens if you allow creative tension to boil over on stage.
• “Cheri”, a love song for a New Zealand roustabout who once dreamed of being a model
• “Vodka, Absinthe and Pineapple Juice”, a rousing final chorus to get everyone in the mood for visiting the bar at the Butterfly Club!

Remember the preview season continues tonight, with Dan, Emma and Karin returning, this time joined by Andy McClelland as they form an entirely new jazz band. There are also performances on Saturday and Sunday.

Remember that Ben McKenzie’s Man in the Lab Coat gives his first of three performances of A Brief History of A Brief History of Time at 1:30 PM today at the Royal Society of Victoria, and tonight appears at Melbourne Museum for Not the Nobel Prize. See labcoatman.com.au for more details!

There’s excitement all around  time all round at Shaolin Punk - and we’re not talking about the Olympics! We have two shows coming up in the next couple of weeks, and here are the details.

Set List, Shaolin Punk’s improvised music show, kicks off with a preview season at the Butterfly Club from August 21st to 24th. See the Set List page for details.

A Brief History of A Brief History of Time is a new Man in the Lab Coat show, premiering during Science Week at the Royal Society of Victoria. There’s a matinee for schools on the afternoon of Friday, August 22, and then two evening performances on the 23rd and 24th. See labcoatman.com.au for more details about this show and Ben’s other Science Week adventures.