The new Twilight…?
Chuffed as I was to find +1 Sword listed as a festival pick in The Age this week (look for the list titled "Laugh? I Nearly Cried" at the end of the article), along with Tripod Versus the Dragon. But the article asked if D&D was the new Twlight, and I can answer that: it's not. For starters it's 36 years old, and for seconds, dragons don't sparkle like a pixie when exposed to sunlight. Well, not unless they've covered themselves in the gold and jewels they've taken from various tasty adventurers...
Don't forget tickets are on sale now and we open on Wednesday night at Caz Reitops Dirty Secrets in Collingwood! Come on down and roll a couple of 20s with us.
+1 Sword is a critical hit!
Okay, maybe we didn't roll a natural 20, but we've certainly had a couple of great reviews.
Richard Watts, arts critic, fellow geek and Man About Town, reckons it provides "plenty of laughs" in his first round of Fringe reviews, and awards us three stars. Meanwhile, over on Buzzcuts, Andrew Erlanger's audio review calls +1 Sword an "hilariously geeky journey", while the punters he interviewed after commented that it was "highly entertaining" and one "laughed so much my jaw hurt". Both point out that no prior knowledge is required to enjoy the frivolity!
So if you feel like taking 3 points of damage to your jaw, get along and see +1 Sword for one of our final three shows this Fringe season. There are still tickets available for all the remaining performances, but it's a small venue so if you want to be sure you don't miss out, we'd encourage you to book via Fringe Tix.
OBE on RRR tonight?
The Trades Radio Variety Hour, recorded live as part of Comedy @ Trades, airs its last episode tonight at 7pm on RRR - and A Record or an OBE stars Ben McKenzie and Rob Lloyd may feature as guests! Hear an excerpt from the play and be surprised by the musical tangents onto which the boys' interview will wander with the assistance of Casey Bennetto and the Half-Assed Three - depending on which of the episodes recorded this week will go to air.
You can tune in if you're in Melbourne on 102.7 FM, but you can also listen via streaming audio on the RRR web site.