Dungeons, late night and far far away

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Apr 272012
 

Our last two Late Night Dungeon Crawls during Comedy Festival were both corkers!

On April 11, Andrew McClelland morphed into Gax Garyguy, a shape changer with the power to inspire sexual repression; Brenna Courtney Glazebrook was “Queester”, Queen of Easter, who brought easter eggs (good) and diabetes (bad); Dave Bloustien was hypnotist Dr. Zhivago (no relation); and Christophe Davidson brought the majesty of Sweatheart the Barbarian, who had maximum points in Patience, Conflict Resolution and Empathy (he was raised by fairies). They went on a quest to recover the sacred jewel of Mansiontown, a town in the shadow of an old mansion on a nearby hill. Despite encountering the zombie of a previous adventurer who failed the same quest, they pushed on into the house, where a two-headed ogre (guest monsters Dingo & Wolf) was defeated by convincing one of the heads that the other was being mean about it, before patching up their friendship and sending it on its way. They managed to retrieve the gemstone and return it to the monk who gave them the quest, who turned out to be evil – but also Queester’s brother, so it all worked out in the end.

On April 19, Adam McKenzie became Havugottit, an elvish swordsell (he sells swords), and was joined by three first time crawlers:  Matt Elsbury as Arfice Highbuckle, the six foot dwarf (it’s a pituitary thing), Mark Gambino as Takeshi Takeshi, a samurai priest allergic to egg timers who once kissed a dog, and Dave Callan as Thundercock the Warlock, whose magical blades “Truth” and “Justice” gave him 50% mana recharge and +69 to sex. Their quest: to save the city of Snowtown in Somesortaland by finding the ancient Temple of Livejournal and its font of power blessed by Glob, God of Blogs. There they must enchant a weapon to kill Buttons, the evil dragon god who plagues Snowtown. They defeated the evil cultist who had taken over the temple, suffering only the loss of Arfice’s wombat familiar and a curse which turned Takeshi into a were badger; they did, however, pick up everything that wasn’t nailed down, giving the loot to mobile shopfront Havugottit. They eventually chose to enchant a chair in the font of power, and brought it back to  Snowtown; they convinced Buttons to sit in the chair, at which point he was transformed into a dog and…well, things took an unexpected turn, but the town was saved!

How on Earth do we follow up a couple of sessions like that? Well, by heading off Earth! This Wednesday, May 2nd, is close enough to Star Wars Day that we’ve decided to make a tradition: every May show will be Star Wars flavoured! So come to Dungeon Crawl Episode V: The Empire Crawls Back, and join rebel leaders and Dungeon Jedi Masters Ben “Obi-Wan” McKenzie and Richard “that thing in the trash compactor” McKenzie, plus guest comedians and improvisers Jack Druce (Too Short For A Stormtrooper, Introvert Def Jam), Nadia Collins (The Big Hoo-Haa, Museum Comedy), Danny McGinlay (Food Dude, The Project, Danny McGinlay Learns Ukrainian) and Rama Nicholas (Impro Melbourne, Late Night Impro) as they travel to that galaxy far far away and totally get things a bit wrong.

Tickets $15 at the door, $12 + bf when booked online at bellaunion.com.au; but you knew that, right?

Come With Us If You Want To Live Forever

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Dec 162011
 

What do you get if you take the greatest story ever told – and add the nativity? Well, you get The Terminator + the nativity = The Terminativity, the twisted brainchild of Nick Caddaye and Casey Bennetto, and featuring not only Richard McKenzie as The Terminator and Ben McKenzie in three roles (count ‘em!), but many of your favourite Dungeon Crawl guests as well, including Adam McKenzie, Andrew McClelland, Scott Edgar, Steven Gates and Lawrence Leung as well! Stars Mike McLeish and Aurora Kurth will take you on the most Christmassy journey of all!

If you want to come, better book now – even with an extra fourth show, it’s looking to sell out!

Recap – Dungeon Crawl: A New Hope

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Jun 032011
 

Here’s the belated recap of our Star Wars tribute from May the 4th. Enjoy this retelling, and the fantastic photos taken by resident Dungeon Crawl chronicler, Rob Young.

It is a dark time for the Rebellion; the Empire is busily crafting new weapons technology to give them the edge in the civil war. Desperate for information about these weapons, the rebels hire a group of mercenaries: Park Slope, the hipster Twi’lek bounty hunter (Clem Bastow); Oscar the Garbage Droid (Adam McKenzie); Aamer, a Jedi Academy drop-out (Aamer Rahman); and Benjamin Salivaface, a Gamorrean guard with dreams of singing on Tatooine’s Got Talent (Scott Edgar). In the settlement of Mos Def on Tattooine they meet their rebel contact, who gives them a mission to steal the plans of a new Imperial weapon: some kind of armoured, all-terrain attack vehicle, code-named “Death Puppy”.  They travel to the Mercury Lounge cantina, where they find a drunken Imperial officer who is working on the project. As they approach him, he calls in a stormtrooper, but they manage to force him to surrender and the officer gives up his key (a sonic scrwdriver) to the Imperial stronghold where the plans are held.

The team fly in Park Slope’s single-speed starship, the SS Animal Collective, to the planet Thereiam. Rather than be stealthy, they land on the top of the Imperial compound, and soon run into a wookiee slave employed as a security guard. Luckily Park Slope speaks wookiee and persuades him to switch sides. Benjamin sings and distracts the staff at the compound, allowing them all to sneak inside.

The team fall into a garbage compactor and are menaced by a strange one-eyed creature before finding the computer where the plans are held. They are menaced by the Sith Lord Darth Diablo, and manage to convince Aamer to take him on in a duel, though Park Slope’s headtails are blown off during the battle before Diablo is defeated. As they seize the plans, Oscar reveals that he is also a bounty hunter, and plans to kill the others and sell the plans himself. Aamer finally manages to successfully use the force to push Oscar into his own garbage bin. Our surviving heroes return to Tattooine to collect their reward.

Ben McKenzie, Dungeon Jedi Master, uses a mind trick on the audience at Dungeon Crawl: A New Hope.
Adam McKenzie as Oscar the Garbage Robot in Dungeon Crawl: A New Hope.
Clem Bastow as Hipster Twi'lek bounty hunter Park Slope.
Aamer Rahman, Jedi Academy drop-out and Clem Bastow as hipster Twi'lek bounty hunter Park Slope.
Oscar the Garbage Droid (Adam McKenzie) looks on as Gamorrean guard Benjamin Salivaface (Scott Edgar) shows off his axes.
The rebels, Aamer Rahman, Clem Bastow, Adam McKenzie and Scott Edgar - prepare to meet their contact at the Mercury Lounge cantina in Mos Def.

Rebel contact Richard McKenzie meets Aamer (Aamer Rahman) and Park Slope (Clem Bastow) in the Mercury Lounge cantina in Mos Def.
The drunken Imperial officer (Richard McKenzie) is confronted by the Jedi drop-out (Aamer Rahman), Park Slope (Clem Bastow), Oscar (Adam McKenzie) and Benjamin Salivaface (Scott Edgar).
The Imperial officer (Richard McKenzie) calls his Stormtrooper (501st Legion member) in to fight with the rebels (Aamer Rahman, Clem Bastow, Adam McKenzie and Scott Edgar) in the Mercury Lounge cantina.




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