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?

A Tale of Two Cities

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Jul 262011
 

Thanks to the crowd who came along to Dungeon Mook: Crawl to Mount Geek! Our fundraiser show for Vignette Press was a great success; keep an eye out for a recap in the near future! Our regular photo-chronicler, Rob Young, couldn’t be there, but the fine folk from the fanzine Dark Matter captured the event in great detail; you can find their photos on their Facebook page.

But in the month of August, trouble is brewing. There will be more Dungeon Crawl than can possibly be contained by one city. Our regular monthly show looms on Wednesday, August 3, with guests including comedian Jack Druce (Too Short to be a Stormtrooper) and actor Toby Truslove (ABC1′s Laid)! After visiting Hogwarts and the lands of literary fantasy, including Westeros, Whoville and Fantasia, it will almost come as a relief to return to the all-things-to-all-games magical medieval setting of Dungeons & Dragons.

But a call is being heard from distant lands. That brave citadel, the Bondi Pavilion, must be defended against the forces of Winter; the flames must be fanned; the beacon must not go out. Yes, Dungeon Crawl must summon its allies and head North to defend it: the Keep on the Bondilands! For one night only, as part of the Bondi Rock Surfers’ Hot Damn Festival, Ben and Richard present a Dungeon Crawl by the beach, with an amazing line-up of local guests including Dave Harmon, Carlo Richie, Susie Youssef, Dave Bloustien (Wit Large, Good News Week), Stephanie “Hex” Bendixsen (ABC1′s Good Game) and maybe even more!

And as if that’s not enough, this special Dungeon Crawl is part of a double-bill with those lovely folk from Wit Large. They’ve invented a whole new kind of comedy debating – one that doesn’t involve teams! – and called it Word Fight. The topic for the first outing is the ever so Dungeon Crawl compatible “The Geek Shall Inherit the Earth”, and your word fighters will include Dan Ilic (Hungry Beast, Can of Worms), Doug Bayne (ABC’s Double the Fist), Jen Wong (Comedy Zone), Shaolin Punk’s own Ben McKenzie and the members of Puppy Fight Social Club!

You can get a ticket to each for $18 – or go the full nerd and see both for only $30! You know you want to.

Dungeon Crawl in Melbourne returns on Wednesday, August 3rd at 8:30 at the Bella Union, Melbourne Trades Hall, corner of Lygon and Victoria Streets. Tickets $14 from bellaunion.com.au or $15 at the door.

Word Fight: The Geek Shall Inherit and Dungeon Crawl: Keep on the Bondilands are at 7:30 PM and 9 PM on Thursday, August 4th at the Bondi Pavilion theatre, Queen Elizabeth Drive, Bondi Beach. Tickets $18 for one show, $30 for both; book online here or buy tickets at the door.

Late Night Dungeon Crawl: Part Deux!

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Apr 052011
 

This week’s Late Night Dungeon Crawl will be huge! Braving the ire (and fire) of the dungeon monsters are ABC1 star Lawrence Leung (Lawrence Leung Wants a Jetpack), Canadian sensation DeAnne Smith (About Freakin’ Time), the man who puts the “Scott Edgar” into Scott Edgar and the Universe and Tripod, Scott Edgar and returning from last week, Toby Halligan (Diary Leaks, Electile Dysfunction) and Dave Bloustien (Good News Week, A Complete History of Western Philosophy)! Plus of course your regular Dungeon Master Ben McKenzie, and monster-of-the-week Richard McKenzie.

While the delightful Bec Hill (Bec Hill Didn’t Want to Play Your Stupid Game Anyway) sadly won’t be able to join us, there just might be a few more special guests – and in any case, this should be the biggest Dungeon Crawl yet!

See you there at 11 PM this Wednesday, April 6, at the Bella Union.

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