Comedy theatre for your brain.

Last week, a party of stout adventurers – Celery Blamange the rune-preist (Karin Muiznieks of First Against the Wall – which opens tonight!), Beryl the wizard (Jason Geary of Impro Melbourne), Griznak the Half-Orc multi-class fighter/fighter (Jordan Raskopoulos of the Axis of Awesome) and Nudge Nudge the dwarf fighter (Wil Anderson) – rode invisible BMX bikes in an epic fight montage to free a band of singing miners from a dragon who had forced them to search for the key to his girlfriend’s chastity belt.

I bet you never played a session like that at home.

This week, we welcome a new band of adventurers – freelance writer, music critic and broadcaster Clem Bastow (The Audition); philosopher, Good News Week scribe and improviser Dave Bloustien (Puppy Fight Social Club); comedian, actor and writer Dave Thornton (A Different Kind of Normal) and the return of our first session favourite, Jordan Raskopoulos (Infinity Rock Explosion)! Come on down for the mayhem that only comedians playing a late-night loose improvised version of Dungeons & Dragons can provide…

10:30 PM, Wednesday April 7th at Gertrudes Brown Couch, 30 Gertrude Street, Fitzroy. Book online at comedyfestival.com.au, via Ticketmaster on 1300 660 013, or get your tickets at the door!

Yes, it’s true: +1 Sword has come to the end of it’s premiere run in the Melbourne Fringe Festival. But never fear – we’ll be back, and you’ll hear about it from us right here at Shaolin Punk.

Thanks to everyone who came along to be initiated into the lore of fantasy role-playing; our last couple of nights sold out, and we were blown away by your enthusiasm. Thanks also to Zac and Kirsty for making Caz Reitops Dirty Secrets such a pleasure to perform in – we may yet return to the Vault in the months to come. And we must also give immense thanks to Karin Muiznieks, our mistress of the props, who created Ben’s spectacular “eldritch snuggie” and reproduced all those wonderful illustrations from the Monster Manual. You’ve earned your experience points, Karin!

Finally, a shout out to gaming news podcast All Games Considered, who were kind enough to mention +1 Sword in their September 30th episode. Thanks guys – and yes, we’d love to come do the show at GenCon too. Now if only the organisers would see fit to fly us over there…