2013 MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL
COMEDY FESTIVAL
REVIEW: THE LISTIES 6D (TWICE AS GOOD AS 3D)
VENUE AND DATES: NORTHCOTE TOWN HALL, UNTIL APRIL 13, 2013.
ASSESSMENT: High concept “kiddy komedy” has audience in stitches.
STAR RATING: 4.
REVIEW: THE LISTIES 6D (TWICE AS GOOD AS 3D)
VENUE AND DATES: NORTHCOTE TOWN HALL, UNTIL APRIL 13, 2013.
ASSESSMENT: High concept “kiddy komedy” has audience in stitches.
STAR RATING: 4.
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| MATT KELLY (L), RICH HIGGINS (R) - SUPPLIED. |
The Listies - Richard (Rich) Higgins and Matt Kelly - rate their show “S” for
stupid. It’s not.
Sure, there’s plenty of fart, pooh, and snot jokes and silly sight gags to titillate the under 10’s and parents. But, The Listies’ show, 6D (Twice as Good as 3D) is also well-written, well-acted “kiddy komedy” where Rich plays bespectacled, moustachioed, measured straight man, to Matt’s colourfully-garbed, knockabout, dufus.
The Listies compile lists. And, as the theme of the show is The Movies, the littlies are invited to name their favourite movies. Every little hand goes up. Children love participating, and The Listies provide audiences with plenty of opportunities to do so.
In the Gremlins-inspired, The Curse of The Back-Pack, The Listies narrate the tale equipped with jokey graveyard props, including a gravestone for The Labor Party, which, prophetically, died in 2013.
After Rich breaches one of three golden rules by eating a banana after midnight, he becomes a puppet. The only way to reverse the spell is to “reverse” the banana. Gratuitous vomiting of green slime ensues, to roars of laughter.
More audience participation closes the show, with the live filming of the movie, All Nans are Ninjas. Matt is Nan. We become passengers on a magic bus. A little girl becomes super-villain, Shushong Scary, who wants to steal the world’s technology. Bedlam ensues as we throw our tea-towel aliens at Nan. Audience members can watch the movie on-line at a later date.
This wonderful, must-see show, runs for 5 performances only.
BY: JOE CALLERI.
Sure, there’s plenty of fart, pooh, and snot jokes and silly sight gags to titillate the under 10’s and parents. But, The Listies’ show, 6D (Twice as Good as 3D) is also well-written, well-acted “kiddy komedy” where Rich plays bespectacled, moustachioed, measured straight man, to Matt’s colourfully-garbed, knockabout, dufus.
The Listies compile lists. And, as the theme of the show is The Movies, the littlies are invited to name their favourite movies. Every little hand goes up. Children love participating, and The Listies provide audiences with plenty of opportunities to do so.
In the Gremlins-inspired, The Curse of The Back-Pack, The Listies narrate the tale equipped with jokey graveyard props, including a gravestone for The Labor Party, which, prophetically, died in 2013.
After Rich breaches one of three golden rules by eating a banana after midnight, he becomes a puppet. The only way to reverse the spell is to “reverse” the banana. Gratuitous vomiting of green slime ensues, to roars of laughter.
More audience participation closes the show, with the live filming of the movie, All Nans are Ninjas. Matt is Nan. We become passengers on a magic bus. A little girl becomes super-villain, Shushong Scary, who wants to steal the world’s technology. Bedlam ensues as we throw our tea-towel aliens at Nan. Audience members can watch the movie on-line at a later date.
This wonderful, must-see show, runs for 5 performances only.
BY: JOE CALLERI.
NB: REVIEW
ALSO PUBLISHED ON HERALD SUN ONLINE, APRIL 10, 2013.
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