For the duration of Sydney Comedy Festival 2016, we’re bringing you a weekly round-up of the hottest tickets in town.
Ivan Aristeguieta: Chorizo Sizzle [above]
Enmore Theatre, Thursday April 21 – Sunday April 24
With his own unique cultural take on what it means to be Australian, Ivan Aristeguieta is ready to treat audiences to a taste of his chorizo. The Venezuelan comic is now a permanent resident of our sunburnt country, and to celebrate he’s turning up the heat on some lightly charred jokes about the traditional Aussie barbecue.
Dave Williams: Dakota Dick
Enmore Theatre, Thursday April 21 – Sunday April 24
A reflection on the 1950s, when the communist threat was constant and political correctness was barely an afterthought, Dakota Dick tells the story of an Indiana Jones-style character from an age when men were men, and who will stop at nothing to uncover communist plots using his inappropriate and hilarious methods.
Kelly Fastuca: Don’t Get Up
Enmore Theatre, Thursday April 21 – Friday April 22
Issues that come with typical mid-life crises can often depress, but as Kelly Fastuca proves, they can just as easily be turned into hilariously relatable anecdotes. Don’t Get Up is a breakthrough in observational humour based in mid-life anxieties that come with being good at everything but great at nothing.
Ross Noble: Brain Dump
Sydney Town Hall, Saturday April 23 – Sunday April 24
The UK’s Ross Noble has mastered the art of comedy through seemingly random thought-speech. He generates a believable sense of spontaneity within the show that is Brain Dump, resulting in a free-wheeling sense of randomness that will have audiences unable to guess what’s coming next but loving every second of it.
Frank Woodley: Extra Ordinary
Giant Dwarf, Thursday April 21 – Sunday April 24
If you think you’d enjoy being convinced that a piece of paper is in fact an anatomically incorrect giraffe, then the imaginative and nonsensical stylings of Frank Woodley may just hit your comedy soft spot. The Aussie is a veteran of the scene, and Extra Ordinary is a perfect example as to why.
