For the duration of Sydney Comedy Festival 2016, we’re bringing you a weekly round-up of the hottest tickets in town.Zanda Wilsonreports.
Em Rusciano: Em Rusciano Is NOT A Diva
UNSW Roundhouse, Friday May 13 and Enmore Theatre, Saturday May 14
This is a show about accepting that the dreams you had as a kid may have just been delusions of grandeur. Em Rusciano will have you in hysterics with her real-world comic stylings, as she looks back on what’s happened in her life since she wanted to win a Tony Award as a child.
Alex Williamson: Open Up
Enmore Theatre, Thursday May 12
With more than 60 million YouTube hits, Alex Williamson AKA ‘The Loosest Aussie Bloke Ever’ has captured the digital world with his hilarious impressions and no-holds-barred style of comedy. He’s been making waves in the stand-up world too, and returns to Sydney Comedy Festival to give audiences the chance to look inside his abnormal thought processes.
Dave Thornton: So On And So Forth
The Comedy Store, Wednesday May 11 – Saturday May 14
Dave Thornton has been described as a leading practitioner of ‘rambleology’, and his latest show So On And So Forth is perfect proof of his uncanny method of making an hour of talking about nothing not only funny, but captivatingly interesting. He’ll tell you all about the life distractions that most annoy him, and before you know it the show will be over and your mouth will hurt from laughing.
Jared Jekyll: Sodium Valpro 808
Factory Theatre, Saturday May 14 and Sunday May 15
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Stand-up is always more engaging when it includes performance techniques outside the standard expectation of chatting and telling jokes. Jared Jekyll will keep you guessing throughout the entirety of Sodium Valpro 808, with his experimental mix of rapping, beatboxing and magic tricks, all of which combine with his exceptional wit in a charismatic hour-long show.
Michael Hing: The Unbearable Whiteness Of Being
Factory Theatre, until Sunday May 15
Good Game and triple j host Michael Hing has developed a reputation for making comedy that explores how racial issues penetrate everyday life, like when his girlfriend of six months broke up with him because he was Chinese. The Unbearable Whiteness Of Being is an incredibly on-point, observational hour of stand-up that explores the hilarity in Australian race politics and white people.
For more info on upcoming shows, head to the Sydney Comedy Festival’s website.
