Further reviews:
The Delusionists - First night, sold out. People standing in the corners. Very impressive. The show's good too *g* It's called "Everything that Ever Happened, Ever", and it's a quick and dirty, random run-down through history. A lot of fun, very funny, and some extremely dedicated performers. I could easily see these guys turning into another D-Generation down the line. It's sketch comedy, and it's GOOD sketch comedy. The only bad thing is that the room is FAR too small for these guys. Last year they were at RMIT, and they may not have packed it out every night, but I'm sure they were drawing good crowds. This year, they scored a room in the town hall, which is good, and they're better known, which is good...but the room is tiny. A group like this should have more stage space, and room for a bigger audience, because I'm sure they'd manage to fill a larger room.
Daniel Townes - Sadly, on opening night, there were only nine people in this audience, which is a shame, because he deserves more. Daniel has expanded his usual performance style this year. Typically, he tells short jokes, that hint at longer stories that led to their creation. Now, he's telling the stories. It made for a more meandering, casual show, but it was just as funny, and it was good to hear the details of the stories that were only suggested at before. He didn't cover all the stories he had last night, because he hasn't actually written the show down, in case it'd make him leave bits out - and it's a mark of his skill as a performer that this didn't handicap the show. He can stand there and tell these stories as ably as if he'd scripted them, and seems to be getting as much of a kick out of the punchlines as the audience. The show will doubtless change a little over the first two weeks as he works out which stories work and which parts are just rambling *g* but by the middle of the festival, I'd expect this to be a very tight example of a good story-based stand-up show. |