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Sun Drugs in Wellington

March 4, 2010 on 6:04 pm | In Uncategorized |

Two nights of Sun Drugs in the Pit Bar at the BATS Theatre in Wellington down, two nights to go. Two packed crowds (packed in crowds meaning twenty people in the tiny bar) and way fun times. Two shows left, Friday and Saturday 9.30pm at the Pit Bar, completely free so show up early for your seats (and to get well liquored before the show begins).

Derek Flores, myself and Vinyl Burns.

Last night I also did a spot at the Chit Chat Lounge, located in the Fringe Bar. This is a talkshow style event hosted by Derek Flores and Vinyl Burns. I presented a tribute performance to the memory of Thomas Henning, the late (dead) playwright and director of Melbourne’s Black Lung. Footage is visible on Youtube if you click on this hyperlink.

We miss you Thomas.

When I say tribute what I mean is that I scrawled THE FIRE CAUGHT FIRE across my chest and taped my face up with sellotape. But I think wherever Thomas is (Heaven) he’d appreciate that little gesture.

Also worth mentioning: a review of Sun Drugs was printed in Theatreview. Allow me to carefully cherry-pick some quotes and remove them from the scaffolding of (totally valid) criticism that underlies them:

A man walks into a bar, pulls out some shaving foam and hands razors to the brunettes seated at opposite ends of the front row.

I liked it.

When they work they are marvellous – the way in which Cancer and Smallpox are differentiated from each other in their scene for example – but

I enjoy how these sections break up the less visceral narrative sequences, but

further develop and hone this piece would be an excellent idea

UNQUALIFIED PRAISE! Or at least, a better review than Freddie Prinze Jr got for his performance in She’s All That. Take that, Freddie Prinze.