Spontaneous Insanity's TheatreSports

Mon, 24 May 2010, 08:23 am

‘Spontaneous Insanity’s TheatreSports’ was presented by Perth Theatre Trust and Subiaco Arts Centre, in the Main Theatre at 180 Hamersley Road. The performances run every Sunday night at 6.00 pm until 13^th June.

         As the trade name TheatreSports suggests this is improvised, impromptu fun. The host of the shows is the National Champion of this sport, Glenn Hall.
         Last night started with a short piece of hilarious stand-up comedy where Phoney Abbott – Lycra dressed for his Iron Tax Challenge - explained a few policies and answered searching questions from the audience. When he was asked if he had budgie smugglers on under the Lycra, his answer was discrete. Yes, this is a family show and all of the kids seemed to understand and enjoy the subtleties.
        Then we were introduced to 18 TheatreSports virgins who were learning their trade. This piece was very funny, but needed to be trimmed down either in numbers or running time allotted to each group.
       After the interval the real challenge began, with experienced players such as Jimmy James Eaton, who really brought the house down. The veterans were scored by a trio of celebrities, to determine who was to be the evening’s star. When Peter Holland jokingly gave 1 out of 5 as a score to one poor group, the audience had no qualms about booing and poking fun. They loved it.

The acts were augmented by musical accompaniment and off-the-cuff sound effects from Courtney Murphy and Craig Williams.
Phil Thompson won the night, but congratulations to all of the participants for giving us such a fun couple of hours.
To see the next of these three family shows, book quickly as last night was a sell-out.

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Gordon the OptomMon, 24 May 2010, 08:23 am

Walter PlingeMon, 24 May 2010, 10:36 am

If last night was a

If last night was a sellout, why were there numerous empty seats?

MusicalMumMon, 24 May 2010, 12:38 pm

I was there too and whilst there may have been....

...empty seats, they weren't exactly great ones. The place was very full. And having done the last season, I know that as they get closer to closing, they do literally sell out. And this season's only 4 performances rather than the 6 in Freo. Whether or not last night was a sell-out, Gordon's right to advise people to book if they're keen to go.

crgwllmsThu, 27 May 2010, 05:14 pm

You're absolutely right,

You're absolutely right, Gordon was mistaken to call it a 'sell out' when there were a handful of empty seats. Of course this doesn't include the seats that were deliberately left empty so that players from the first half could sit and watch the second half. But still, there WERE a few seats not sold. Good for you, well spotted. But then, Gordon might have meant 'sell out' not in an absolutely literal sense, but in the more metaphorical sense of "it was a successful night and the 305 seat venue was almost full to capacity", in which case, he would have been right, and you'd be the one seen to be nit-picking. For my part, I never trust everything Gordon says to be totally correct without some margin of error or embellishment, so I'd say the last scenario is more correct, and you are simply being picky. In either case, the conclusion is the same - the show is likely to sell fairly well, and you'd be advised to book your tickets in advance. Cheers, Craig ~<8>-/====\---------

jeffhansenThu, 27 May 2010, 05:37 pm

Maybe Gordon means the show

Maybe Gordon means the show is a sell-out, in that you are all compromising your artistic integrity for gain. I mean, surely there are big bucks involved here. ;) www.meltheco.org.au

Walter PlingeThu, 3 June 2010, 05:35 pm

Spontaneous Insanity Theatresports

It's loads of fun. I invited a friend with three children as it is a family show and we had a great night out. Each week there are special guests and different judges so plenty of spice and impro magic.

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