A Germ of an Idea: a Dirty Comedy
Wed, 8 June 2011, 08:35 amGordon the Optom1 post in thread
A Germ of an Idea: a Dirty Comedy
Wed, 8 June 2011, 08:35 am‘A Germ of an Idea: a dirty comedy’ drawn on her family experiences by Victorian actor / playwright - but WA owned - Monica Main. Her company, Main Events, is presenting the show at The Blue Room, Main Theatre, 53 James Street, Northbridge until Saturday 25th June each night at 7.00 pm.
Aryan Germanic scientist, the fanatical Dr Anna Filactic, who gets sexually aroused at the slightest thought of all things dirty, welcomes us. She takes us through germ development and even tells us where they go for their holidays. Although packed with fascinating information it felt more like a hilarious episode of ‘QI’ than a science lesson.
As she purrs her way out of the laboratory a brief video starts, it is in the alluring style of a 1960’s TV commercial, this spoof emphasises how things have got out of hand in our modern society. I remember when there was one brand of toothpaste, now we have a couple of dozen, all supposedly very different.
After this two-minute video break, an ocker janitor, Barry, enters to collect the day’s rubbish. However, despite wallowing in filthy garbage, he has the attitude that germs harden you up. They are nothing to worry about – sterility is bad for you. Although he does show some apprehension when it comes to ‘women’s germs’, especially when he is off to meet the experienced girl from down the street.
After another short video commercial, we are greeted to the home of the perfect, but wacky, 1960s mother who is paranoiacally striving to exterminate all the germs brought into the home by her children and keep it immaculate.
Monica has been popular on the Perth scene for many years as an MC, Conference Presenter and children’s mentor. However, it is her skilled, versatile and comedic voiceovers that have brought her admiration from her peers. Monica, who along with Fran Tinley wrote this intelligent but droll script, with its clever use of words and abundance of puns. Monica performed this highly praised ‘grubby’ show at the Sydney Fringe Festival last year, so not surprisingly the presentation is self-assured and faultless.
Downstairs at His Maj, three years ago, we were treated to Monica playing two wildly different characters in Peter Quilter’s ‘Glorious!’. Here she has expanded her schizophrenia to three very different characters, which interchange rapidly in attire, voice and personality, yet she still pulls it off most successfully. Even though the act is comedy and the set simple, Alex Manfrin has added some hilarious, high quality visual media to the presentation.
Often a one-person show can flag as the show goes on, but here under the guidance of dramaturg Helen Doig, Monica’s pace was breakneck as her magnetism carried you along. If, whilst you are bursting out laughing, you are secretly and anxiously squirming, then perhaps it is too close to the truth for you.
There are so many laughs, that even the most neurotic mysophobe will find this hilarious.
Aryan Germanic scientist, the fanatical Dr Anna Filactic, who gets sexually aroused at the slightest thought of all things dirty, welcomes us. She takes us through germ development and even tells us where they go for their holidays. Although packed with fascinating information it felt more like a hilarious episode of ‘QI’ than a science lesson.
As she purrs her way out of the laboratory a brief video starts, it is in the alluring style of a 1960’s TV commercial, this spoof emphasises how things have got out of hand in our modern society. I remember when there was one brand of toothpaste, now we have a couple of dozen, all supposedly very different.
After this two-minute video break, an ocker janitor, Barry, enters to collect the day’s rubbish. However, despite wallowing in filthy garbage, he has the attitude that germs harden you up. They are nothing to worry about – sterility is bad for you. Although he does show some apprehension when it comes to ‘women’s germs’, especially when he is off to meet the experienced girl from down the street.
After another short video commercial, we are greeted to the home of the perfect, but wacky, 1960s mother who is paranoiacally striving to exterminate all the germs brought into the home by her children and keep it immaculate.
Monica has been popular on the Perth scene for many years as an MC, Conference Presenter and children’s mentor. However, it is her skilled, versatile and comedic voiceovers that have brought her admiration from her peers. Monica, who along with Fran Tinley wrote this intelligent but droll script, with its clever use of words and abundance of puns. Monica performed this highly praised ‘grubby’ show at the Sydney Fringe Festival last year, so not surprisingly the presentation is self-assured and faultless.
Downstairs at His Maj, three years ago, we were treated to Monica playing two wildly different characters in Peter Quilter’s ‘Glorious!’. Here she has expanded her schizophrenia to three very different characters, which interchange rapidly in attire, voice and personality, yet she still pulls it off most successfully. Even though the act is comedy and the set simple, Alex Manfrin has added some hilarious, high quality visual media to the presentation.
Often a one-person show can flag as the show goes on, but here under the guidance of dramaturg Helen Doig, Monica’s pace was breakneck as her magnetism carried you along. If, whilst you are bursting out laughing, you are secretly and anxiously squirming, then perhaps it is too close to the truth for you.
There are so many laughs, that even the most neurotic mysophobe will find this hilarious.