The Trouble With Don

Don Smith is sharing some deeply embarrassing moments and exposing skeletons from his past in a new one-hour show at The Blue Room Studio February 21 – March 10. The Trouble With Don is a no-holds barred tour through the dark and sometimes hilarious caverns of Don Smith’s mind. This man is trouble – with a capital T. Beginning innocently enough with a surprise punch up at a 6-year-old’s birthday party, The Trouble With Don unfolds like a mini Greek tragedy (comedy = tragedy + time) as Don hones his troublemaking at one of Perth’s private boys schools and goes on to perfect it in adulthood. Described as ‘scurrilous’, he’s been ostracised, expelled, arrested, humiliated, jailed, punched, gassed, half-drowned, cut open by doctors and forced to live in Girrawheen. And now he works as a Unionist. This guy just can’t stay out of trouble! “It’s like when you’re watching a horror movie and the innocent person looks at the big scary door, and you go ‘No, don’t go through the door!’ But they do - every time! That’s my life basically,” says Smith. But Don’s not complaining. Somehow, amidst all the trouble, he’s managed to forge a successful career as a writer, actor, comedian, teacher, clown and story-teller. And he’s jumping at the chance to tell his stories, to divulge his secrets, to go places where stand-up comedy can’t and to expose the truth about being a man… a white man… a short white man in a big brown land. Based on real life happenings, The Trouble With Don will have you cringing, laughing, crying and thanking the heavens these things happened to someone other than you. Design / Technical operation by Mar Bucknell.