Monday, March 26, 2007
Laugh at the Dog's Bollocks!
An 'old' performing buddy of mine, Gaetan Schmit, sent me a mail recently telling me more about a show he has on at the moment, and then I saw a piece in the weekend-papers yesterday reminding me!So here’s the release in the meantime!
Press release:
The Dog's Bollocks
The buzz of the Grahamstown Festival finally in Cape Town.
An eccentric Eastern European professor rants about the history and propagation of the English language, its idiosyncrasies and etymological quirks.
Don't mind the prof's lack of vocabulary, ill-fitted costume and small suitcase. His exuberance will blow your socks off!
Isn't a Hamburger a person?
And a crayfish not a fish?
And a hot dog definitively NOT a hot dog?
For the first time Rob Murray (director) and Gaetan Schmid (actor-author) are putting their zany minds together to create explosive theatre.
A show with balls and brains.
The Dog’s Bollocks will run at The Kalk Bay Theatre from the 28th of February until the 7th of April. For bookings: 0732205430
Gaetan and his lovely wife Lara Bye (Vagina Monologues) were part of a physical comedy team with Alan Committie called Los Tres… and I was the fourth member who came in when needed.One of our gigs was at the then Smirnoff Comedy Festival, at the Baxter Theatre. The thing is with a comedy fest is that everyone has an awesome time during the show, but then during the interval there is generally a flat energy as everyone is rushing to get drinks at the bar, or standing in a queue to get rid of the pre-show drinks. It’s an energy killer.
So Los Tres would come in and entertain before the show, and during intervals, to keep the atmosphere. One spoof was that we were The Horizontal Mountaineers – climbing the floor of the Baxter with ropes and clips and helmets; of course using all obstacles along the way – people, couches, railings, ashtrays, eventually summiting and enjoying sandwhiches. Another was the Crazy Doctors; charging up to people, flinging them onto a stretcher and whisking them away – to a free drink!
I love impromptu physical comedy; you just never know what is going to happen when you step out amidst your audience! So get the the KBT and laugh some!
Labels: Comedy, Gaetan Schmit, shows
