THINGS I HAVE SAID BEFORE
Venue: Comedy Store
Address: The Entertainment Quarter,
Building 207 / 122 Lang Road, Moore Park
Dates: Tue 27 Oct – Sat 7 Nov (no show Sun or Mon)
Time: 7:30pm
Tickets: Preview (Tue 27) $15, Full $22, Conc $18
Bookings: comedystore.com.au or 9357 1419
Josh Thomas really is very likeable. His quirky look and semi-stammering (yet beautifully timed) delivery plays to the appeal of the underdog, generally being a good sport about the series of humiliating moments he recounts from his life. Self-deprecation is a common comic’s strategy for making the audience forget the power the person holding the mic on the stage has right then, but Thomas takes it beyond just getting the audience on his side into nearly a performance art piece.
Thomas is mainly a storyteller. He paints pictures of incidents and colours them with wryly absurd details that delight the audience’s imagination. The crowd there on the night I saw him seemed to mostly know him from his TV appearances, hoping to see more of that boyish awkwardness that plays so well off the more world-weary and cynical comedians who appear beside him there. Their expectations were well and truly met and then they got more than they bargained for as they came to realise that he’s playing games with their sympathies and assumptions, and how much more fun that is.
If you enjoy Thomas on the telly, you’ll enjoy him even more in person. He’s on at the Comedy Store EQ for three more nights, including tonight.
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