Juan Vesuvius in Calypso Nights, Juan Two?
Following his music-infused cult hit, Calypso Nights, award-winning idiot Juan Vesuvius is back with a brand new adventure in Caribbean music, politics and absurdism. Calypso Nights: Juan, Two? is the second instalment in Juan's mission to heal the world with calypso.Wow. Beautiful. @micomfestival #melbournecomedy @melbcomedyfestival
Venue: Roxanne Parlour
Date: 24 Mar "“ 17 Apr
Time: 9.45pm
Ticket: $21-$27
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Date: 24 Mar "“ 17 Apr
Time: 9.45pm
Ticket: $21-$27
Web: www.comedyfestival.com.au/
: twitter.com/micomfestival
: www.facebook.com/melbournecomedy
: www.instagram.com/melbcomedyfestival/
Juan, Two? is an uplifting, silly, inventive hour of comedy led by Juan Vesuvius, the suavely outlandish
Venezuelan DJ who takes the audience on a journey through his world. A world of love, dance and acceptance
all proclaimed through the language of Calypso. Part dance party, part modern clown, part history lesson - in
Juan, Two? we explore the 'mash-up', and what beautiful things are created when music, humans and cultures
collide.
Juan Vesuvius is created by Barnie Duncan and Theatre Beating - a company co-founded by New Zealanders Duncan, Geoff Pinfield and Trgyve Wakenshaw (Squidboy/Kraken). Barnie makes genre-bending shows and has toured over the last ten years to the Edinburgh Fringe, Adelaide Fringe, Melbourne Comedy Festival and New Zealand International Festival. If you haven't seen Juan's first show it doesn't matter, Juan, Two? will pick you up and put you down with the same ridiculously inventive hand.
"Juan, Two? is a radical departure from the navel-gazing observational comedy that saturates the festival. It's Doctor Brown, the Mighty Boosh and Sacha Baron Cohen in one man." - The National
BEST NEWCOMER AWARD nominee Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2015
The SKINNY GENIUS AWARD 2014 Edinburgh Festival Fringe
His theatre credits include Harold Pinter's The Hothouse in Barcelona (2000), The Butcher's Daughter, Whistle Solo, Paniora! and Taki Rua's national touring hit Strange Resting Places. His television credits include Terry Teo, Shortland St, Power Rangers, Outrageous Fortune, Xena and Nothing Trivial. On film Barnie has appeared in When The Man Went South (Tonga/USA 2013) Bliss (New Zealand, 2011), Show of Hands(New Zealand,
2008), and Labou (United States, 2008). Barnie has also been writing absurdist based plays for many years. His play Shit, Ubu Shit! won the 2008 SmackBang Playwrite award and enjoyed a two-week season at Auckland's Basement Theatre. Barnie also DJ's and produces radio documentaries under the cunning alias Uncle Barnie.
Venue: Roxanne Parlour
Dates: 24 Mar "“ 17 Apr
Time: 9.45pm
Tickets: $21-$27
Bookings: via Ticketmaster or http://www.comedyfestival.com.au/
Juan Vesuvius is created by Barnie Duncan and Theatre Beating - a company co-founded by New Zealanders Duncan, Geoff Pinfield and Trgyve Wakenshaw (Squidboy/Kraken). Barnie makes genre-bending shows and has toured over the last ten years to the Edinburgh Fringe, Adelaide Fringe, Melbourne Comedy Festival and New Zealand International Festival. If you haven't seen Juan's first show it doesn't matter, Juan, Two? will pick you up and put you down with the same ridiculously inventive hand.
"Juan, Two? is a radical departure from the navel-gazing observational comedy that saturates the festival. It's Doctor Brown, the Mighty Boosh and Sacha Baron Cohen in one man." - The National
BEST NEWCOMER AWARD nominee Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2015
The SKINNY GENIUS AWARD 2014 Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Barnie Duncan Bio
Barnie Duncan is an award-winning creator of genre-bending shows who has a long-standing background in physical comedy, ranging from silent slapstick to multi-character body morphing lunacy. Over the last 10 years he has written, directed and performed in a number of festival-hit-shows such as Constantinople, (Winner STAMP Award 2011 Auckland Fringe Festival and Hackman Theatre Award for Most Original Production, 2012) ... him (Winner Fringe Award, Auckland Fringe 2013, and Calypso Nights (Nominated for Best Newcomer, New Zealand International Comedy Festival 2013, Winner Skinny Magazine Fringe Genius Award for Most Original Production, Edinburgh Fringe, 2014).His theatre credits include Harold Pinter's The Hothouse in Barcelona (2000), The Butcher's Daughter, Whistle Solo, Paniora! and Taki Rua's national touring hit Strange Resting Places. His television credits include Terry Teo, Shortland St, Power Rangers, Outrageous Fortune, Xena and Nothing Trivial. On film Barnie has appeared in When The Man Went South (Tonga/USA 2013) Bliss (New Zealand, 2011), Show of Hands(New Zealand,
2008), and Labou (United States, 2008). Barnie has also been writing absurdist based plays for many years. His play Shit, Ubu Shit! won the 2008 SmackBang Playwrite award and enjoyed a two-week season at Auckland's Basement Theatre. Barnie also DJ's and produces radio documentaries under the cunning alias Uncle Barnie.
Venue: Roxanne Parlour
Dates: 24 Mar "“ 17 Apr
Time: 9.45pm
Tickets: $21-$27
Bookings: via Ticketmaster or http://www.comedyfestival.com.au/