We really enjoyed seeing a few comedy shows this week at QPac.
We saw Anh Do on Wednesday night who was excellent. He told a dark and serious story of how his family migrated to Australia in a light and humorous way. Kitty was amazed at how funny he was, and he didn’t even need to swear! Not that swearing isn’t funny. One of his father’s sayings stuck in my mind, there’s only two times in life, now and too late.
On Friday night we saw The Chaser’s Age of Terror Variety Hour. We had awesome seats in row BB; the second row from the front! The four seats in front of us were empty as well, so we were practically front row. At the start of the show, both Julian and Chas walked stumbled through our row and Chas tripped on my (long) legs. Funny. Being so close to the front also meant some extra close calls but luckily no embarrassment ensued. The show was funny and included lots of witty powerpoint slides.
Tonight, Sunday night, we saw Akmal Saleh. Akmal was also hilarious as he started by purposefully offending members of the audience. Whilst the structure of his show was similar to when we saw him at the PowerHouse last year, his audience participation and impromptu stories ensured the content was varied yet witty.
It’s probably not fair to play favourites considering all three shows were so different, but Anh Do wins as he was not only funny, but he also delivered a very strong message influenced by his childhood: life is a blessing.
