Australian Comedy
Last night we went to see an Australian stand up comedian. We were a little worried before we went as Sean went to see an Australian comedian with William when he was last in Brisbane and found it completely impenetrable.
This chap (Carl Barron) had done a world tour, so we decided he couldn't be that Aussie specific and booked some tickets. The show was at the Enmore Theatre in Newtown. In fact I noticed that the tickets were for sale when I was buying Keb Mo tickets for the same venue. We're going to see Keb Mo on Monday 10th before the Rolling Stones on Tuesday 11th. That will be a musical week.
We drove through Newtown briefly on our quick tour of the Sydney suburbs with Gloria. Both of Sydney's universities are in this area, which apparently makes it very cosmopolitan. The two main roads we went down were both quite cute with lots of shops and restaurants - very different from high rise central Sydney!
We went to a Turkish restaurant beforehand. It seemed very authentic and the food was good (I had Yoghurtlu lamb) but it will sadly never replace the (now gone) Mezerama in Willesden. Two blokes tuned up some Turkish instruments for a long time while we were eating and then played them for a bit at the end, which was nice.
Carl Barron was not what I was expecting at all. He was very funny, with a good line in what I can only describe as pedantic humour. ("My father used to be very particular about how we spoke. I'd say 'Me and Tom are going to the beach' and he'd reply 'Tom and I are going to the beach'. So I'd say 'Good - can I get a lift?'" and so on.) He emphasised a lot of things with large gestures and seemed to make silly noises whenever possible.
His show was entitled "The best bits from my two DVDs" so I suspect the DVDs are worth watching if you come across a copy.
We are now all go for moving into our new flat next Wednesday. We will probably keep living in this flat until we get kicked out (the following Sunday) as it will take a while to sort out the internet and so on. We will need a trip to Ikea to buy some cheap furniture as well...
Last night we went to see an Australian stand up comedian. We were a little worried before we went as Sean went to see an Australian comedian with William when he was last in Brisbane and found it completely impenetrable.
This chap (Carl Barron) had done a world tour, so we decided he couldn't be that Aussie specific and booked some tickets. The show was at the Enmore Theatre in Newtown. In fact I noticed that the tickets were for sale when I was buying Keb Mo tickets for the same venue. We're going to see Keb Mo on Monday 10th before the Rolling Stones on Tuesday 11th. That will be a musical week.
We drove through Newtown briefly on our quick tour of the Sydney suburbs with Gloria. Both of Sydney's universities are in this area, which apparently makes it very cosmopolitan. The two main roads we went down were both quite cute with lots of shops and restaurants - very different from high rise central Sydney!
We went to a Turkish restaurant beforehand. It seemed very authentic and the food was good (I had Yoghurtlu lamb) but it will sadly never replace the (now gone) Mezerama in Willesden. Two blokes tuned up some Turkish instruments for a long time while we were eating and then played them for a bit at the end, which was nice.
Carl Barron was not what I was expecting at all. He was very funny, with a good line in what I can only describe as pedantic humour. ("My father used to be very particular about how we spoke. I'd say 'Me and Tom are going to the beach' and he'd reply 'Tom and I are going to the beach'. So I'd say 'Good - can I get a lift?'" and so on.) He emphasised a lot of things with large gestures and seemed to make silly noises whenever possible.
His show was entitled "The best bits from my two DVDs" so I suspect the DVDs are worth watching if you come across a copy.
We are now all go for moving into our new flat next Wednesday. We will probably keep living in this flat until we get kicked out (the following Sunday) as it will take a while to sort out the internet and so on. We will need a trip to Ikea to buy some cheap furniture as well...
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