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Successful Losing:
How To Be A
Spectacular Failure
AWARDED "BEST COMEDY" PERTH FRINGE 2003
Written and Performed by Gavin
Baskerville, Justin Kennedy
and Dwight Bandy
Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2003
Perth Fringe Festival 2003
Tired of being told that winning is
everything? That failure is not an option and that it’s bad to be a
loser?
Then this is the show for you. Not only will we teach you how to cope
with loss. We’ll show you how to revel in it!
Life is about loss. You can lose money, lose love, lose your job, lose
your way… and even lose your mind. ‘Successful Losing’ is an examination
of life and loss by three of Melbourne’s biggest losers Gavin
Baskerville, Dwight Bandy and Justin Kennedy
In a series of sketches, discussions, stand-up and general silliness
SUCCESSFUL LOSING will delve into all aspects of loss, from losing pens
to losing your job and will demonstrate how failing in all aspects of
your life is an accomplishment in itself and something to be proud of.
REVIEW:
Chortle.co.uk
Successful Losing, as the astute may be able to figure out, is a
loose collection of sketches simultaneously celebrating and mocking
life's failures.
It's generally
better than you might expect from the premise. Mostly that's down to
the upbeat performances, especially from Justin Kennedy, the most
naturally funny of the trio. But the sharp banter between all three
provides a strong backbone to the comedy.
Their lively performances and on-stage chemistry gets
them over some rough patches - a familiar parody of theatre in
education groups or a couple of all-too-simple reversal-of-logic
sketches - and raises the better-written elements even higher.
The formal skits may not live up to the enjoyment of
the less rigid out-of-character interaction, but this is ultimately
an hour of good, undemanding fun.
Steve Bennett
Melbourne, April 2003
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