So, I wrote up Garry's other show, Greece Lightning, back when it played Smith's Alternative in June, but due to a fault known as "being in Sydney" at the time, I missed the last run of this at the Q. Fortunately, it was back for another night so I booked fast. And it's just as good if not even better, a superb demonstration of Damien Warren-Smith's control of his body, his talent at playing with an audience, his shamelessness in indulging with ridiculous bits and, of course, some gratious knob gags.
This time around Garry turns his eyes to the various genres of theatre - from Shakespere to Burlesque, via a lot of dancing, some gorgeous circus skills, some light flashing of the merkin, some grape catching, and a big closing number. Once again we get to see Garry mangle the English language as much as he mangles the various forms of theatre he goes through - treating sex-farce, Pinter, romcom, and Bunraku with equal delight and the proper amount of disrespect. Garry's gleeful idiocy, persistence, and inability to notice what a dill he's being are a constant delight, and draw audience members to him to play along in the various required scenarios. There's a lovely sense that for the hour of the show, we're in the hands of a master who will tease us, provoke us, and leave us a giggling mess on the floor, before performing one truly remarkable physical act that leaves you gasping in all the right ways.
Garry is off to England to finish the year, but hopefully he'll be back touring Australia and delighting audiences shortly. So keep an eye out, and book fast!
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