Go see Andrew O'Neill! Seriously!

[sharplittleteeth]

Had an brilliant evening at the Comedy Festival last night. Celia Pacquola, Andrew O'Neill, Die Roten Punkte's Haus Party at the Festival Club. And then home to download the excellent new Doctor Who episode*.

All of it wonderful. But I'm not here to talk about that.

I here to tell you: if you're any sort of geek, you MUST see Andrew O'Neill's show.

He's a geeky long haired metalhead. He tells jokes about comics writer Alan Moore, about occultist Aleister Crowley, about being hassled by blokey blokes just because he likes wearing women's clothing in public. And it all works. Even to an audience that had never heard of half the things he was talking about. He makes it work.

It's easily the best and funniest show I've seen at the Festival.

Here's a sample:

Go see him. Seriously.

* It's obviously early days. But I think Matt Smith just became My Doctor. Sorry, Christopher Eccleston.

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[greylock.livejournal.com]

* It's obviously early days. But I think Matt Smith just became My Doctor.

It was effortless, wasn't it?

Andrew O'Neill is a vegan, anarchist, transvestite, stand-up comedian, musician and writer.

He doesn't look like a transvestite. He also appears to be doing 3 shows in Brisbane and the fest in Melbs. Curious. I wonder if there's a big vegan, anarchist, transvestite community in Brisbane?

Curiously, I have heard of him before via his band.

How occulty are his jokes?

[sharplittlteeth.livejournal.com]

There are jokes about Crowley liking it up the bum, and Alan Moore worshipping an ancient Roman sock puppet. O'Neill lost the crowd a bit when he started talking about his own ritual practices, and how he uses them to create comedy and writing.

So: quite occulty. But with plenty of other material, too.


He doesn't look like a transvestite.

He looked a dead ringer for sly_girl the night I saw him. I guess he doesn't frock up in publicity photos for fear of scaring away the punters.

[greylock.livejournal.com]

O'Neill lost the crowd a bit when he started talking about his own ritual practices

That's what I'd be afraid of. But he's not coming it ain't be no issue.

I guess he doesn't frock up in publicity photos for fear of scaring away the punters.

Or being compared to Eddie Izzard, probably.

[andricongirl.livejournal.com]

it was the brisbane comedy fest, before the melb int. com fest. so seesm logical that a comedian would play gigs at another comedy fest there once out here.

he's a good comedian, how many vegan trannys in brisbane is irrelevant, its like saying Adam hills; how many one legged people can he be attracting to his shows

and to continue the eddie izzard comparasion, eddie doesnt 'drag up' all the time either. but Andrew O'Niell is a lot more androgynous looking in person, if that is relevant.

[greylock.livejournal.com]

so seesm logical that a comedian would play gigs at another comedy fest there once out here.

Ah. His website had 3 dates individually listed and then one listing over a few weeks for Melbs.

its like saying Adam hills; how many one legged people can he be attracting to his shows

Heh. Were you playing Spicks & SPecks w/ me last night?

eddie doesnt 'drag up' all the time either.

I thought that that was his 'thing'? It confused me in Triffids. Of course, I have never seen Izzard perform much (if any) comedy.

[andricongirl.livejournal.com]

some audio from alan brough radio show sunday morning where andrew talks about his cross dressing
http://blogs.abc.net.au/victoria/2010/04/andrew-oneill-explains-cross-dressing-and-steam-punk.html?site=melbourne&program=melbourne_sundays

[blithespirit.livejournal.com]

* It's obviously early days. But I think Matt Smith just became My Doctor. Sorry, Christopher Eccleston.

Holy fucking crap.

[sharplittlteeth.livejournal.com]

You'll see.

Matt Smith has one obvious advantage: he's not saddled with Russel T. Davies.

And for everything else: Amy's legs.

[greylock.livejournal.com]

Two obvious advantages: he's not saddled with Russel T. Davies, and he has an amazing gift for physical comedy that teeters on the vent horizon of subtle and OTT.

(First five minutes aside)

[blithespirit.livejournal.com]

Three eps to go til I can watch it. I have beer, let the Doctor Who marathon commence. :)

And yeah, Stephen Moffat is pretty awesome. :)

[greylock.livejournal.com]

I have beer, let the Doctor Who marathon commence. :)

You're into the specials?
Hooboy.
Break out the hard stuff now.

[blithespirit.livejournal.com]

You mean the Christmas/Easter specials? Yeah, it did end up feeling like a bit of a slog. :)
The bummer was I'd already seen the good one (Waters of Mars) so I had to skip that one today. :)

[greylock.livejournal.com]

The End of Time sucked new dimensions of Suck.

Yeah, Waters of Mars was the only memorable one of the lot... until they completely undid the emotional sting in the end with the first five minutes of End of Time.

End of Time: 5 minutes of Wilf and The Doctor in a coffee shop plus 120 moments of shite.