A Packed Night
Not only were the audience numbers up from the previous show, but the games flowed thick and fast, making it one very packed night of fun and laughter.
After a bit of warm-up, it was straight into the first game of the night, the ‘Clap Game’. This had Kathy and Brett’s suggestion of “motorcycle” turn into a moped and a marital dispute.
Ian and Sue had to deal with a pumpkin where one of them had a veggie fetish and wanted to introduce spicy pumpkin into the bedroom.
From the word “Golf”, Jon and Kelly ended up pimping their golf cart into a Cadillac simply by putting the Cadillac symbol on the sides.
‘Pocket Note’ – Sue and Fee were sisters planning to do away with their mother to get the inheritance. Mother, played by Kathy, had other ideas. As she made her way into the room, complaining that no one had come to help her in the shower, she announced that she would go on a cruise. The brochure said, “At first I was afraid, I was petrified”, allowing Kathy to add that it was a horror-themed cruise.
As the notes continued, Fee not only became pregnant, but the chance of “Here’s my resignation” meant she would be able to go on the cruise as well.
The lines came thick and fast amid much laughter, which even the players were hard-pressed to contain.
Needless to say, the sisters threw in their plans when Mother announced she had struck them off her will.
With ‘Sign Language Interpreter’ another crowd favourite, Jon interviewed Brett, better known as Mr Slipover, because of his ability to train Koalas to be firefighters. Mr Slipover took great delight in taking his Koalas to Melbourne into the nearest bar, where they got wasted. At that point, he put a hat on them and guided them to the nearest fire – which in Melbourne was nowhere.
Kelly had the audience in stitches as she flung herself about interpreting the crazy lines thrown out by both Jon and Brett.
The ‘Dating Game’ had Cindy (Kelly) asking the contestants questions to see if they would be a suitable date for her.
A snippet of the game will give you an idea of who she was dealing with.
She was able to guess what each one’s quirk was and decided, in the end, to go with the eggplant.
The second half saw ‘The Relay’, a long-form game with all the players. The suggestion from the audience was “jealousy”, and the green-eyed monster appeared not as a monster but as a Dr McDreamy. Sue, a surgeon, couldn’t concentrate on the patient on the bed but instead held her gaze to his green eyes; consequently, the patient died. The scene shifted from the operating room to the mortuary to the gift shop—lots of dead bodies and green eyes.
The show wound up, the audience left, and the players headed off to the Strand for a final drink and a goodbye to Kathy, who has now flown back to the USA to visit family.
Don’t worry; she’ll be back for October’s show!
Thanks to players
| Kathy Kelly Ian Brett |
Sue Jon Fee |
Thanks to the Crew: Sally & Ant
The next show on the Black Box Stage is on Saturday 2nd Juluy at 7.30 pm
Book your tickets and join the players for loads of laughs.
1st Saturday of every month.
16th Ave Theatre.
16th Avenue, Tauranga.
Show Starts: 7.30 p.m.
Licenced bar available.
