I know that this might not be much of a connection, but seeing as we’ve been talking about collaboration for a few weeks, I thought I’d do a review of my favourite Melbourne International Comedy Festival Show to date. Don’t worry, it’s got something to do with collaboration. 

AUNTY DONNA

What a group performance! What an energetic show! I was in stitiches for the full hour of the show that felt like it went for fifteen minutes.

The sketch comedy trio pumped out the most energetic comedy show I’ve ever seen. They didn’t stop for one minute of the show. Even when they declared ‘INTERVAL’ they jumped and climbed through the audience, yelling and screaming. So enjoyable, so funny. As an audience member, I felt so apart of the show as thew trio constantly broke the fourth wall in the most amusing methods.

The pace that they were performing in  was so fast it looked physically exhausting. And you could see the performers getting tired, with sweat dripping from their foreheads five minutes after the show had begun, the performers pumped out sketch after sketch after sketch with no break in between. This just proved to the audience the amazingly well rehearsed script and the connection between the trio that existed on stage and most probably off as well. Their preparation as a group was clearly visible and this easily engaged and drew in an audience.

As a group of comedians, I don’t think it’s hard to compare Aunty Donna to such comedy legends as  The Doug Anthony Allstars and I can definitely see a future for the group that will come to define a generation of comedians.

If you want to have a peek at Aunty Donna’s sketches, I suggest looking at their youtube channel. 

• Aunty Donna, (2014), Aunty Donna: MICF 2015 Poster [ONLINE]. Available at: http://auntydonna.com