Wonderland Carnivale - Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2014

Wonderland Carnivale - Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2014

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Posted 2014-04-11 by Meg Crawfordfollow

Thu 27 Mar 2014 - Sat 19 Apr 2014

Last night was the second time that I had seen Miss Behave, UK, PVC clad, femme fatale and sword swallower extraordinaire. Suffice it to say, I was looking forward to her performance. I knew what I was in for.



The first time I saw Miss Behave was as part of the burlesque/cabaret spectacular and collection of curiosities regularly pulled together by Finucane & Smith. Back then, as the preface to her performance, Miss Behave assured the crowd that she would be sharing some "oddities" with it. Last night was no different.

The Wonderland Carnivale is showing at the Dockland's Spiegeltent, a perfect showcase for Miss Behave, who acted both as MC and performer throughout various parts of what is, essentially, an old-school variety show.

Her act this evening, like last time, was equal parts fascinating and grotesque. That's the charm though! As for the act, I don't want to give too much away, but put it this way, I will never look at a long stemmed red rose quite the same way again.

Miss Behave is a polished and saucy performer. She had the crowd whipped up into a frenzy and eating out of the palm of her hand.

While I went specifically to see Miss Behave, Ian Bagg was an unexpected delight. His act, which consists almost entirely of audience interaction, was absolutely hilarious. I laughed so hard I was inelegantly making sounds like a guinea pig at one point (he did say the pinnacle of a performance for a comedian is if he or she can make a woman snort).

This is definitely not a show for the kids. It's pretty ribald. For the grown-ups, if you like a serve of side-show with flair and can cope with something a little edgy, it's an excellent night's entertainment.

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!date 27/03/2014 -- 19/04/2014
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