Comedy

Get It Up!

Are you ready to rise to greatness?

Dates 10 - 15 Oct
Time 7:30pm (60 minutes)
Venue The MC Showroom - The Clubroom

$32.00

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A bare-chested actor in a long-nosed half-mask looks down into his unbuttoned trousers, revealing a hint of leopard print underwear. He has an expression of horror on his face.

An actor in a long-nosed half-mask dressed in an open kimono and white trousers flexes his biceps with a wild expression on his face.

An actor in a long-nosed half-mask and black skivvy leans on the floor. He is reading Hamlet with an an amazed expression on his face. A director dressed in tweed hat, sunglasses, scarf and coat draped over his shoulders kneels behind the actor pointing.

Past Event

Comedy

Image Credit: Matthew Roberts

Performed by: Joe Billings
Directed by: William Hassall

Capitano Béchamel Duvet dreams of being a bad-boy-sex-magician-pirate-cowboy and is mounting a self-aggrandising vanity project to prove it. But something stands in his way - a men's health issue he dare not name! Could a mystical Antidote to Chaos hold the secret to getting it up or is he destined for another flop? Commedia dell'Arte takes on toxic masculinity in a fantastical “Hero's Journey” into SEX, THEATRE-MAKING and SELF-DISCOVERY!

Emerging from six years hard time at a private all-boys school, Joe Billings and William Hassall realised there was more to each other than sports and locker room banter. They had both been harbouring a love of theatre! Undergoing a second tutelage together at the Clowning Workshop, they were inspired by their taste of Commedia dell'Arte to devise this show. Joe was also fortunate to train in Italy with maestro Antonio Fava, who crafted the mask that is throbbing to be let loose on an unsuspecting Fringe audience!

Commedia dell'Arte is a highly stylised and archetypal form of physical comedy. It was born in 16th century Italy and has endured (with varied success and popularity) to the present day. It pulls no punches in reflecting and lampooning humanity in all its guises.

Duration: 60 minutes
Age suitability: MA15+
Event warnings: Moderate Coarse Language, Some Infrequent/Low Pressure Audience Interaction.
Content warnings: Staged Violence, Misogyny, Sexual References, Homophobic Slurs.

The MC Showroom - The Clubroom
Level 1, 50 Clifton St, Prahran, VIC, 3181
We are situated on the second level (Level 1) of 50 Clifton St. We can be accessed by stairs only. There are 25 steps (including 2 landings) and handrails on both sides of the stairwell from street to foyer. Despite our efforts, due to the age and configuration of the building unfortunately wheelchair accessibility cannot be accommodated.

There are on-street and in-door public parking nearby.

There are no accessible toilets at this venue.

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Full: $32.00
Concession: $27.00
Extra Applause: $38.00
Blak Tix: $15.00

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Sessions: In Person Events

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Date	Time	Venue
Tuesday, 10 October 2023 Sold Out	7:30pm	The MC Showroom - The Clubroom Sold Out	Past Event
Wednesday, 11 October 2023	7:30pm	The MC Showroom - The Clubroom	Past Event
Thursday, 12 October 2023 Sold Out	7:30pm	The MC Showroom - The Clubroom Sold Out	Past Event
Friday, 13 October 2023 Sold Out	7:30pm	The MC Showroom - The Clubroom Sold Out	Past Event
Saturday, 14 October 2023	7:30pm	The MC Showroom - The Clubroom	Past Event
Sunday, 15 October 2023 Sold Out	7:30pm	The MC Showroom - The Clubroom Sold Out	Past Event