[2015026] Chris Knight is The Difference Between Women And Airline Food
Chris Knight @ E for Ethel
6:00pm, Sun 15 Feb 2015
I met and chatted with Chris Knight (distracting him from the script in his hand, which he wound up referencing several times during the performance) under the vine-sheltered area outside E for Ethel; cute shop and café by day, it’s a new (for me) comedy venue for this year’s Fringe, and – despite the fact that it’s a very narrow space – it has a very friendly vibe… just as well, really, since the audience assembled for Chris Knight’s latest show is a little… well, intimate.
The Difference Between Women And Airline Food has the “HA! Chris Knights” (HACK) deconstruction of comedy as a spine: each letter corresponding to one of the four elements of comedy, introduced with one (or more) bizarre haiku. Making copious use of a magnetic whiteboard, Knight leverages his eloquent wordsmithing to drive the show along, with his articulate language leading us down many dead ends (and surprise reveals).
As I’ve previously mentioned, I’m a big fan of Knight’s softly-delivered quirky surrealism – but The Difference Between Women And Airline Food was a bit more structured and accessible (and somewhat less bizarre) than previous shows. I think I prefer the more obtuse form of his comedy, but any Chris Knight is good Chris Knight, as far as I’m concerned… and certainly one of the more cheerily oddball acts that one could see in a given Fringe.
(26) Chris Knight is The Difference Between Women And Airline Food: Haiku-driven comedy deconstruction, w/ a twist of odd #ff2015 #ADLfringe
— Pete Muller (@festivalfreakAU) February 15, 2015