[2015111] Boris & Sergey’s Vaudevillian Adventure
Flabbergast Theatre @ Gluttony – The Bally
8:45pm, Wed 4 Mar 2015
Last year’s Boris & Sergey experience was a genuine eye-opener: brilliant puppetry, a hugely entertaining script, and wonderful audience interaction made it a highlight of the year. And, having seen their kids’ show earlier this year, I was well-and-truly looking forward to seeing Boris & Sergey in all their filthy-mouthed, adult-themed glory once again.
The show was, essentially, identical to last year’s: all the stock content was still in place, including the amazing chase sequence, Boris’ Wuthering Heights performance, audience face-fucking, and the meta-puppetry references. The audience participation bits (absent from the children’s version) were still there, too, and the volunteers this evening – Liz and Simon – provided perfect material for the puppeteers from Flabbergast to work with, with hazy drunken half-understandings leading to bouts of hilarity.
And that’s pretty much all there is to say. Boris and Sergey are still the best puppetry under the Fringe banner, and present some of the best comedy, too.
(111) Boris & Sergey's Vaudevillian Adventure: They still do face-fucking? Wuthering Heights? Good. Liz & Simon stole it. #ff2015 #ADLfringe
— Pete Muller (@festivalfreakAU) March 4, 2015