Sunday, July 5, 2015

A SERVING OF KRANSKY AND A GILL OF GILLIES FOR DARWIN

Good to  see  that the alluring  Kransky  Sisters, above ,  from Esk, Queensland , and comedian Max Gillies  are among the class acts  booked for  next  month’s  Darwin  Festival . This  blog's long haired  theatre critic confessed he  once   held   a  secret crush on  the  Kranskys and  Morticia of  the Addams Family.  However, as he had  not heard anything about the Kranskys for  years , he wrongly surmised  they had taken themselves to  a nunnery or  been married  by  oddball , rich  medical practitioners .  The  weird sisters will wow Darwin with musical comedy  hijinx  that includes a mix of instruments such as  a musical saw, kitchen pots and pans  and a  toilet brush .   Political  satirist  Max  Gillies  will  explode  in  two shows , one  asking  is  Australia suffering a leadership deficit . The second will deal with  famous speeches by revered and  infamous  characters  throughout Australia’s history. Gillies  famously brought down the  house in live shows  and caused  TV audiences  to convulse  with his send up  of the rotund  Queensland Minister for Everything in  Joh Bjelke-Petersen’s time ,  Russell Hinze  ,  delivered  from  inside  a  bean  bag .