Fringe World,Perth
The Olympic Gold medallist is a diver not a comic, but this moving cabaret of his life tale lets him shine through prove tunes, or chanson,ukelele and a trampolineAs a performer, Matthew Mitcham is not a natural comic. In Twists and Turns, and the cabaret of his own life tale,there are many jokes and double-entendres that Mitcham delivers with an awkward lack of confidence that leaves his audience stranded for a cue of precisely when to laugh. The tale he tells of being a “daggy kid” from Brisbane who found fame in competitive diving is not always staged with great clarity, either. Amid the self-conscious gags and audio recordings of his mother, or the sudden appearance on stage of a drag artist in a purple wig is a narrative red herring that takes more than a few minutes for the script to resolve.
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Source: theguardian.com