The Enmore Theatre was the venue for the fun evening that is Theatresports’ Grand Final. The Cranston Cup could deservedly have been won by either of the top two placegetters but eventually Hans & Otto were victorious by the narrowest margin over Bridie of Frankensteen.
The evening commenced with a spectacular Doctor Who inspired launch. MC Jim Fishwick introduced the teams and the talented musician Bryce Halliday, who added witty verbal & musical commentary & accompaniment throughout the evening.
Kavalier (Kate Coates, Veronica Milsom, Kate Knott & Andrew McNamee) were the first contestants and who knew hessian could be such a fine material. The Browntown Three (Emma Brown, Max Mison & Andrew Ottley) entertained us with an epic about a teaspoon.
In the best performance of the evening Bridie of Frankensteen’s (Bridie Connell and Steen Raskopoulos ) hilarious and melodramatic Spanish soap took ridiculous humour and pathos to a new level. Bridie’s character has an affair with her husband’s twin brother whose love is as hot and steamy as an iron.
Hans & Otto (Edan Lacey & Nick O’Donnell) explored a foreign city. The content of their scenario was patchy but their enthusiasm, zaniness and quirkiness before, after and during the scene made up for this shortcoming. Their later prison scene musical and the time together in their mother’s womb more than made up for this.
Middle Rage (Dave Bloustien, David Callan & Scott Hall-Watson) brought off some great physical humour in their House of Mirrors scene featuring a seventies roller disco.
Pat Magee and Friends (Jon Williams, Lisa Ricketts, Steve Lynch & Patrick Magee) did some clever work with architecture, greed and James Packer being torn between beauty and evil. Jon Williams’ pottery fairy was very impressive.
The Theatresports Grand Final, held at the Enmore Theatre on Saturday November 30, was an amusing and entertaining evening. As can be expected with improvised performances at times it was a little patchy but the highlights were hilarious and frequent enough to keep the large crowd well entertained.