As part of Sydney Fringe Comedy Festival, Maddie Parker took to The Terminal stage with Plus One guest Kate Coates to deliver a two-man improv bonanza. First stop was the Tropic of Capricorn, a wildcard location suggested by an audience member and warmly embraced by the duo.
The improv adventure took performers all the way across the globe, trekking to the Tropic of Capricorn in order to have a very serious meeting about overdue rent – the illogical demands of a controlling and pedantic housemate, alas, we’ve all been there.
Without the help of further audience suggestions, the duo improvised a full 40-minute show from spontaneous scenes of pretentious smoothie-drinking hipsters through to plotting geriatrics who will stop at nothing to get to the godly chocolate mousse on the nursing home menu. If ‘smashing your face in’ with a walking stick guarantees chocolate mousse forevermore, then it’s a small price to pay, right?
Kooky characters ensued when a first date went terribly wrong as Maddie’s eccentric extrovert and Kate’s indifferent jock clash over a spaghetti-eating race along with a complete lack of chemistry. Open, playful and experimental was the name of the game and the duo effectively kept the intimate audience in The Terminal laughing and/or gasping at any given moment.
This certainly wasn’t Maddie’s first rodeo, folks. Maddie Parker has been performing with Improv Theatre Sydney and Impro Australia for many years, recently touring internationally with troupe Confetti Gun to participate in the renown Del Close Marathon.
Maddie Parker has appeared in multiple Cranston Cup Finals at the Enmore Theatre and in 2017 she co-hosted the National Theatresports Championships with Julia Zemiro. Maddie currently directs Impro Australia’s First Monday Impro Club.
MADDIE PARKER – PLUS ONE took place on Thursday 31st August 2017
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The Sydney Fringe Comedy Festival runs from 29th August to 1st October 2017