NAUTILUS IS A TEN: HOW WILL YOU SCORE?

Production Images: Jamie Williams

It is simply not going to pass with the editor if this is a one-sentence review.  Like …

You really should see Trygve Wakenshaw’s NAUTILUS playing as part of the Sydney festival because it is hilarious, clever, artful and probably the funniest thing you will see all year.

But that’s it really.  The stream of consciousness mimetic, frenetic, athletic aesthetic of his work does rather leave one bent over speechless. I’ve seen him before and was speechless.

So, go and see NAUTILUS , then come back and do the quiz I have prepared for you.  Just a warning though, in the true spirit of the deceptively anarchic, there may be more than one answer.

Why did the chicken ……
Because it could
It doesn’t know either
It was escaping a bad marriage
What was on the pistolero’s face when his bullet escaped? 
Apology to audience for the time of travel
Tragic trajectory
Sneer, snarl and all round bad guy
Why did the kids in the audience catch the love story before the adults?
It takes adults way too long to overcome disbelief They deal with parent's lunacy
There is a child-like grandeur on stage
Is that the cleverest story trapped in a glass box … ever?  
Yep  
Sure is  
Damn this guy is good!
That was a dastardly trick the game hunter played on his prey.  Why did he do it?  
I blame the parents  
I blame the teachers  
I blame the government
Are the scenes connected by crazy ass music and weird dancing?  
Hard to tell … eyes full from laughing  
Chicken dance?  
It was Midnight and I was all alone
How would you describe the bar scene? 
Cud-derly 
Udderly hilarious 
Moo-d altering
Was David done like a dinner?  
Yep but he deserved it 
More palatable than the boy in the blender 
Cue wedding type death march
Who are you?  
A natural womaaan  
When you’re a Jet, you’re a jet all the way  
J C Superstar
Is this bloke completely insane?  
No human could do it better  
Insane means insane  
Watch out … he’s infectious

TRYGVE WAKENSHAW: NAUTILUS is playing at the Sydney Festival and you can see a YouTube promo of his show and find out more on his website.