Lynn Belvedere

THE WHARF REVIEW – CAN OF WORMS @ RIVERSIDE THEATRES PARRAMATTA

For the last twenty-one years, with over 1700 performances including regional touring around Australia, every year THE WHARF REVIEW provides incredible sketch comedy and witty sketch musical theatre. This year the show is called “THE WHARF REVIEW – CAN OF WORMS” always satirical, always merriment galore, and with very political parodies, meet your favourite politicians as they are often seen to be.

 

Including USA PRESIDENT Donald John Trump, Gladys Berejiklian, Dominic Perrottet, Kevin Rudd, Barnaby Joyce, Pauline Hanson, Jacqui Lambie, Jacinda Ardern and many many more. Always fresh and topical, the current show now includes a timely reference to LISMORE.    

 

You will meet Dorothy and her dog Toto, from the movie film WIZARD OF OZ. A superb parody of COME FROM AWAY called GO FAR AWAY.

The winning formula always reminds me of the Australian television weekly show, from 1964-1968 of Seven Network’s “The Mavis Bramston Show”.

Just like NBCs SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, THE WHARF REVIEW combines both live and pre-recorded comedy sketches, and that winning combination allows the four cast members, to change into their next set of characters, each with their unique costumes and wigs and makeup. Highly Recommended. The next new incarnation will arrive from October 2022.

Every night is different, every performance unique, at the Opening Night performance, these comedy geniuses quickly and easily improvised an otherwise gigantic skip, into an even better comedy experience, that further delighted the audience.

THE WHARF REVIEW – CAN OF WORMS created by Jonathan Biggins, Drew Forsythe and Phillip Scott.

Performed by Jonathan Biggins, Mandy Bishop, Drew Forsythe and Phillip Scott.

All images by Vishal Pandey.

VENUE – Riverside Theatre from 17 March 2022 until 19 March 2022.

Running time of ninety minutes, with no interval.

Expect frequent strong language, adult themes and smoke haze.

DATES AND TIMES –
Thursday 17 March 2022 at 7:30pm
Friday 18 March 2022 at 7:30pm
Saturday 19 March 2022 at 2pm
Saturday 19 March 2022 at 7:30pm

STREET ADDRESS – Corner of Market Street and Church Street, Parramatta NSW 2150.

VENUE SEATING CAPACITY – Riverside Theatre 761; Lennox Theatre 213; Rafferty’s Theatre 88; Total 1,062 seats.

*** However as the building deliberately has NO street numbers, you are prevented from telephone ordering (including taxi apps) a taxi after the show. ***

 

WEBSITE – https://riversideparramatta.com.au/show/wharf-revue-2022/

TICKETS – https://boxoffice.riversideparramatta.com.au/WEBPAGES/EntaWebShow/ShowPerformance.aspx

PROGRAMME

 

MUCH REVUE ABOUT NOTHING

Published for the first time, this book includes forty timeless satirical comedy sketches from twenty-one glorious years of Australian comedy, penned and performed by Jonathan Biggins, Drew Forsythe and Phillip Scott.

THE WHARF REVIEW sold out season after season for the Sydney Theatre Company, cleverly plundering all forms of theatrical entertainment along the way.

Wonderful selected monologues, duologues, sketches, and satirical songs.

Fans of THE WHARF REVIEW will immediately love all of the nostalgia. Students and community theatres, now have the chance to put on their own revue.

 

https://www.stagewhispers.com.au/books/book/much-revue-about-nothing

Published by Lynn Belvedere

Once we were old enough, my parents took the whole family to the Sydney CBD cinemas every week. Thus began a lifetime interest, in going to the cinema every week, and became a passionate cinephile by watching all those very heavily edited ''Australian Film Censorship Board'' true cinéaste versions of brand new release ''Cinematograph Films''. Greater Union always gave my father (who worked in Cinema Distribution Exhibition) guest double movie passes, to every first-night ''red carpet Opening Night'' at The State Theatre Cinema at 49 Market Street. Up until his death, my dad always received ''two house seats'' for every Opening Night performance events at the Theatre Royal SYDNEY and at Her Majesty's Theatre SYDNEY. As a child, when mum choose not to go, I often went with him, to those live performance events. As a young child, I remember being taken for each new show, at both The New Theatre at 60 Sussex Street, and the Phillip Street Theatre when located at 150 Elizabeth Street, and for classical music concerts at Sydney Town Hall. = = = ★★★★★ = = = Being happy is a choice, and I have always viewed my life, as material ready be made into a series of amazing tentpole movies. My New Years Resolution is kept every year: ''Get to see/review five new live theatre shows each week, and get to see/review six new cinema movies each week'', plus is one of the Australian Cinema Pioneers, and apparently have seen far too much already, but always wanting to experience more and more each year. I am also able to do almost everything that I enjoy doing. Yes, I do have a great daytime job in I.T. as ''Software Design Project Manager'', PLUS each evening until quite late - - - Australian Cinematograph Films historical censorship consultant - product-placement consultant - mystery-shopper consultant - playwright, writer, author, director, producer, photographer, cinematographer, color-grader, subtitles proofreader - arts/ drama/ music/ film critic and judge, journalist, member FIPRESCI & FCCA & AFCA, member AACTA accredited film reviewer-critic-writer, accredited IMDB.COM critic-reviewer-author, projectionist, plus an innovative iconoclast - - - ★★★★★ LYNN BELVEDERE ★★★★★ - - - [usr 5] - - -