Spaznuts presented by the star of TV sketch show Skithouse Damian Callinan
4–15 August 2009
STRICTLY LIMITED SEASON - AUGUST 4 TO AUGUST 15
FORTUNE STUDIO THEATRE
In a seamless hour of comedy that succeeds because it takes an underwhelming approach to an overwhelming subject, Damian Callinan takes a biographical trip into the story of his infertility.
It's all set in a male infertility support group, where our Damian is making his first visit. Which allows him to exercise both his ability for multi-character comedy and, as he takes his own turn, to talk candidly and without any iota of self-pity about his experiences.
It is a beautifully paced and constructed piece. The characters of the support group provide a route for instant comic release but it is in the first person narrative that this really excels. Told in flashback from a "delivery cubicle" at an infertility clinic, Callinan riffs off into anecdotes about Australian Rules footie, small-town Australia, the various dank hands which have fondled his very small testicles ....
