We sent along intrep­id theatre goer and Yarn Celebrity  Tash Barneveld to check out a new Fringe Show by Brooks & Brown.

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He’s what she thought.

 

‘Brooks & Brown are a brand new tran­sT­as­man duo who have no idea what their show is going to be about.’

Christine Brooks and Rik Brown have worked togeth­er only once before, at the 2013 NZ Impro­visa­tion Fest­iv­al. Lit­er­ally Any­thing brings Brown over from Mel­bourne to join Wel­ling­ton-based Brooks for the 5 night sea­son at Gryphon Theatre.

The blurb says they have no idea what will hap­pen. Don’t let that put you off: Lit­er­ally Any­thing has struc­ture and clev­erly flicks back and forth between char­ac­ters and scen­ari­os.

Once the duo get rolling, it’s an almost-hour of light and fun enter­tain­ment with a won­der­ful lack of cheap toilet/sex/swearing jokes (hoo­ray!). Open­ing night saw everything from chick­ens to box­ing to ter­ribly awe­some (or awe­somely ter­rible) Scot­tish accents.

With any improv, each night prom­ises to be dif­fer­ent. Regard­less of what Brooks and Brown cov­er, you’re guar­an­teed to be taken on a sur­prise ride with a couple of friends who clearly have a great time on stage togeth­er. Endear­ing and, import­antly, funny.

Lit­er­ally Any­thing runs till March 1st at Gryphon theatre
Show starts at 8pm and you can find out more info and buy tick­ets here

 

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