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

 

if you’ve got a show on at the fringe and would like us to write about it flick us a line and we’ll send some­one out to check out the show.