the broccoli brothers

presents
the
broccoli
brothers
La Mama presents
the broccoli brothers
April 1 - 12, 2015
La Mama Courthouse
Part of the 2015 Melbourne International Comedy Festival
Performed by/ Cam Venn, Dave Houston, Paul Bourke
Directed by/ Liz Skitch
Stage Assistant/ Dani Cresp
Sound by/ Eva Popov
Thanks to...
Huge thanks To Eva, Sunny and Maisy for so much love and patience.
Brian at umbershoot for rad rehearsal space!
Dan at printsquad for sick print deals.
Roderick diaz for video wizardry!
Massive Mad props to Our wonderful amazing idiot wrangling director Liz Skitch and
little Molly Skitch for baby power.
Dani Cresp for general greatness.
Lois Collins for Broccoli head photoshop madness.
Ado for poster prowess.
The rad tubular wicked gnarly La mama staff and foh!
Our techs Ben, Dean and Gary!
Mentor and guru Mr Potato Head.
And every broccoli on the planet
The Broccoli Brothers are fresh from a sell-out season at the New Zealand Fringe
Festival. This show will transport you to a higher plane of pure stupidity.
Ron, Dallas and Selwyn are an adult clown trio who waltz energetically into the absurd,
transcending the art of clowning to create a truly ecstatic experience that is at once
surreal, unique and very funny.
The Broccoli Brothers are excited to be performing at the La Mama Courthouse for
the Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2015 and are keen to present fresh, risky
theatre where clowns are at home. Together they dive into stupidity and emerge with
performances brimming with truth, humanity and joy.
The Broccoli Brothers has been brought together by a shared passion for the immediacy
of clowning. Between them they have spent years immersed in the genre as students
and performers. Paul Bourke has studied internationally with master teachers (Gaulier,
Fusetti, Bolton) and toured as a physical theatre performer. Cam Venn began clowning
at the age of five and has been bringing his unique brand of humour to audiences
as both a stage and roving performer ever since. Dave Houston has created theatre
nationally and internationally for over 25 years. His solo show, ‘Going my way’, played
Edinburgh to 5 star reviews.
Over the last 15 years, director Liz Skitch has been involved in the creation of a
large body of work with her theatre company Debase. Their productions have toured
nationally and internationally..Specialising in clowning, Skitch trained at the school of
Philippe Gaulier in London (2000). And produces and directs Moulin Beige, a monthly
vaudeville night that fills the Wesley Anne in Northcote.
Despite their colourful performance backgrounds, clowns exist only in the moment,
and only in relation to the audience. The Broccoli Brothers are no different, creating
something spontaneous and irreverent through play; always exploring the connection
and game with the audience.
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Our sincerest thanks to the many volunteers who generously give their time in support of La Mama.
La Mama’s Committee of Management, staff and its wider theatrical community acknowledge
that our theatre is on traditional Wurundjeri land.
The La Mama community acknowledges the considerable support it has received in the past
decade from Jeannie Pratt and The Pratt Foundation.
La Mama is financially assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council – its
arts funding and advisory body, the Victorian Government through Arts Victoria - Department of
Premier and Cabinet, and the City of Melbourne through the Arts and Culture triennial funding
program.