I love writing and producing comedy for an audience whose laughs I will actually get to hear. Earlier this year I produced my first live sketch show at the Melbourne Comedy Festival (MICF). Now, my sketch comedy group Dr. Duck have put together a brand new 50min sketch show, which will premiere at Melbourne Fringe Festival.

Click HERE to see the official poster.

Dr. Duck founder and my producing partner in crime, Andrew Keen, helped me put together a crack team of writers this time around. The writers met up once a week for 11 weeks, with everyone in the room making terrific contributions.

Every cast member from our MICF show had either secured paid work or already booked other projects before we could get to them. We have a brand new cast for Fringe, (Andrew aside) but having sat through some rehearsals, I think the people who come and see our show have a lot to look forward to.

Once actors as talented as the ones we’re working with become involved, it’s amazing how quickly I’m able to forget the back-breaking, often soul crushing work of writing comedy. I like to indulge in the thought that 50mins of funny material turned up with little effort. It’s the only way I’m able to fool myself into wanting to go through it all again for the next show we do.

The laughs of a live audience also help with this.

Tickets can be found here: https://www.melbournefringe.com.au/event/dr-duck

Credits
Directed by Andrew Keen.
Presented by Short Game Productions.
Starring Andrew Keen, Susie Kazda, Liam Howarth, Chloe Towan, Rian Howlett and Lara McArthur-Dowty.
Written by Andrew Keen, Dean Watson, Lily O’Farrell, Ross Purdy, Justin P Bechtold.
Additional Material by Sal Hicks, Dan Beacom.