It was a cold, dark and wet night as the glitterati of Melbourne Uni made their way to the far-flung outpost The Open Stage, transformed into a decadently tacky calypso affair of fake flowers (fake enough to look real but actually fake) hallucinogenic deck-chairs (thank YOU rooftop bar!) and romantically placed down-lights. I will enjoy my $4 Stella very much, and talent-wise its good to know Melbourne Uni is one of the best places to get a good (FREE) night out and an exciting (gotta use that word sometime) start to the FEISTA DE MUD. Highlights of the night/festival where put together in a user friendly slideshow of A-Z, with sexy results: Ananth Gopal usurping Mr Bean as ultimate in the ol’ flicky tongue movement thing, (La Promenade des Gen Betes) HOTT (extra t for titillating), belly dancing from Danielle Asciak (Everyone Wants a Piece of Malta!) nothing like audience participation with Into the Unknown (snaps for focus, girls) The Greeks Omniprop up to it again (up is the operative word, in a biblical way- The Trackers of Oxyrhynchus). I was ‘mystified’ with outrageous accents/lisps with Heist (Mysterious Mysteries!). Also, Simon Taylor’s a hoot. The magic isn’t bad either.
This is Lauren Bok signing off from the Opening Night of Mudfest 11.
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