FANFICTION COMEDY
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27
2013
NZICF - Auckland. It is time.
25
2013
Reblogged from wherethewilthingsare :
Where The Wil Things Are: FanFiction: The Batsman
During FanFiction Comedy at the MICF this year, I was challenged by the team to write a story that wasn’t about Batman. (Up until that point EVERY story I had done for the show had been about The Dark Knight).
The only problem I had with this was: I Love Batman.
I love Batman so much that once…
24
2013
Just over a week ago, the great David O’Doherty did a fanfic at our show about how Lance Armstrong has ruined his life. It has since gone platinum.
Enjoy :)
21
2013
Thanks to everyone in Melbourne who came to our show. We had a blast and are very sad to leave. For those who were at the final show tonight, enjoy the shit from our hotel room. This is the Carly Rae poster spotted on a tram!
21
2013
Our adorable Front of House staff at The Banquet Room gave us chockies and this adorable Sorting Hat drawing. We will miss them hard!
21
2013
Reblogged from wherethewilthingsare :
Where The Wil Things Are: FanFiction: The Voice
Yesterday we had a guest pull out of our FanFiction Comedy show at the last minute, so during the show I sat backstage and wrote a story. It was written in about an hour, but you still might enjoy it:
The producer of The Voice 2014 (This is the voice) was worried.
In fact, he was sweating…
20
2013
Special guest double up <3
20
2013
This weekend! Last two shows…
11
2013
A few (but not definitive list of) MICF “must sees”
We don’t have shows every day. So we’ve been spending a lot of time out watching stuff. Here are some recommendations from some of the things that we’ve seen so far. There’s just over two weeks left now so go out and see all this stuff before it goes away, Melbourne…
*Lessons With Luis - RAW and Golden Gibbo winners last year, directed by our buddy Justin Hamilton, and just all round cool guys. You can catch them on our show Monday 15th April at 7pm.
*Tegan Higginbotham - She’s so so so great, and totally stole the show at our Harry Potter night. Also go see her in the sketch troupe Watson!
*Wil Anderson - A “no brainer”. Not him, the decision to whether to go see his show or not. We loved it, but then again we always do, and he totally didn’t even ask us to say this (he really doesn’t need us). Also his backdrop is his poster so you feel like you’re getting a lot of Wil for your buck.
*David O’Doherty - Again, seems like an obvious choice, does it not? Well, he’s totally still got it.
*Max and Ivan - We just met these guys but they got 5 stars from the Herald Sun and they are very cool.
*Dayne Rathbone - We keep going back… so good.
*Josie Long - She’s a big inspiration and way more masterful than us at making programmes.
*Michael Hing - We saw him at a gig early on in the Fest and really liked him, so we decided to check out his one hour show. Definitely do it.
*Matt Okine - Totally lives up to the hype. Beautiful hour.
*Claire Hooper - Claire has stormed our show twice. We are a little bit in love. Even Heidi and Eli. Okay, ESPECIALLY Heidi and Eli.
*Cal Wilson - Our Kiwi chum. GO THE ALL BLACKS.
*David Quirk - The best one hour about venereal diseases we’ve ever seen.
11
2013
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I’m going to get excited for a second so please excuse me.
Squeeee!
Ahem. That was a very fannish squeal, I’m sorry, but really the only appropriate way to introduce FanFiction Comedy.
Back for its second run at Comedy Festival, this hilarious show celebrates fan fiction in all its glory. Now if you don’t know what fan fiction is, then firstly you mustn’t be spending enough time on the internet, secondly it basically involves fans writing their own stories about the things they’re fans of. Which can be anything from your Grade 5 creative writing essay about the time you met Harry Potter and got a tour of Hogwarts to graphic stories imagining a steamy affair between Sherlock and Watson.
You don’t need to already be into this kind of thing to enjoy FanFiction Comedy, though. The show features a team of bright young New Zealand comedians using fan fiction as a platform for pop culture parody and good old-fashioned wit and silliness.
Every show is different, with the regular cast – Joseph Moore, Heidi O’Loughlin and Tom Furniss – creating a new story for each show and reading them alongside stories from guest stars. The first week has seen readings by the likes of Claire Hooper, Ben Pobjie, Justin Hamilton and Wil Anderson (who is also producer for the Melbourne version of the show). The energetic Eli Mathewson MCs and two more of the New Zealand cast, Steven Boyce and Joseph Harper, sit on as “judges”, which involves adding some repartee between stories but no actual judging.
That’s a lot of comic talent on stage and it gives the show a party-ish atmosphere, a bit like the big happy group feel comedy panel shows are always trying to create. The performers haven’t seen each other’s contributions beforehand, so they’re reacting naturally to the stories at the same time as you are and the onstage interaction zings.
To give you an idea of what kinds of things they come up with, the day I go there’s a Transformers love story that culminates in a robot rap battle at a Linkin Park concert (from Joseph Moore), a “deleted scene” from Lord of the Rings involving a sexy party in the mines of Moria (Claire Hooper, in top form), a hard-boiled sequel to the Dark Knight Rises (from a surprisingly passionate Justin Hamilton) and a brave and hilariously naïve attempt at discussing gay rights via a Harry Potter story from someone (Furniss) whose only knowledge of Harry Potter comes from the movie trailers.
My personal favourite though is Heidi O’Loughlin’s story based on the computer game Snake 2. That’s right, the classic Nokia phone game where you control a snake that keeps getting longer and faster and has to avoid hitting its own tail. You wouldn’t think you could tie family drama, Hollywood excess and romance into that but O’Loughlin does it and it is pure gold.
This show is an all round tremendous concept, not just for the delirious pop culture parody but for the opportunity to see such a great group of young comics perform together. I’m a total fan of these guys now. Maybe not to the extent that I’m going to go and write stories about them going on sexy adventures together but very impressed nonetheless.
"Nick Spunde, Australian Stage.
FanFiction Comedy was devised by us. The first performance was in 2011. We do not claim to own any characters or anything that isn't ours. We do claim to own our own jokes and things that are ours under normal copyright law. All Rights Reserved and all that. Kewl.