JOANNE BROOKFIELD in Princess Pissy Pants The Greedy Cheese Eating Bitch and Other Naughty Dog Tales
JOANNE BROOKFIELD in Princess Pissy Pants The Greedy Cheese Eating Bitch and Other Naughty Dog Tales
2008 National Tour Hometown Finale - final Melbourne shows ever
Fri Oct 3 and Sat Oct 4
A stand up comedy show for anyone who has ever had a four legged friend fill their house with dog hair and their heart with love
“Princess Pissy Pants The Greedy Cheese Eating Bitch and Other Naughty Dogs Tales” has been a hit with audiences and critics alike since it first performed as part of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in 2005, where it sold out night after night and The Age called it a “must see”. It then went on to sell out as part of the 2005 Melbourne Fringe Festival; the Year of the Dog Tour sold out at the 2006 Adelaide Fringe Festival; every single night of it’s run with an extra show being added as part of the 2006 Melbourne International Comedy Festival and a season at The Albury Convention and Performing Arts Centre. Later that year the show then went on a mini-tour of the South Island of New Zealand, making it’s international debut as part of the Alexandra Blossom Festival, then performing as part of the Dunedin Fringe Festival and finishing with a night in Christchurch. Major daily The Otago Daily Times noted the show’s popularity with local audiences, saying “Australian comedian Joanne Brookfield has been raising the roof of the Fringe Town tent with her funny show about her dead dog, Murphy” and their reviewer said “Princess Pissy Pants will appeal not only to people who know and love dogs, but also to people who don’t really ‘get’ dogs, thanks to Brookfield’s knack for anchoring her anecdotes with universal themes. Most of the anecdotes are about her beloved late dog which means there is pathos underlying much of the wit.” The buzz around the show in Dunedin – which attracted Members of Parliament, NZ TV icons and even real, live dogs to it – was such that the Festival invited Joanne to extend the season, although was unable to due to other touring commitments, as the show was returning to Australia to perform as part of the Armidale Women’s Comedy Festival in NSW.
Then in 2007 Joanne was a recipient of an individual grant from Layne Beachley’s Aim For The Stars Foundation, which is given to women who “dare to dream, pursue their passion and aspire to achieve” and now, in 2008, the show has undertaken it’s biggest tour yet - a national tour of Australia, which concludes in Melbourne for two big shows in the Main Theatre of the Lithuanian Club as part of the Melbourne Fringe festival, on Fri 3 and Sat 4 October.
The 2008 National Tour has performed so far in Adelaide, Canberra, Sydney, Gold Coast, Brisbane, (Albury still to come) and played to sold out houses, with extra shows being added, and reviewers, such as The Canberra Times saying the show is “a cleverly constructed, very funny story as much about being a strong, independent woman as it is about her dog”. Already, on the strength of the success of the tour, the show is returning to Canberra and Queensland for Christmas shows this December.
So whilst the show goes on in other states, the show will finish in Melbourne next weekend with these “hometown finale” shows being the last time the show will ever be performed in Melbourne. So don’t miss out!
The show has so far raised more than $7,100 for animal welfare, and whilst in Melbourne will be raising money for Animal Aid.
“A must see” - The Age
“A howling success…had the audience in fits of laughter” - The Advertiser
“Had the audience’s tails wagging” - The Otago Daily Times
“Very funny” - Canberra Times
More info www.myspace.com/princess_pissy_pants
or check us out at You Tube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bM-9WH1-Zs
