Joanne Brookfield @ Melbourne Fringe Festival
JOANNE BROOKFIELD in
PRINCESS PISSY PANTS THE GREEDY CHEESE EATING BITCH AND OTHER NAUGHTY DOG TALES
2005 Melbourne Fringe Fri 23 Sept - Sat 1 Oct
Sold out, must-see Comedy Festival hit returns for Melbourne Fringe
Joanne Brookfield’s stand up comedy show Princess Pissy Pants The Greedy Cheese Eating Bitch and Other Naughty Dog Tales returns for two weeks – in two separate venues – for Melbourne Fringe Festival. It premiered during this year’s Melbourne International Comedy Festival and was a sold out hit. Night after night after night it played to full houses, quite a feat given the show was competing against 200 other shows with bigger budgets and bigger names attached and is testament to the strength of the positive word of mouth that was being generated about the show. “It made me want to buy dog instead of have a baby” said one audience member about this hilarious and moving tale of Joanne’s life with her German Shepherd Murphy, who died last year.
But don’t go expecting cliché. This isn’t a show about ‘have you ever noticed how dogs are different to cats?’ It’s about bigger things - life, death and how much Joanne despises carrying pooh around in a bag. It’s about the amazing bond we are able to form with an entirely different species and at its core is an inspiring message about the importance of having love in our lives. “A vigorously feel good show,” said The Age, Joanne “oozes warmth but is never mawkish.”
Once again, audience members are asked to bring a photo of their dog, which will be used as part of the backdrop to the show…last season one audience member took that a step further by smuggling in their Chihuahua in a handbag, and that wasn’t the only dog to come see the show. A Belgian Shepherd came and checked it out as well, with their visually impaired companion, so given this is a Fringe festival - who knows what will happen this time around!
Last season the show raised more than $1,100 for the Lost Dogs’ Home in North Melbourne and once again audience members will be able to make donations at the end of each show. Joanne will also be donating all profits from her mid-season matinee show to the Lost Dogs’ Home, which will be on Saturday Oct 1 at 4.30pm in the Meeting Room in the North Melbourne Town Hall. “I loved my dog so much I wrote a whole show about her,” says Joanne, “but sadly not everyone feels the same, as evidenced by the number of dogs that end up lost and abandoned. The Lost Dogs’ Home do a great job in caring for these animals and re-homing them and I’m hoping we can raise twice as much money for them this time around”.
“Joanne Brookfield is a must-see” The Age, 31.5.2005
“Brookfield’s warm, chatty approach..makes you feel a little better about the world, dog owner or not”
–Chortle, April 2005
Full season: Fri Sept 23 – Sat Oct 8, 2005
in two different venues with two different timeslots.
WEEK ONE: 7pm
Sept 23 – 30. Lithuanian Club Ballroom, 44 Errol St, Nth Melb (not Monday; 6pm Sunday)
WEEK TWO: 6.30pm
Oct 1- 8. North Melbourne Town Hall, cnr Errol & Queensberry Sts. (not Monday; 5.30pm Sunday)
Mid-season MATINEE: 4.30pm
Sat 1 Oct, Meeting Room, North Melb Town Hall – Lost Dogs’ Home fundraiser
Bookings: www.melbournefringe.com.au or phone 8412 8777.
Tickets from $13, on sale Sept 1.
