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Festival Club
One Bucket, Two Comedians
Vaughan King & Alan McElroy
Aotearoa/New Zealand
comedy
VulgarGrad
Australia
oompah-swing
-ska-punk
The Kings of Russian criminal sound return
for another go at Taranaki, following hot on
the heels of their hugely successful New
Zealand debut at WOMAD in March.
Brewed within Melbourne’s underground
ethnic music scene, VulgarGrad embraces
the old songs of Russian thieves with punk
classics of the Perestroika era, shot with
a strong dose of St Petersburg ska.
This grievous musical harm is delivered via
the incredible vocal talents of frontman, Jacek
Koman, one of Australia’s most formidable stage
and screen actors, and his wily and cunning
six-piece of brilliantly ingenious musicians.
VulgarGrad’s first album, King of Crooks, brazenly
taunts us with songs such as, Odessa Jailbreak,
Cigarette, A Piss Up Begins with a Bottle, and Junkie,
Alcoholic and Drunkard. It’s easy to catch their
drift, but impossible to escape the excitement of a
vodka-fuelled oompah-swing-ska-punk onslaught
delivered with raucous menace and grim smiles.
Set in the future, One Bucket, Two Comedians,
begins with two washed up comedians, full of
regrets about not achieving their own goals
from their bucket list. So, they embark on a
crazy interactive journey back in time to now!
To this show! On this stage! In a home-made
time machine! They set about fulfilling
their own ridiculous bucket list and helping
members of the audience achieve theirs.
But, who are these unlikely heroes?
Alan McElroy was born and bred in Dublin, Ireland,
arriving in New Zealand in 2010. Later that year he
was voted the Best Newcomer at the NZCG Awards,
and has worked on the pro circuit ever since.
Vaughan King has performed comedy for over a
decade and has two Billy T Award nominations.
His friendly, astute, acerbic observations and
quietly disturbing, self-deprecating style of
comedy is a hit with people of all ages.
WHEN
Tues 20 Aug, 8pm
WHERE
Mayfair Festival Club
DURATION
60 minutes no interval
ADMISSION service fees apply
Premium $30 • Premium Friend $26
General Admission $26
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WHEN
Sat 17 Aug, 9.30pm • Sun 18 Aug, 8pm
WHERE
Mayfair Festival Club
DURATION
100 minutes including interval
ADMISSION service fees apply
Premium $45 • Premium Friend $39
General Admission $39
SPONSORED BY
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