Sammy is a tall, slender, well-dressed gentleman from Melbourne, who regales his audience with tales of his childhood and a couple of festival stories as well as singing us some songs. The show starts with a tale of a youthful prank played on a bus with his friends. This leads on to a lecture to the audience about how they can react if they dislike any part of the show, a delightfully gross and disgusting story about one drunken night at the Edinburgh Festival three years ago (has caused some sensitive souls to leave at this point apparently).
We also have a cheery tale about falling in love with a mermaid (which may not have the traditional, Disney, happy ending), a short foray into the world of Robin Hood and the art of paintballing (I almost missed out the t in that word which gives it a whole new meaning), a lovely little segue into a competition to the death with the audience and a finale involving an audience member visiting Sammy backstage after a gig during the Adelaide Festival earlier this year. He also leaves us with a final farewell song.
Sammy is a gifted spinner of yarns and he managed to keep his audience spellbound during the seventy minutes of the show, with cleverly crafted tales and some fine jokes in the mix. The songs in the show were a lot rarer than I was expecting and there were no props used (which is a change from when I last saw him), though the piano stool did get a bit of a beating. An excellent late night show with disturbing tales and demented stories which will haunt you for many a night to come, and a show well worth waiting up for.
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