Events - 2011

Ghost Sharks!

Comedy
Presented by: BOWENGABBIE PRODUCTIONS

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Ghosts = Scary. Sharks = Scary. Ghost Sharks = Sh*t your pants! _x001C_ If Alfred Hitchcock went skinnydipping with Steven Spielberg and Heather Mills, it might looks something like this& _x001D_ With the help of a few goldfish, a bubble-master 2000, some GI Joes, and a Super Nintendo, watch three boys who should know better present a Lo-Fi mash up of Horror, Comedy and Drive-In-Movie schlock-fest based on two of our oldest fears: Ghosts and Sharks. SYNOPSIS (as narrated by a fat man on a bicycle) Something fishy is going on in Deepwater Scum& Lately there have been more attacks, more bodies washing up on the shore& Something is out there. Some say it's Ghosts. Some say it's Sharks. And a few claim it_x0019_ s ex _x001C_ Wheel of Fortune_x001D_ host Baby John Burgess. But none of the locals are talking. Enter Felix Sparrow, encyclopedia salesman (A-K), haunted by the death of his partner (L-Z) come to this remote island town to ply his wares. But the locals are only interested in knowledge of the forbidden kind& Soon Sparrow is on the run from both the twisted townsfolk and an invisible menace from the deep as he uncovers a sinister fish cult, human sacrifice and a terrifying bargain with an ancient evil. Even with help from the Mormons and a rogue fish-whisperer can Sparrow stop the town and the ghost sharks before they open the portal to FISH HELL?! Imagine... JAWS meets League of Gentlemen The Little Mermaid meets Evil Dead And Ghost Busters meets Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home Stand up comics, Mark Trenwith and Scott John team with award winning playwright, Caleb Lewis on a three-man roller coaster bringing to life a town best left for dead, unholy terrors from the deep and a very angry supernatural sea-mollusc. And it_x0019_ s called _x001C_ Ghost Sharks!_x001D_ And it_x0019_ s about Ghost Sharks! Mob of 3 are: Mark Trenwith A colourful stand up with 10 years professional experience, Trenwith is known for interweaving video and digital technology into his act. Collectively he has performed 7 solo shows at the Melbourne Comedy Festival, Adelaide and Edinburgh fringes, as well as countless club gigs everywhere from The Comedy Store (London) to Gotham Comedy Club (New York City.) _x001C_ Rhino Room gave Trenwith a standing ovation." Adelaide Advertiser 2009. Scott John Is one of Adelaide_x0019_ s top comedians. Since becoming a Raw Comedy national finalist in 2003, Scott has performed in a string of successful festival shows and Australia's top comedy venues. Scott has featured on ABC TV and The Comedy Channel, and popular radio shows across the country. In 2007, Scott_x0019_ s success was recognized with a listing in the _x001C_ Who_x0019_ s Who Of South Australia_x001D_ . Caleb Lewis Is a multi-award-winning playwright whose work has gone on here and overseas. Known for his dark sense of humour and tragicomic wit, Lewis is the inaugural winner of the Richard Burton New Play Award. Current plays in development include a play about robots, a play about sock puppets and a cabaret about Al Jolson.

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