Willenium (stand up commedy)
Sydney, July 1999
by Michelle Lucas

Having never been to see stand up comedy before I was not sure what to expect when I decided to venture to the Globe in Sydney's Newtown to see Will Anderson last week.

I love him on the Breaky Show with Adam Spencer so I thought that it was worth a look. The way the show goes is that Will asks everyone what they would do if there was an hour to go before the world ended and he bases the whole thing around this.

It doesn't work if no body yells anything out and apparently the night before I went there were 100 people and no body said a thing, so this night Will made everyone write something down on the way in just incase.

I must say that a big reason why I went was because I think that Will Anderson is HOT!! but in the end it was all about the Comedy?!(mmm Maybe). I think that the show went for about and hour and a half maybe longer and there was no spaces where I thought that he should just stop.

There were alot of John Laws jokes and if you go be prepared for the Tasmanian doctor story. The venue is pretty good but at times the music from downstairs sort of went over the top of Will which was a bit annoying.

Sara Kendall was the support comedian and I didn't know this before hand, I wish that I had because what  I saw of her set was unreal. She was one of the Raw Comedy finalist from last year I think.

Un-like some of the Melbourne stand up acts that I have seen on TV Will steered away from too many VIC references for this Sydney gig, which I thought was good. The best call of the night was definately the one about his own puffa jacket - "the hyper-colour t-shirt of the 90's". Nice One.

Get along and see the show it is great.
Where: The Globe Venue , 379 King Street Newtown
Wednesday + Thursday 22 & 23 July - $13 Concession $ 16 normal
Friday + Saturday 24 & 25 July - $ 15 Concession $ 18 normal
Starts at 8.30pm - ( Will goes on about 9)