The Saturday before last I was lucky enough to be back on assignment for Scenestr at the Brisbane Comedy Festival. I was there to check out Brisburned@Work, the follow-up to last year’s run away hit Brisburned: Sketch Comedy About Brisbane. While I had not seen the previous show, the premise intrigued me and by all accounts I was in for a treat.
Mark Lombard and his fellow sketch comedians did not let me down, there were plenty of laughs and I almost fell out of my chair when James Tinniswood impersonated legendary rugby league coach Wayne Bennett. You can read my review here http://scenestr.com.au/comedy/brisburned-work-review-brisbane-comedy-festival-2019-20190312 Local readers be aware the show performs this Saturday as well.
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We arrived at the Powerhouse mid-afternoon with the sun still shining to check out Brisburned at 4:45pm in the Rooftop Terrace where I have now seen 3 shows at this year’s Brisbane Comedy Festival. From there we got dinner, tucking into the bar food pizzas and chips. The sun went down and we gathered at the Turbine platform in anticipation of the free Queensland Theatresports. Starting at 7:45pm it featured comedy improv performers competing against one another complete with commentators and a referee. In fact Michael Griffin part of Brisburned, was one of the commentators here. As free entertainment it was highly entertaining and the already substantial crowd quickly grew.
We had a wonderful night but it wasn’t over yet. I had bought tickets for After Hours. starting at 10:15pm.
-Lloyd Marken
Back to the Drawing Board Productions 
I read and enjoyed your review, Lloyd, though I suspect you may have to be Australian to get the best out of that show. Good to see the photos of you both, and that space looks amazing too.
Best wishes, Pete. 🙂
Or a Brisbanite in particular but few they were funny mate so who knows. Thought you might enjoy the photos showing the Powerhouse during the day. I love this space more and more every time I go. I’m very blessed to do this work for Scenestr. Thanks as always and best wishes Pete.
Hey Pete I just saw an ad for TuksTuks on my site. Nice work 🙂