Director
Jo Marsh
The Astor
Theatre, Mt Lawley
March
20, 2012
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| Neil Hamburger |
After
the last laugh of the smash-hit Perth International Comedy Festival ricocheted
down Beaufort Street and peace and quiet returned to Mt Lawley, you could
imagine the grand old Astor Theatre having a nice cup of tea and a lie down.
The
19-day festival attracted more than 26,000 punters, way above the budgeted
break-even point of 16,000 for its inaugural year. The four venues — the Astor,
the Mt Lawley Bowling Club, the Velvet Lounge at the Flying Scotsman and the
Daily Planet Cafe — operated at above 80 per cent capacity.
It's an
impressive achievement by the festival director Jo Marsh, chairman Glenn Connell
and his board and the festival's marketing manager Emma Poletti, and marks it, along with
this February's rapidly maturing Fringe Festival, as the most significant
addition to the Perth performing arts scene in years.
Link here to the complete review in The West Australian.
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