It takes a certain kind of person, and personality to be both servile and insistent, coy and comedic. “Ahh!” “Oh no!” and “Oh yeahhh~!” are the only words spoken, by the performer and audience alike, though there is no shortage of sounds or laughter.
It was a lovely surprise and added yet another unexpected layer to an already wonderfully varied evening.
The show itself uses therapy as a frame narrative for loosely-connected interludes of songs, burlesque, and unhinged friendship, as our performers share their struggles and bare their…souls.
From the start, the artist plays with the unexpected and opposites: a conservative, traditional background contrasted with raunchy memories from travels across Asia, from Japan to Thailand to Nepal.
Underpinned by the idea of asking questions of the future, Fortune Yeller is an interactive and comedic show performed by drag princess Cvm Unity (Jana Levitina of Pussy Jam Comedy)…
Hilariously character-driven choices lead us into and out of battles using unexpected powers ranging from hovering to vomit luges to summoning a minivan, with unexpected deaths and victory (mostly) snatched from the jaws of defeat.
Ollie isn’t afraid to leave a few extra seconds for the audience to process a joke, a movement, or a facial expression.
Combined with an international audience, this creates a truly multicultural and dynamic performance, with active participation not only from individuals but also from groups such as students or specific nationalities.
In this show, there are two rounds of questions where the friends of single participants come up on stage to answer game-show-style questions on their behalf, helping them “win” a date. The questions range from romantic ones to silly and playful topics.
Affably accurate-but-imprecise, he served as an enjoyably unreliable tutor, using the lecture as a framework to spin off into a blend of gameshow, prop comedy, and improvisational music.