HN & HCMC – Stand-Up Comedy with John Robertson

HCMC: Wed 27 Sep 2017, 8 pm
Game On Saigon
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Hanoi: Thu 28 Sep 2017, 8 pm
Standing Bar

From the organizer:

When The Guardian described Australian comic, John Robertson, as a stand-up “not to be missed,” they weren’t kidding. His hysterical stage presence and unconventional style has been wooing comedy clubs around the world for a number of years.

Now this maverick comedian is coming to Vietnam, and will be bringing with him his award-winning, one-man show, The Dark Room, a show that on YouTube has garnered over 500,000 hits.

First created in 2012, with the use of projector screens Robertson transforms himself into a live video game. He describes the experience in a recent article in Vice Magazine.

“It’s a multiplayer text adventure starring a floating head that wants to destroy you. It’s a choose-your-own-adventure that breaks your brain. Options are projected onto a screen, and the floating head is me, holding a light and screaming abuse into your dumb, little face.”

The idea is for players aka the audience to try and escape, but John stops them “through a combination of logic and the kind of insults my high school PE teacher used to mistake for encouragement.”

Robertson explains the idea:

Entrance fee:

VND200,000 in advance / VND250,000 on the door / All tickets include a free glass of Pasteur Street IPA

In Hanoi: Advance tickets available from 14 Sep at Standing Bar or online via ticketbox (booking fee applied).
For further information, go to facebook.com/standingbarhanoi or email [email protected].

In HCMC: Advance tickets are available at Game On Saigon or online via eventbrite
For further information or table bookings, go to facebook.com/saigoninternationalcomedy or email to [email protected].

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