Simon Keck's Fringe show 'Nob Happy Sock' shouldn't be funny yet it is. Hilariously so. There will be points where you'll wonder if you're sick in the head for laughing, but I can't comment on that - I'm still giggling at some of the lines.
At first glance (and second, and third) predicating 50 minutes of stand-up hilarity on a moment in life where the performer wanted and attempted to commit suicide sounds like the last thing you'd want to see for entertainment, but I encourage anyone to go to see this show.
Somehow simultaneously touching, hilarious, horrible and very, very honest, Simon Keck frankly talks about that slow death of the soul many of us endure in our daily lives, working jobs we hate so we can have money to pay for life's essentials and how that whole process can lead some of us to the darkest of places and, for the lucky few, out the other side to somewhere clearer, brighter and more hopeful.
If you are someone who has trouble admitting that, no, you're not alright or just a bloke, you should really see this show. If Beyond Blue ever wanted to get their message across more effectively then they could do much worse than hook themselves to Keck's train.
And next time I go past a mirror I'm high-fiving myself.
At first glance (and second, and third) predicating 50 minutes of stand-up hilarity on a moment in life where the performer wanted and attempted to commit suicide sounds like the last thing you'd want to see for entertainment, but I encourage anyone to go to see this show.
Somehow simultaneously touching, hilarious, horrible and very, very honest, Simon Keck frankly talks about that slow death of the soul many of us endure in our daily lives, working jobs we hate so we can have money to pay for life's essentials and how that whole process can lead some of us to the darkest of places and, for the lucky few, out the other side to somewhere clearer, brighter and more hopeful.
If you are someone who has trouble admitting that, no, you're not alright or just a bloke, you should really see this show. If Beyond Blue ever wanted to get their message across more effectively then they could do much worse than hook themselves to Keck's train.
And next time I go past a mirror I'm high-fiving myself.
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