Take one room, seating about 60 people and fill it with an audience consisting mostly of comedians and other performers and the occasional unsuspecting punter who just wanted a show to see.
On the stage place two long planks of wood in a cruciform arrangement to which the arms of Josh Ladgrove are taped at the wrists.
Let the heckling commence!
'Come Heckle Christ!' was a one-performance show at the Imperial Hotel, Bourke Street last night which people either loved or hated. It is most certainly not for those whose idea of comedy or performance begins and ends with Morecambe and Wise.
Fifty minutes of insults and abuse were hurled at Ladgrove's messianic noggin, punctuated by some pauses as the crowd regrouped for another volley. As the show progressed Ladgrove had his Tech - Mary Magdalene - produce a Bible from which he would recite randomly selected passages and the heckling would grow louder.
The vast majority of people in the room were very much in the spirit of things with shouts and laughter aplenty from all sides, but there were one or two who appeared baffled and unstirred by the events surrounding them.
Were they Catholics? Lost?
This show is not for everyone. Actually - this show is not for most people, but I certainly found it funny as hell, appropriately enough. Let's hope he brings it back for the Comedy Festival.
On the stage place two long planks of wood in a cruciform arrangement to which the arms of Josh Ladgrove are taped at the wrists.
Let the heckling commence!
'Come Heckle Christ!' was a one-performance show at the Imperial Hotel, Bourke Street last night which people either loved or hated. It is most certainly not for those whose idea of comedy or performance begins and ends with Morecambe and Wise.
Fifty minutes of insults and abuse were hurled at Ladgrove's messianic noggin, punctuated by some pauses as the crowd regrouped for another volley. As the show progressed Ladgrove had his Tech - Mary Magdalene - produce a Bible from which he would recite randomly selected passages and the heckling would grow louder.
The vast majority of people in the room were very much in the spirit of things with shouts and laughter aplenty from all sides, but there were one or two who appeared baffled and unstirred by the events surrounding them.
Were they Catholics? Lost?
This show is not for everyone. Actually - this show is not for most people, but I certainly found it funny as hell, appropriately enough. Let's hope he brings it back for the Comedy Festival.
