Community & Business
20 April, 2021
Budding Mareeba comedians deliver stellar performance
Mareeba residents got the rare chance to see their friends and family in a different light recently as a standup comedy night was held with locals bringing their comedy to the stage.
Mareeba residents got the rare chance to see their friends and family in a different light recently as a standup comedy night was held with locals bringing their comedy to the stage.
Australian stand-up comedian Anthony Lamond touched down in Mareeba last fortnight to host a comedy workshop and performance.
After a full day of workshopping and developing their routines, the workshop members were able to present their polished material to an audience later that night.
Mr Lamond was thrilled with the quality of the material presented by the performers stating, “It was the most fun I’ve had on stage since COVID.”
“I was absolutely thrilled from where we started off at the beginning of the day to deliver a performance like we did,” he said.
“There were genuine laughs, not sympathy laughs from the audience, I think the audience was extremely pleased with the level of entertainment they got out of the night.
“The energy in the room, the setup of the space, the diverse group of people, it just worked.”
Spring boarding off the back of this successful performance, comedy night organiser Ida Portella is hoping to integrate some of the performers and their standup comedy into her Comedy Tours and possibly some stand-alone comedy nights.
“I’d love to incorporate some of the actors and their standup comedy into some of the comedy tours,” she said.
“If the actors are keen to do it, I certainly think we should do it.
“We had really good feedback from the audience and some of them asked why we haven’t done this before.”
Now with a solid foundation to build off the chance of regular stand-up comedy coming to Mareeba is a high possibility whether it is in the form of a comedy tour, or a once-a-year comedy special.
