Saw this show at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival the other week. Let me just tell you, there’s NEVER been more thruth in advertising than in this show. It had levels of nudity that would make the likes of Iggy Pop blush. And while there’s a point to the racism angle which I won’t spoil, it certainly lived up to that front too.

Now onto the actor himself. Phil Nichol is a Canadian that’s more than had his fill of illicit substances. In fact this whole 1 hour show is based around a four day bender he took in Amsterdam. And Nichol stops at nothing to immerse you in his experiences, including live music, running into the audience, renditions of magic mushroom trips, you name it. We were second from the front. Unfortunately for the poor sods in the front row, they were showered in Nichol sweat!

Within 20 minutes of getting on stage, he’s in need of a change of clothes and the pace only crescendos from there! Basically he screams and rants, galavants around on and off stage, and can get very, very wierd - and very, very naked. So if that’s your kind of thing.

For those of you who prefer a stage show like performance, with a plot but plenty of spontinaeity you might want to give this one a crack. It certainly isn’t your take the piss out of whoever sits in the front row, tell some one liners kind of stand up. There’s a plot, there’s a will and there’s definitely a method to his truly out there madness. If you can stand warts and all punk rock, this show is for you. Otherwise, maybe go see Hughesy.