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Perth and Brisbane

thesuitcaseroyale — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:32:53 +0000

February why are you leaving us so quickly? We have had a blast playing at the Brisbane Powerhouse every Friday and the Perth festival gig on the 16th was one for the memory pantry (on the shelf marked awesome!)
Brisbanites this weekend is your last chance to come and sway to the sounds of the Royale!
Here are some reviews from that wild night in Perth:

The West Austrlian

Australian stage

Oh and some photos too thanks to fasterlouder!

HERE

Perth Festival 2012

thesuitcaseroyale — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 00:40:36 +0000

The SR are heading back to Perth for one night only to perform a late-night Junkyard Riott! So get down to the Festival Gardens on the 16th of February! You can snaffle up some tickets here!

The Minto Cats

thesuitcaseroyale — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 00:28:59 +0000

The Suitcase Royale have just returned from 3 weeks in the Minto Mall as part of SiteLab 2011(A Campbelltown Arts Centre Initiative) We met some great people including artist Katie Reid who painted the above portrait of us!

Fare thee well Edinburgh!

thesuitcaseroyale — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 22:21:59 +0000

Another Edinburgh past already? We would like to thank everone who came to see ZOMBATLAND at Pleasance 2! We would also like to give a big shout out to the crew of Pleasance 2 who were just awesome.

The Royale are now back in OZ, we’ll be rockin the Casbah (well actually the Courier Mail Spiegeltent) as part of the Brisbane Festival on the 12th of September, so come on down if your round!

thesuitcaseroyale — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 16:32:17 +0000

Suitcase Royale in Zombatland: Fringe Review

Comedy Review: Adam Hartley and Mark Holland

Fusing junkyard blues and theatrical comedy, Suitcase Royale in Zombatland explores the plight of the three surviving residents of an Australian caravan park infested with mutant wombats.

After gaining a lot of admirers last year with their show The Ballad of Backbone Joe, the Melbourne trio are on top form again with Zombatland. Musically, Suitcase Royale are so accomplished that it is unclear whether they are musicians doing comedy or vice versa, such is the depth of their talents. The rootsy, darkly white trash sonic interludes punctuate a loosely plot-driven, surreal piece in which the actors’ enjoyment of their own work is shared by the audience.

The show’s unapologetically DIY set feels right at home amid Pleasance Two’s dilapidated, haunted barn ambience (a wayward crumpet on opening night manages to knock a stage light from its fixtures, falling alarmingly close to the visibly concerned performers), and the lack of budget does nothing to quell the sense of spectacle.

Zombatland is definitely not to be missed and seems destined for cult status among fans of the disorderly and enemies of health and safety. Genuinely impressive.

6^th– 28^th (not 16th) Aug, Pleasance Courtyard, 11.15pm, £10(£9)
http://www.edfringe.com/whats-on/comedy/suitcase-royale-in-zombatland

First Edinburgh Reviews!

thesuitcaseroyale — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 14:19:48 +0000

From the List:

Late-night, top-notch hour of blues music, B-list horror and slapstick

8 Aug 2011

Some late-night, top-notch junkyard theatre from this trio of talented Aussies, as our hapless heroes fight to save their caravan park from an invasion of zombie wombats. Cue a chaotic hour of blues music, B-list horror shtick and high-energy slapstick…

From WhatsOnStage:

The Suitcase Royale in Zombatland
Venue: Pleasance Courtyard
Where: Edinburgh
Date Reviewed: 9 August 2011
WOS Rating:

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Nothing exciting happens on a caravan park, right? How about a deadly disease that rips through a wombat population creating the first ever strain of zombie wombats – AKA zombats. This is the premise of Suitcase Royale’s musical comedy act, and it is absurdly entertaining.

The Grogan brothers have been born and raised on the Blue Lagoon Caravan Park and are now responsible for its continuing success, but the blood-thirsty wombats are causing serious mischief. With the help of a madcap stranger and a crumpet gun, the brothers seek to rid the park of its zombat infestation in a style that hints of Monty Python and The Mighty Boosh.

The narrative comedy is topped-off by the threesome’s indie-cool live music, and a very impressive set that features a couple of caravans and an underground zombat layer. All together the silly antics of Blue Lagoon are a winning mix, and you’ll find yourself easily won over by the witty charm of The Suitcase Royale.

- Charlotte Pegram

Expat Review of BBJ

thesuitcaseroyale — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 10:19:35 +0000

The Ballad of Backbone Joe:

A murder mystery, rigged boxing match, a foreign Private Eye, voices from beyond the grave and some rollicking good bluegrass tunes. What more could Aussie comedy trio The Suitcase Royale have packed into their show at the Soho Theatre last week?

READ THE FULL REVIEW HERE

Exeunt.com Review

thesuitcaseroyale — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 13:25:56 +0000

Madcap, junkyard comedy from the Aussie trio. READ THE FULL REVIEW!

Metro Review of the Ballad of Backbone Joe

thesuitcaseroyale — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 12:33:48 +0000

“One of the most immersive, atmospheric pieces of theatrical comedy you’re likely to encounter” ★★★★ (Metro)

This week’s new live comedy in Guardian.co.uk

thesuitcaseroyale — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 14:58:37 +0000

The Suitcase Royale, London

Suitcase Royale

Operating at a crossroads between theatre, comedy and experimental music, this trio of mavericks from Australia have pulled off a difficult trick: creating a show at the cutting edge of formal innovation, that also provides full-throttle entertainment throughout. Using a mixture of ramshackle scenery, animation and puppetry, Joseph O’Farrell, Miles O’Neil and Glen Walton draw you into a fantastical take on life in the Australian outback, featuring a host of extraordinary characters. All this unfolds to a soundtrack of rather beguiling, bluesy music, played by the group on instruments they’ve built themselves from boxes, pipes and other bits of junk. What with their love of the quirky and macabre, it all comes across like an inspired collaboration between Nick Cave and the League Of Gentlemen.

Soho Theatre, W1, Mon to 16 Jul