Yes. There is a comedy show about carparks.
Based on the book about carparks, of course. Proving that everything is a joke, if you go around the block for long enough.
Bret Treasure's comic survey of extreme Google Reviews takes him from carparks to massage parlours, and from spirit mediums to recycling depots and Mawson's Hut. It's an exploration of gratitude and unmet expectations: the ridiculous, entitled, hysterical, incoherent opinions that people launch at the internet before they've had a chance to cool down a little.
It turns out, some people have been using Google Reviews as a medium for comedy and until now, no-one even knew. Audience members join Bret on stage reading the reviews and it gets crazy.
‘It influences a much greater personal perception of improvements in all my life.’
‘There are no hedgehogs on the island, which is not very pretty’
‘Women’s toilets inside have LEDs in the toilet paper recesses.’
There are pitched battles, disappointments of a lifetime and glimpses of unexpected generosity. The wacky and the wild.
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In amongst this mayhem, the host's desperate musical plea, that some day, someone will name a carpark after him.
as they swing from temper tantrum to
‘I’m Not Worthy’ adoration.
‘The waitress doesn’t talk at all.
P.S. They charge you for the take-away container.’
It's on at DADAA and there's a