COMEDY
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Jordan, Lee and Benny return to the fringe for their fourth season at the gilded balloon and they are packing them in!

The Axis of awesome have become somewhat of a fringe success story having started at the gilded balloon at the tiny sportsman’s theatre and working their way up the building to the debating hall which is the venue’s biggest theatre for this year’s show. What the three Aussie lads do is portray a rock back with a twist, they are happy to steal others tunes as well as present their own comedy efforts. Their humour is taken from observations on daily life as well as the cheesy side of modern pop music.

The music is always intercut with comedy asides but the joke surrounding Benny’s height is getting very old hat, which is why the review is four stars not five, if the boys are able to change their musical material so well then they must alter the comedy to match it. There were some pretty clever moments and a tribute to Harry Potter unlike any other I’ve ever heard.

The hour soon whips by with hits such as “floppy guy” and “KFC” getting the audience cheering. The axis became a YouTube sensation with a track called “4 chord pop” which splices together around 15 songs using the same four chords of music to brilliant effect. Thankfully the boys are always changing the make-up of this section keeping it fresh and getting huge roars of approval when they closed the show with it.

The show is sold out well in advance of the 21:30 slot so make sure you’re there early to get a ticket to the Axis and discover why there so awesome!