By Jennifer Beasley.
Ethan Cavanagh is going places – fast. Intelligent comedy threaded by themes of renting, alcohol consumption and a serial killer makes a humour suit that will keep you giggling.
MICF has ended. Not with a whimper but with a huge laugh as Ethan Cavanagh hits the packed out stage for his final show.
This is the first time Cavanagh has gone solo. Scary stuff, but you wouldn’t know it with his cool demeanour and youthful good looks.
Held at Storyville (the gin martini was amaaazing!) Cavanagh has won a few awards for his comedy act in Perth, Adelaide and New Zealand. Hailing from Ararat and migrating to Ballarat, Cavanagh’s easy going and charming style puts everyone at ease. You’d think he’d been in the comedy game for decades such is his professional approach and intelligent commentary.
Centring around the theme of renting (and not James Bond movies, which was why I chose this to review. I know, I know but I was under pressure, didn’t read the blurb and my editor was waiting) and homing in on audience members who are renting, such as Brian and his mate, Cavanagh easily segues into a PowerPoint presentation and demonstrates the challenges of mixing up words, phrases and the hated Brenden, evil property manager, with Venn diagrams. Yummy! I love a good PowerPoint. Cue ‘happy place’.
A quick transition into the wonders of Rex airlines and their amazing lounge as an upgrade, although the lounge is closer to Avalon airport than Tullamarine, Cavanagh then warns of the dreaded 6pm two pints, no dinner danger zone and the hilarious mishaps that ensure, backing this up with another PowerPoint graph to hilarious results.
Scaling his show up a million notches, Cavanagh then returns to the evils of his property manager, tests how easy it is to become a property manager and then likens said property manager to Ivan Milat. The serial killer. Dead now, but not really, as Cavanagh shows the hidden skills that Milat possessed and should have used in the rental industry instead of killing people.
Nominated for the Best New Comedy Act at MICF, Cavanagh is going places faster than a Rex flight can take him. Brilliant show, and it won’t take much more exposure before Cavanagh is a household name and a global hot property.
One to mark as ‘potential superstar’. Now get out there Cavanagh and use those Rex frequent flyer points!
