Lawrence Mooney: Lawrence Of Surburbia

Lawrence Mooney is a natural storyteller and his latest show Lawrence of Suburbia is a perfect demonstration of this. Mooney has devised a show that picks out key moments in his life and relates them back to the place where he grew up. And the stories that Mooney describes are definitely relatable.

As he spoke about going to the local fish and chip shop and the Chiko Roll poster some of us of a certain age remember and bags of mixed lollies, you could just picture a younger Mooney at the local deli peering through the glass counter picking out his bananas and red frogs. And that is the key to Mooney's charm. His knack for comedy makes what he is doing up on stage look easy, but each memory is importantly structured in telling his story. And this story sees him grow up in the suburbs and move to inner city Melbourne and then back to the suburbs where he is now with his own family, which is where he ends his metaphorical camel ride on his blower vac. And as far as metaphorical camel rides go, Lawrence of Suburbia is a pretty good one.