Josh Glanc - 'In A One-piece Crotch-cut Short-sleeve Polo'

It’s hard to argue the fact that everyone went a little crazy in lockdown. Between the isolation and the impulse purchasing, things got a little wild there for a second. Josh Glanc coped by buying a one-piece crotch-cut short-sleeve polo (hence the title, Josh Glanc In A One-Piece Crotch-Cut Short-Sleeve Polo) - but in truth, it seems like the lockdown didn’t get to him that much.

A standard in the world of alternative comedy, Glanc has gloriously returned to Melbourne stages after being stuck in London during 2020. In that time, he’s distilled his comedy into its purest, most concentrated form. And his audience are all the better for it.

What always resonates loudest in Glanc’s shows is the sense of pure joy that radiates from both performer and audience. Even for a performer that has well and truly established himself in the world of absurd sketch comedy, Glanc clearly only ever marches by his own beat. He is doing what he loves and at no point is that fact hidden away from his punters. 

In doing so, Glanc also receives this joy straight back to him in hordes from the audience, who are along for the ride without any hesitation. Glanc’s 2021 show takes this sentiment and steamrolls head first into a world of abject silliness and dumbfounding dumbness.

All while this is occurring Glanc is sneakily laying the foundations for some brilliantly hilarious and surprisingly heartwarming payoffs down the line. It’s pure comedic genius disguised as senseless lunacy, as the comic lays down an underscore of emotionally uplifting sentiments that bubble to the surface by show's end in the most satisfying of ways. It is a wonder to behold and a staggering reminder of the value of this sort of comedy.