Simon Eales, Journalist

“Any work that you take on you have to take seriously. It’s about creating a world that makes sense. Whether that is a comedy with lots of fart jokes, or something else.”

If you get the opening joke (which I still kind of don't) I reckon you're in for a good one.

If your kids are getting square eyes, and you find yourself saying “sit down and play your ipad!” a bit much, get along these holidays.

"You’ve got four guys in their Speedos in a swimming pool. There’s a bit of stage fighting, and a bit of bad stage fighting, and a barbecue, and sausages and men trying to out-do each other.”

“Our music is very British, we kind of just stand there and play. It’s nice, I enjoy it.”

“I was judged by the women who created burlesque in the first place, as well as notables from the present. It just means that you’re the bomb."

“When it’s a project that I have complete control over, like this one, I want to make sure that I can get my vision realised to the letter.”

“I love everything about what I do for a living. It’s just so fucking fun,” says comedian Jo Koy. Including the bit, as Simon Eales finds out, where he asks women to take their clothes off.

The concert footage is impressive, and there’s a delicacy to how the film evolves, but Bird’s still best when heard.

“There isn’t a circuit for it like there is for comedy… I find going to fringe festivals great. You’ll get a reviewer along to the show, it spreads through word of mouth, and you can sell-out same as someone with 20 grand behind them and a big production company.”

Elbow Room theatre company tackle existential questions and don’t mind if they sometimes confuse audiences along the way, co-founder Marcel Dorney tells Simon Eales.

“I suppose there are a couple of other organisations that are similar to [Revolt], but they’re more like an art-based approach. You’re talking about the Tetris Studio guys up in Brunswick and Substation out west. They’ve all got the same initiative, but not the live production focus.”