Brendan Hitchens, Journalist

"“British audiences don’t care that you’ve come along way – there’s an element of ‘We made you. So you better be funny or we will let you know.’ So if you do well, you know you’ve earnt it."

Brendan Hitchens senses a ska comeback in 2014.

"My character, for example, is almost based on a Kardashian."

"I think any sort of tribal sound that you might hear from Barn Owl’s music comes from using a pentatonic scale, which is what a lot of Indigenous American cultures use in their own music practice."

There’s a certain euphoria of witnessing a band in their element and similarly, experiencing their rise first hand; it seems all in their presence this evening are treated to both luxuries.

“We start this tour in the Ukraine and Belarus and both those countries I’ve never been to, so that will be cool."

Five quality comedians doing short and sharp stand up isn’t just value for money, it’s high quality entertainment.

“My grandad played the violin, but that’s about it. A friend in Grade Seven had a guitar and she played it a bit and so my dad got me one for my birthday."

Delivered in musical format, complete with a flower selling dog that urinates on the audience, a singing condom skit and a simulated sex scene, it’s captivatingly awkward and hard to turn away from.

Despite dubious tactics along the way and on overzealous pouring of Rosso Antico , Morgan triumphs Caden and is reinstated as Adelaide’s organ king, not that anyone needed convincing.