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#12 From: Twisted Melon <twisted.melon@...>
Date: Mon Aug 11, 2008 2:23 am
Subject:: Final shows for 2008! 		twisted.melon
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There's just a handful Twisted Melon shows remaining this year, so if you want to get rolling with everyone's favourite spherical fruit, act quick!

THE MOCKINGBIRD
- the story of a one-way ticket, a second-hand novel and some limes
 
Join Peter Lead and his cast of... himself for a funky and fanciful coming-of-age yarn that's honest, funny and a little bit sexy.
 
9.30pm Thursdays 14th & 21st August
8.00pm Sunday 17th August
 
The Old Fitzroy Theatre
Cnr Cathedral and Dowling Streets
Woolloomooloo
 
Visit http://www.the-mockingbird.com for all the deets.
 

GORILLA THEATRE
- a rumble in the comedy jungle
 
Go ape$#!T with OUR FINAL SHOW for 2008!
 
From the creator of Theatresports[TM] comes Twisted Melon's latest improv venture: Gorilla Theatre.
 
Imagine TV's Iron Chef where the theme ingredients are comedy and anarchy... It's an improv comedy grudge match where the audience is judge and jury.
 
Directors compete for your love and laughs to win the coveted gorilla. The catch? They must use each other as cast in their scenes.
 
Will you vote "banana" or "forfeit"?
 
8pm THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 4th
The Roxbury Hotel
182 St Johns Rd Glebe

See you at the Fitz and the Rox!
Keira & Pete
http://www.twistedmelon.com.au

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#11 From: Twisted Melon <twisted.melon@...>
Date: Wed Aug 6, 2008 6:51 am
Subject:: The Mockingbird: Pete's one-man show. Funny, and a little bit sexy... and also Gorilla Theatre 		twisted.melon
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Hi all,

Pete's first solo show, called The Mockingbird, is on for the next two weeks at the Old Fitzroy Theatre. It's on Thursday nights at 9:30 and Sunday nights at 8pm until 21 August. Book via http://rocksurfers.org/tickets/purchase - it's a small venue and a limited run, so get in while you can.

And don't forget that our second-last Gorilla Theatre for the year is on TOMORROW night, 8pm, at the Roxbury Hotel in Glebe. Starring Keira, Jon Williams, Dave Callan, Tim Judge, Yasmin Sabir, and Giles Hardie, with the incredible Victor Spiegel on keys. If you can't get to this one, our last show for the year is on Thursday 4 September at the Roxbury.

Take it easy,
Keira & Pete
www.twistedmelon.com.au



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THE MOCKINGBIRD by Peter Lead
The story of a one-way ticket and a second-hand novel

Inspired by the rediscovery of a second-hand copy of Harper Lee's classic novel, The Mockingbird is honest, funny… and a little bit sexy!

Pete, our hero, has a life brimming with close friends, romances, and opportunities provided by fate. But a big decision needs to be made. 
Stay in Sydney to be with a friend and, maybe, soul-mate; or fly to Perth to be with a stranger and, maybe, lover?

The Mockingbird combines elements of storytelling, comedy, music and physicality. Peter Lead borrows from his experience in comedy, rock'n'roll and physical theatre to recreate a personal journey. Behind 
the laughter, the drama and the dancing, this is really a story about some cool and crazy things that happened one upon a time
 when
 he was "23, single and open to whatever the world had to offer!"

Learn the perils of owning a loft bed, why you shouldn't read to kids and how to make a killer caprioska…

Directed by Adam Gelin
Tech by Tim de Sousa
Web and Graphic Design by Lucy Taylor

visit  www.the-mockingbird.com 

Twisted Melon presents
The Mockingbird
Written and performed by Peter Lead
Directed by Adam Gelin

Thursdays 9.30pm and Sundays 8pm
31 July – 21 August
THE OLD FITZROY THEATRE
129 Dowling St (Cnr Cathedral), Woolloomooloo

Tickets: $16 full / $12 concession / $24 beer, laksa and show
Bookings online at http://rocksurfers.org/tickets/purchase 
Or call Moshtix: 1300 GET TIX (1800 438 849)
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#10 From: Twisted Melon <twisted.melon@...>
Date: Tue Jun 24, 2008 12:35 am
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Dearest Friends of Melon,

Twisted Melon's latest show, Gorilla Theatre, is playing next Thursday at the Roxbury Hotel in Glebe. As our special friends and subscribers, you can get two tickets for the price of one by quoting the password "MelonMail" at the door.

Hope to see you there. :)
Pete & Keira
www.twistedmelon.com.au


Gorilla Theatre - a Rumble in the Comedy Jungle
An improv comedy grudge match where the audience is judge and jury.
Imagine "Iron Chef" where the theme ingredients are comedy and anarchy.


From the creator of Theatresports comes an awesome new show, where each player directs scenes to illustrate their theme. Will you reward them with a "banana" or punish them with a "forfeit"?


3 July, 7 August, 4 September (the first Thursday of each month)
The Roxbury Hotel, 182 St Johns Rd Glebe
shows starts at 8pm. Tickets $10 (two for $10 with the code word "MelonMail")
$4 Tooheys New, $5 House Sprits, $6 Steaks


http://www.facebook.com/event .php?eid=17009646327


Next week's cast includes Yasmin Sabir, Richard BF, Rebecca de Unamuno, Marko Mustac, Keira Daley and Tim Judge,
with musical improviser Victor Spiegel and lighting improviser Tim DS.*

Gorilla Theatre was created by Keith Johnstone, TM and Copyright 1970-2002. All Rights Reserved. Exclusively licensed by International Theatresports Institute. www.theatresports.org


* Cast subject to change. If it does, you'll probably see Jon Williams, Dave Callan, Giles Hardie or Pete Lead.

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#9 From: Twisted Melon <twisted.melon@...>
Date: Tue Feb 19, 2008 4:25 am
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Good afternoon Melon patch!
 
We're busily working toward our Melbourne Comedy Festival debut, but we've realised there's something closer to home to be excited about this month: birthdays!
 
Twisted Melon turns TWO...
AND
BLANK the Musical turns ONE!
 
They grow up so fast, don't they?  Soon they'll be toddling around and pulling each other's hair.  Or maybe that's now...
 
To celebrate, we're kickin' it large, improv-style, and you're cordially invited:
 
 
BLANKy Birthday to us!
 
BLANK the Musical
8pm Thursday February 28
The Roxbury Hotel
182 St Johns Rd Glebe
 
All tix $10 available only at the door.
 
 
And we have some other exciting pieces of news to impart very soon.  As a sneak preview, if you happen to be on the NSW Central Coast on Sunday 2nd March, you should know that we'll be there to BLANK you!
 
Yours improvised,
Keira & Pete
Twisted Melon

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#8 From: Twisted Melon <twisted.melon@...>
Date: Mon Jan 21, 2008 2:18 am
Subject:: Comedy Cabaret BLANK 		twisted.melon
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Hello Melonians,
 
Just two shows of BLANK the Musical remain - this Tuesday's classic BLANK and next Tuesday's special BLANK with Puppets show.  Both 8pm @ The Roxbury (all tix $10 available only at the door).
 
You've seen us do lots of improv in recent times.  But now you have the chance to come and watch us do something prepared for a change!
 
At 8pm THIS SUNDAY, celebrate the long weekend with some laughs... and a musical touch - Cabaret BLANK.
 
Join the cast of much-loved "BLANK the Musical" for a very special showcase of some of the funniest songs in recent musical comedy history.
 
Includes side-splitting numbers from Avenue Q, Wicked, musical episodes of TV’s Buffy and Scrubs, Spamalot, The Last Five Years and much more!
 
THIS SUNDAY January 27th @ 8pm
The Roxbury Hotel
182 St John's Rd Glebe
 
All tickets $15 - available only at the door.
 
www.BLANKtheMusical.com
 
Best melons,
Keira & Pete
Twisted Melon

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#7 From: Twisted Melon <twisted.melon@...>
Date: Tue Jan 15, 2008 2:43 am
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TONIGHT sees an improvised comedy fusion like no other when the cast of "BLANK the Musical" play Tuesday-night improv comedy institution "Full Body Contact No Love Tennis"!
 
Join...
 
Regular BLANKers Amanda Buckley, Brydie Lee-Kennedy, Jon Williams and Tim Judge 
with special guests
Dave Harmon, Carissa Simmons, Toby Truslove
and
Comedy Inc's Rebecca De Unamuno!
 
with the talents of guest musician Phil Willis on keys
 
...for a night of song, dance and, above all, hilarious mayhem!
 
TONIGHT 8pm
Roxbury Hotel
182 St Johns Rd Glebe
 
ALL TIX $10 available only at the door
 
$3 Pasta, $5 Jugs... yummo!
 
BLANK the Musical
all-singing, all-dancing musical comedy... improvised!
 
Brought to you by Blank Slate and Twisted Melon: http://www.twistedmelon.com.au

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#6 From: Twisted Melon <twisted.melon@...>
Date: Wed Jan 2, 2008 7:54 am
Subject:: Look out - we will BLANK you! 		twisted.melon
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BLANK the Musical
 
Tuesday nights in January
8pm @ The Roxbury Hotel
182 St Johns Rd Glebe
 
Lend them your BLANK and they'll sing you a song. In fact, they’ll sing you the whole damn musical!
 
EVERY TUESDAY IN JANUARY @ 8PM, BLANK the Musical will be box-stepping into Glebe's Roxbury Hotel to give you all the razzle-dazzle of Broadway - sans script and score.
 
It's RENT unwritten, Hairspray unheard, Spamalot unscored. Every show is different and inspired by your suggestion.
 
Previous BLANKs include "Bacon the Musical", " Antarctica the Musical", and everyone's favourite "Tinkerbell the Musical". They're singin' on the edge... where anything goes!
 
This talented cast of improvising comedians combines the spontaneity of Theatresports®, the danger of Thank God You're Here and the wit of Whose Line is it Anyway? with the all-singing, all-dancing pizzazz of a Broadway musical comedy.
 
BLANK the Musical sold out in Sydney and Brisbane in 2007. Now you have the chance to relive the magic, or experience it for the first time, before it hits 2008 Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
 
So, this January, make it your resolution to get BLANKed every week!
 
ALL TIX $10 - available at the door.
 
More details at: www.BLANKtheMusical.com
Read our blog: www.blankthemusical.blogspot.com

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#5 From: Twisted Melon <twisted.melon@...>
Date: Wed Dec 26, 2007 5:58 am
Subject:: Merry Melons! 		twisted.melon
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Dear MelonMail subscriber,
 
It's been an enormous year for us - with Pete's solo debut The Mockingbird, Sydney's first full-length improvised musical BLANK the Musical, and another first for Sydney, Twisted Melon Impro Festival.
 
Our sincerest thanks to you all for helping make all these things happen by supporting Twisted Melon throughout 2007.
 
We have exciting things in store for you next year (starting with BLANK the Musical's return to The Roxbury Hotel at 8pm on January 8!) so watch this space!
 
Best wishes for a cool-as-a-melon Christmas, and a smooth-rolling 2008.
 
With melonlicious love,
Keira & Pete
www.twistedmelon.com.au

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#4 From: Twisted Melon <twisted.melon@...>
Date: Sun Dec 9, 2007 10:18 am
Subject:: Coming up in December... 		twisted.melon
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Hello Melon fans,
 
Long time!  We've been busy behind the scenes for the last few months, planning some ridiculously exciting events for your enjoyment in 2008.
 
Did you miss us?  We've definitely missed you.  So much so, in fact, that we're bringing you two very special shows in December...
 

1) BLANK the Musical - A Very BLANK Christmas!
 
This Tuesday 11th Dec @ 8pm

The Roxbury Hotel
182 St John's Rd
Glebe

All tix $10

This Tuesday 11th December, Blank Slate & Twisted Melon reprise their hilarious improvised musical comedy to make up some Christmas cheer...

BLANK the Musical

Lend them your BLANK and they'll sing you a song. In fact, they'll sing you a whole musical!

Improvised comedy gets a song and dance routine by a team of Sydney's hottest improv comedians. BLANKing to sold-out houses throughout 2007 at Cracker Comedy Festival, Coogee Arts Festival, The Old Fitzroy Theatre and in Brisbane, BLANK the Musical is back to BLANK your world!

Experience all the fun and pizzazz of a stage musical... sans script and score!

You'd be BLANKing mad to miss it!

They're singin' on the edge!

Directed By: Tim Judge

Featuring: Adam Yardley, Amanda Buckley, Brydie Lee-Kennedy, Jon Williams, Keira Daley, Peter Lead, Tim Judge, and improvising musicians Benny Davis & Jason Rushton
 
 
 
2) Sneak preview of Pete Lead's one-man debut... The Mockingbird
 
Tuesday 18th December @ 8pm
The Old Fitzroy Theatre
cnr Cathedral and Dowling Sts
Wooloomooloo
 
Tickets $12/10 or $18 for beer+laksa+show deal
 
The Mockingbird is the story of a second-hand novel, a one-way plane ticket, and some limes.
 
Tom, Dick and Harry move into a big house on Cleaver Street – a definitive bachelor pad that they christen Cleavage.  Cleavage houses parties, girls, sexual liaisons (or dreams thereof), and an abundance of liquor and music.  People crash on the floor, sneak into the residents’ beds in the early hours, and the lights never go out.  The whirlwind of freedom and debauchery breezes between the walls, while the bathroom turns furry and the floor grows sticky.
 
Between the roof and the loft bed, Dick realises that his willingness to accommodate girls has turned his life inside out.  After all, a girl is why he’s here…
 
The Mockingbird combines storytelling, comedy, music and physical theatre to tell a tale inspired by the rediscovery of a second-hand copy of Harper Lee’s classic novel, To Kill a Mockingbird.  The show explores a life steered by close friends, romances, and opportunities provided by chance, where a one-way plane ticket sets the deadline for a life-changing decision.
 
Pete Lead has toured around Australia with comedy and improv shows at Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Cracker Comedy Festival and BrizImprovFest.  He performed in the Sydney premiere of Urinetown: The Musical and, more recently, in Terry Pratchett’s Men at Arms at the Seymour Centre.  He was Artistic Director of Sydney’s first improvised comedy festival, the Twisted Melon Impro Festival.  At the Old Fitzroy Theatre, Pete has appeared in Twisted Melon’s Like There’s No Tomorrow (2006) and BLANK the Musical (2007).  He returns there with the premiere of his one-man show.
 
The Mockingbird is honest, funny, and a little bit sexy.
 
www.the-mockingbird.com
 
 
We trust that you're well - and if not, the next two Tuesday nights will cure what ails ya.  See you soon!
 
With much melonly love,
Keira & Pete
www.twistedmelon.com.au

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#3 From: Twisted Melon <twisted.melon@...>
Date: Wed Oct 10, 2007 12:00 am
Subject:: Beginners' improv course discount + other shows 		twisted.melon
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Hi Melon Fans! It's been a while since you've heard from us, but that's because we've been busy preparing some exciting new ventures - improv classes, more BLANK the Musical, a tour to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, and another Twisted Melon Festival scheduled for late next year.

Our brand new improv course will set you on the road to the wonderful, playful world of improvised theatre & comedy. The course itself will be heaps of fun, so enroll now and save $40.

Twisted Melon Beginners' Improv Course
Improvisation is the art of making things up on the spot. Sound hard? It's not. Twisted Melon will unlock your creative instincts and help you think on your feet.

Twisted Melon Beginners' Improv Course is a fun introduction to the world of making instant entertainment. This course will acquaint you with basic improv terms and concepts, and provide an opportunity to improve your listening and presentation skills, all in a safe and supportive environment where you have the complete freedom to fail.

Give your self-confidence a boost, get set for some fun and sign up today.

Course Details:
Twisted Melon Beginners' Improv Course with Cale Bain (Toronto, Canada)
Thursdays, 6:30-9:30pm (8 weeks) starting 25 October 2007
Rozelle Neighbourhood Centre
Cost: $220 (early bird price of $180 ends this Friday 12 October).

Find out more at www.twistedmelon.com.au, email info@..., or call Pete on 0414 661 496.


If you have a Tuesday night free, come and see Cale's show FULL BODY CONTACT NO LOVE TENNIS. Improv pairs tear up the stage at the Roxbury Hotel on the first and third TUESDAY NIGHT of each month. This month all profits go to support breast cancer research. www.myspace.com/tennisimprov

And see plenty of great Theatresports action at Impro Australia's Cranston Cup - every Sunday night until December.



Until next time - stay happy, healthy and sexy.
~ Pete & Keira ~
Twisted Melon

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#2 From: Twisted Melon <twisted.melon@...>
Date: Wed Jul 18, 2007 12:29 am
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Don't miss Sydney's first and ONLY COMPLETELY IMPROVISED musical comedy!
 
BLANK the Musical
Only this weekend remaining!
FRIDAY & SATURDAY 10pm, SUNDAY 8pm
The Old Fitzroy Theatre
129 Dowling St Woolloomooloo  
Tickets: $15 full / $10 conc. / $20 beer+laksa+show
Book now to avoid disappointment! (02) 9294 4296, http://www.oldfitzroy.com.au /trs
Show details: www.blankthemusical.com
 
Eight of Sydney's hottest improvisers perform a Broadway-style musical inspired solely on the BLANK filled in the audience. It's a show with all the melody, harmony, fun and feeling of a regular stage musical… sans script and score.
 
FEATURING:
 Adam Yardley, Amanda Buckley, Brydie Lee-Kennedy,
Jon Williams, Keira Daley, Peter Lead, Tim Judge,
and musicians Benny Davis and Jason Rushton
 
PLUS!  This SATURDAY 21st we welcome 
SPECIAL GUEST…
world champion improviser
and star of Comedy Inc, The Big Bite, The Chaser and more
Rebecca De Unamuno !
 
Last weekend, BLANK the Musical brought you all the magic and mayhem of...
 
"Antarctica the Musical" - penguins and walruses and iceburgs, oh my!
 
"Undulating the Musical" - yes, you read it right.  Surely this proves we don't plant our audience suggestions!  We discovered that Dark Matter is actually Oestrogen - who knew?
 
And, to a house packed to the aisles, the particularly hot "Hostage the Musical" - Art has no bounds when a butterfly tormentor is on the loose!  
 
What will happen in the final weekend?
 
Have you been BLANKed yet?  Will the next BLANK be yours?
Come along and make it so!

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#1 From: "twisted.melon" <twisted.melon@...>
Date: Thu Jul 5, 2007 2:44 am
Subject:: Opening this weekend: BLANK... the Musical! 		twisted.melon
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Dear MelonMail Subscribers,

Welcome to the first ever edition of MelonMail on our spiffy new Twisted Melon Yahoogroup!

To mark the occasion, we bring you a message, and an offer, of the utmost importance...

BLANK... the Musical opens tomorrow night!

6th-22nd July 2007
FRIDAYS & SATURDAYS 10pm, SUNDAYS 8pm

The Old Fitzroy Theatre
129 Dowling St Woolloomooloo

Tix: $15 full / $10 conc. / $20 beer+laksa+show

Show info: www.blankthemusical.com

SPECIAL OFFER FOR SUBSCRIBERS!
Mention MelonMail at the box office to get 2-for-1 tickets!*
THIS WEEKEND ONLY!

Book now! (02) 9294 4296 or http://www.oldfitzroy.com.au/trs

For the next three weekends you have the chance to experience the magic of Sydney's first and only improvised musical!

Come and see...
Adam Yardley, Amanda Buckley, Brydie Lee-Kennedy,
Jon Williams, Keira Daley, Peter Lead, Tim Judge
With musicians Benny Davis & Jason Rushton
...and special guests

...as they perform a Broadway-style musical inspired solely on the BLANK filled in the audience.  In one hour, the talented cast combines the spontaneity and hilarity audiences love from improvised comedy with all the melody, harmony, fun and feeling of a regular stage musical… sans script and score.

They're singin' on the edge!

In only its first year, BLANK has made its mark in Australian theatre with sold-out shows at Coogee Arts Festival, Twisted Melon Impro Festival, Cracker Comedy Festival and Queensland's BrizImprovFest. And this week, the BLANK cast gave Sydneysiders a return-season teaser at fortnightly improv comedy institution Full Body Contact No Love Tennis...

Now BLANK returns to Sydney at The Old Fitzroy Theatre in full for nine super hot shows.  See the show everyone's talking about...

Treat a friend, impress a date, or grab a stranger and get yourself some half-price tickets to some full-bodied fun and hilarity.

Until next time, we love you...  Come to The Old Fitzroy Theatre this weekend and we'll prove it!

Best Melonious wishes,
Keira & Pete
Twisted Melon - we make stuff up
www.twistedmelon.com.au
www.blankthemusical.com

PS: You can find Twisted Melon on Facebook and MySpace.  Yes, we know it's tacky, but pity us - we're shameless self-promoters.

* offer applies to full price tickets only


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