Terminally-online comedian John Glover brings a nostalgic blend of personal, reflective stand-up to Melbourne International Comedy Festival (MICF) with 'Microsoft Orifice’.
The Sydney-based comedian and improv comic will present a show about becoming an adult in the age of Windows, as he undertakes his mission to end workplace monotony and internet obsession. It's the perfect way for millennial corporates to blow off some steam after a long work day. Just a warning (or a tease, depending on how you look at things) – this has not been approved by HR. Enter at your own risk.
You may know John from Osher Gunsberg's news satire show 'NTNNNNN', or his successful debut at MICF with 'John Glover Must Die'. He's also a two-time RAW Comedy state finalist.
This show's beginnings were very different to how it turned out, as John explains.
“This show started as a love letter to computers but it accidentally turned into a hate letter,” he laughs. “Computers used to allow the realest, purest core of our personalities to be on display, but now it's the opposite! All I do is compare myself to everyone else!”
“This show is all about shaking off the forced version of ourselves we put online, in our social lives and in the workplace. It's also a little bit gay and stupid – I mean, look at the title.”
Those who know what a Nudge is, or who had internal battles about who to list as their Top Friends, are sure to enjoy John's material at MICF.
“I've put a lot of my teenage angst, old Facebook statuses and watercooler gossip into the soul of this show. I know millennial MICF audiences will relate to my show because we're all Windows XP kids.
“If, like me, you ever had an MSN Messenger 7pm curfew and now have a 9-5 job, this show is for you.”
This will be John's second solo show as part of Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
“Melbourne crowds are always down to clown, I love it. I lived in Melbourne until I was 24 and I always loved attending MICF before I was even a performer. This show is even more laugh-out-loud than my first. Please don't change that to 'LOL', I'm trying to be better with that.”
John Glover plays The Catfish Bar (Melbourne International Comedy Festival) 27 March-6 April.
