Kinky shopping lists, nonsensical monologues and way too much physical comedy. Mechanical Man is a 50-minute solo act of Absurdist Comedy.Awkwardly comedic and surprisingly tragic, this heart-warming and downright silly show explores themes of loss, grief, nostalgia, and friendship with a bizarre, humorous edge. Mostly without dialogue, this is the show for the strange, the illiterate, the people who want to see something totally out there and have a laugh and then maybe… something more.
Presented by:Jonathan Hoey
Jonathan Hoey is an actor, director, and theatre tech with experience in Curtin University Lunchtime. Major and Honours productions, as well as Community Theatre and FRINGE WORLD Festival. He has worked as an actor and technical in The Way of the World, The Lion in Winter, Machinal, The Cagebirds, The Producers, Much Ado about Nothing and The Importance of Being Earnest (twice!) as well as having written and directed a show at Curtin earlier this year called Dark Sector. After debuting the expanded version of Mechanical Man at FRINGE WORLD 2021, he’s excited at the prospect of bringing his work back to the Hayman.