Lawrence Leung @ Coopers Malthouse | Beat Magazine
1. You, Elli Vogue and 50,155 others like this.Like
Read Magazine Advertise Contact
Search
Comedy Festival
Review
James Acaster @James Acaster @
Melbourne TownMelbourne Town
HallHall
Comedy Festival
Review
Set List @ RoxanneSet List @ Roxanne
Comedy Festival
Review
Mae Martin @Mae Martin @
Melbourne TownMelbourne Town
HallHall
Comedy Festival
Review
Jimmy McGhie @Jimmy McGhie @
Little SistaLittle Sista
FEATURED ARTICLES
Lawrence Leung @ Coopers
Malthouse
0LikeLike
★★★★
4 30
Home Music Arts Comedy Festival 2016 Gig Guide Festivals BeatTV Free Shit Beat Eats
Venues
2. Police Cops @ The Kelvin
Club
Dinosaur Park @ Trades Hall
Steele Wars @ The Joint
Tom Green @ The
Athenaeum Theatre
Geraldine Quinn @ The
Coopers Malthouse
Matt Okine @ Melbourne
Town Hall
Tommy Little @ The Forum
Dilruk Jayasinha @ Victoria
Hotel
Jake Johannsen @ The Greek
Centre
Anne Edmonds @ Melbourne
Town Hall
RELATED CONTENT
Straight off the bat, Lawrence Leung made it clear to us that Very
Strange Things was no ordinary comedy show. So different that I found
myself asking, 'Is this guy a comedian or a wizard?'
Using the skills and tricks he discovered on his one man hit TV show
Lawrence Leung’s Choose Your Own Adventure, Leung explored his
obsessions from ghosts to Rubik’s Cubes. Much to my disappointment
however, there was nothing about break dancing. You’d think asking
questions such as “how cynical are you on a scale of one to Richard
Dawkins?” or statements such as, “I’m not a psychic, I’m a Jedi” would
only reach a very niche kind of audience, but as I looked around, there
is no way you could categorize this Thursday night crowd.
Leung started off the show with a test of our psychic powers, jumping in
with a classic “put up your hands if you knew I was gonna say that?”
using the ESP experiment “created by parapsychologist Bill Murray in
the documentary Ghostbusters”. The show showed a series of
experiments, usually picking on the audience member who looked at
the floor the hardest as his subject. He was so confident that he’d get
them right, even promising to pledge $20 to Donald Trump’s campaign
if he didn’t. He didn’t disappoint, even working out one relatively
pissed off woman’s ATM pin number (and yes he showed us the pin).
Things took a slightly melodramatic turn at the end of the show.
Promising to show us the secrets to his tricks, Leung told us to either
close or open our eyes. Naturally, I left mine open and watched as he
solved the secrets, leaving me to think “No shit - how didn’t I know
that? How bloody stupid am I?” Funeral music was then played as
Leung asked the biggest philosophical question for every sci-fi nerd
over the age of 25: “Are you a Scully or a Mulder? Just remember
there’s an explanation for everything”.
BY ROCHELLE BEVIS
LAWRENCE LEUNG
3. Sign up to our weekly newsletter
BREAKING NEWS
Exposing Edith Slated For 2016... 4 min ago
Rick Dangerous & The Silkie Bantams... 14 min ago
Hospitality Set For 2016 Melbourne Show 21 min ago
Culture Club Announce 2016 Melbourne... 3 hours ago
The Australian Ballet to Bring Swan... 5 hours ago
MICF Menu - Saturday April 16 1 day ago
Craig Robinson Announces 2016 Melbourne...
2 days ago
Grindhouse Announce 2016 Melbourne... 2 days ago
Arts House Seeking Participants For... 2 days ago
ALL NEWS »
4. Circus Oz And City Of Melbourne... 2 days ago
Clairy Browne : PoolClairy Browne : Pool
ALBUM OF THE WEEK
POPULAR
5. People
People
PeoplePeople Recent
Recent
RecentRecent Popular
Popular
PopularPopular
People
People
PeoplePeople Recent
Recent
RecentRecent Popular
Popular
PopularPopular
DISCUSSION
MOST DISCUSSED
AT-LP60-USB Belt Drive Turntable
1 comment · 4 days ago
How To Be A Good Patriot with the True Australian
Patriots
1 comment · 1 week ago
The Weeping Willows
1 comment · 1 week ago
MICF Daily - Thursday 24th March
1 comment · 3 weeks ago
MOST DISCUSSED
AT-LP60-USB Belt Drive Turntable
1 comment · 4 days ago
How To Be A Good Patriot with the True Australian
Patriots
1 comment · 1 week ago
The Weeping Willows
1 comment · 1 week ago
MICF Daily - Thursday 24th March
1 comment · 3 weeks ago
Home
Festivals
Gig Guide
Discussion
Music
News
Features
Reviews
Dance
Arts
News
Features
Reviews
Theatre
Free Shit
Open Competitions
Closed Competitions
Venues Contact
Advertise
RSS
