Laugh Your Pants Off
Image: Lawrence Mooney
This coming weekend The Star will be host to a huge comedy showcase. At Laugh Your Pants Off some of Australia’s best comedic talent will be performing such as Denise Scott, Sammy J, Heath Franklin, Jeff Green, Tahir and Lawrence Mooney.
Internationally acclaimed comedian Lindsay Webb will host this one-night comedic extravaganza. Lawrence Mooney, who also hosts ABC 2’s Dirty Laundry Live, said he’s excited to be a part of this line up especially with the other talent performing.
“You’re so rarely in an ensemble cast, you really want to make sure you kill it,” he said.
“You want to impress them and there’s a little bit of competition. [My impression of] Malcolm Turnbull might make an appearance, as well as some other stuff.”
Mooney loves stand up more than any other medium and he believes the high you get from laughter is irreplaceable.
“[Stand up is] freeing, dangerous and most rewarding,” he said. “When you come off the stage you’re floating from that. The glory is yours you don’t have to share it. [The audience’s laughter] is a rare and delicious herb.”
Mooney is no novice when it comes to this type of performance, as he has done spectaculars like this before such as the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow and the Laugh Your Pants Off at Jupiter’s Casino in Queensland.
This May, Mooney will have been performing stand up for 22 years. (AMal)
Jan 24, 7.30pm. The Star, 80 Pyrmont Street, Pyrmont. $59.95. Tickets & info: star.com.au
BY ATHINA MALLIS
