The long awaited apocalypse is looming and the Church of the Filius Dei Nullius are waiting to kindly escort you on your journey to heaven…and to cash in on your fear. You don’t need wallets in heaven right? The clever comedy duo Christian Bagin and John Forman come together as Dun Dun Daa productions to bring there dry and sometimes dark humour to the stage at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Their show, The Rapture, is staged in a dark and seemingly endless room in the Revolt warehouse space in Kensington the room lined thematically with pews.
The Rapture is a cross between The Vicar Of Dibley and the Mr Bean series and is the perfect show for any doomsday thinkers or anyone who was forced to go to Catholic school. Don’t worry I assure you, you’ll never enjoy church so much. The Rapture is a theatre show about waiting for the end of days. It’s a hot topic and everyone wants to be right when they predict something as outlandish as the demise of the human world.
Bagin and Forman spare no manners for the plight of Christianity in their new comedy show, wielding controversy like a Jedi master wields a light saber. Full of audience interaction and sometimes confronting quips, this is not for the easily offended! Bring your thickest skin and best sense of bible bashing humour.
BY JESSICA LAWSON
