The Penis Principles is a comedy cabaret show with balls and two brains.

Find out what modern men are really thinking, in a below the belt evening of erect entertainment.

It's a show every man should see and every woman should experience

as Matt, Rohan and Kim unzip The Penis Principles!

Starring • KIM CLARK• ROHAN WATTS • MATT BYRNE

MBM unzips The Penis Principles

Matt Byrne unleashes 2010 Fringe comedy at Maxim’s Feb 16- Mar 14

Why do men have two brains … and which one’s in charge?

That’s just one of the many manly topics under the microscope in Matt Byrne Media’s politically erect Fringe comedy cabaret show The Penis Principles.

The show will have its World Premiere season at Maxim’s Wine Bar at 194a The Parade, Norwood, upstairs opposite the Norwood Town Hall, from February 16 to March 14.

Writer/Director Matt Byrne says it’s time men took “a long hard look at themselves.”

“We’ve had Busting Out about Busts and Vagina Monologues about … ginas, now it’s time for The Penis Principles about … pulls,” Byrne says.

“Women want to know what men are thinking, well here’s their chance to find out.

“There’s minimal puppetry and the odd scrotum, but we do tackle many topics men often avoid, and have a lot of fun doing it.”

The show co-stars Kim Clark, Rohan Watts and Byrne, and is the latest in a long line of MBM Fringe shows, including Bouncers, Shakers, Barrackers, Virgins, Pricks, Chalkies, Over The Hill and Caddyshack & Other Dangerfields.

“We tackle men’s equipment and hidden hang-ups with tongue in cheek and situation in hand,” he says.

“We examine everything from size, contraception and self satisfaction, to circumcision, toilet etiquette, and sperm count _ which is a lot easier than counting sperm!

“And there’s a bunch of very funny songs about the problems caused by He Who Must Be Obeyed, with plenty of interaction with the crowd.”

The show will also promote Prostate Cancer Awareness, with survivors there to talk to punters every night about getting a check up.

“Men have to extract the digit and look after their health, this show could save your life,” he said.

“As the gender balance gathers pace, we have to redefine what makes us men. As long as we keep our sense of humour there’s hope for both sexes.”

MAXIM'S WINE BAR

194a The Parade, Norwood (Upstairs Opposite Norwood Town Hall)

Feb 16 (Preview)- Feb 17 (Opening), 19 & 21, 23-24, 26 & 28, March 2-3, 5 & 7, 9-10, 12 & 14 at 8 p.m.

Book on 1300 374 643 - All Tix $25.00 & All Tightarse Tuesdays $20.00

Kim Clark Rohan Watts & Matt Byrne!

 

Here is some info on MBM's 2010 musical All Shook Up.

All Shook Up is a terrific show from writer Jo DiPetro (writer of I Love You You’re Perfect, Now Change) who has adapted Shakespeare's Twelfth Night to an Elvis style musical.

If you enjoy a good story, lots of wonderful music (all Elvis Presley songs), fantastic talent and a good time - this is the show! "All Shook Up" is set in 1955 and is about a hip-swiveling, guitar-playing stranger called Chad who comes to town to fall in love with a sweet young local girl called Natalie who dreams of leaving her sleepy town for the big smoke.

All the songs are Elvis Presley's, from Blue Suede Shoes to A Little Less Conversation This story of romance and dreams is based around the songs of Elvis Presley.

ALL SHOOK UP - Cast of Characters and Introductory Plot Synopsis

Somewhere in the midwest in the 1950s, Chad, a hip-swiveling, guitar-playing roustabout, is being released from prison ("Jailhouse Rock"). The warden doesn't appreciate a guy like Chad ridin' into town, playin' his music and excitin' the local women. With a sneer, Chad rides off.

In a nearby dreary little town, Natalie, a young mechanic, is dreaming of love and adventure. She yearns for one true love to take her away, but she doesn't realize that her best friend Dennis has a secret crush on her. Sitting in Sylvia's, the local honky tonk, the whole town sings the blues ("Heartbreak Hotel"). Natalie's widowed father Jim enters and joins in, until they're interrupted by the roar of a motorcycle: it is Chad, the most gorgeous man any of the women in this town have ever seen! Most swoon for him, but one unlucky girl has the displeasure of FAINTING before him, riding into town ("Roustabout"). Chad is in need of a mechanic and he's introduced to Natalie, who is instantly smitten ("One Night With You") and promises to fix his bike, wanting to hold him in her arms.

Chad asks about any excitement in town, but he's told that excitement is outlawed under the Mayor's strict rules: no tight pants, no public necking, and worst of all, NO LOUD MUSIC! Chad, incensed, promises to breathe some life into this sad, little town and he touches a broken-down jukebox, and it immediately comes to life ("C'mon Everybody"). So does the town ....

For all of those who are asking... WHAT PARTS ARE THERE?! There are a TON! And they're all GREAT!

CAST OF CHARACTERS:

NATALIE HALLER (Early 20's): a mechanic.

CHAD: a great-lookin', motorcycling, guitar-playing, leather-jacketed roustabout.

JIM HALLER (mid 40's-50's): Natalie's widowed father.

SYLVIA (mid 40's): the no-nonsense owner of SYLVIA'S HONKY-TONK.

LORRAINE: Sylvia's 16 year-old daughter.

DENNIS: a young, awkward, aspiring dentist. The role is as big as Chad’s.

MISS SANDRA: the beautiful, intellectual caretaker of the town's museum. Cougar town :-)

MAYOR MATILDA HYDE (mid 40's-50's): the town's conservative mayor.

DEAN HYDE: Matilda's 16 year-old son. He has grown up at a military boarding school.

SHERIFF EARL (mid 40's-50's): the law in town. A man of not many words.

PLUS A BIG BUSY CHORUS We need people 16 and over.

INFORMATION NIGHT

Monday, March 8 at St. Philip's Church at 19 Staffa Street, Broadview at 7.30 p.m.

AUDITIONS

Sunday, March 14 at Mighty Good Studios.

Group Audition 9 a.m.

Individual Auditions from 11 a.m.

REHEARSALS

We will rehearse Tuesdays and Thursdays at St. Philip's from 7.30 p.m. to 10.30 p.m. & Sundays at Mighty Good from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Rehearsals begin Tuesday, March 30 with a Read Through.

The Season is:

Arts Theatre July 7-17
Elizabeth's Shedley Theatre 22-24
Chaffey Theatre July 31

If Elvis auditioned for this show he'd get the lead, but the lead role is called Chad, and we need someone with real rock'n'roll charisma.

Call Matt on 041 933 5966 for details or email mbm@adelaide.on.net

ANZAC DAY CONCERTS

Scott Theatre April 25 at 2 p.m. & 6.30 p.m.

Thanks to Tim Freedman from All Pro Audio for his ongoing support

of Matt Byrne Media

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

An ideal show for your favourite club to hire!

CRITIC'S RAVE ABOUT RODNEY!!!

"Pure gold, this show certainly gets my respect." db magazine.

"A+ for Rodney!"

INDEPENDENT WEEKLY A+!!!!

When US comedian Rodney Dangerfield died in 2004 he was probably best remembered in Australia for two roles: 1980’s ‘Caddyshack’ alongside Chevy Chase and Bill Murray, and Oliver Stone’s ultra-violent 1994 flick, ‘Natural Born Killers’ in which Dangerfield bravely played a leering, abusive, incestuous father to the pert Juliette Lewis. Dangerfield’s decidedly low-brow shtick as the foul-mouthed misogynist was developed through decades of hard work on clubs and on TV variety shows such as Johnny Carson and Dean Martin.

Matt Byrne is well known to Adelaide audiences. His considerable history in theatre and comedy give him the confidence to approach a demanding one-man show like this. In the role of Dangerfield, Byrne’s pliant face provides good mimicry of the late comedian. But it is in the rapid-fire delivery of Dangerfield’s one-liners that Byrne shines. Switching between Dangerfield reciting his life story, to Dangerfield on stage (not that there’s much difference!), and with a minimum of props, Byrne captures the essence of the character.

While we’ve all heard the jokes before – it is the poignant tying together of the neglected child, Jacob Cohen, with his later alter-ego, the crass Dangerfield that gives the show its depth. Matt Byrne clearly isn’t Rodney Dangerfield, and the faux American accent sometimes goes awry, but as Dangerfield himself would have said, please, somebody, give the guy some respect!

Maxims Wine Bar, until March 22.

***** A+ - Peter C. Pugsley.

 

DB MAGAZINE

Rodney Dangerfield might've died just over four years ago, aged 82, but through the unique and astute impersonation skills of local theatre identity, Matt Byrne, he lives again with 'Caddyshack & Other Dangerfields.!

Renowned for his crude, over-the-top wisecracking and belligerent one-liners, found in movies such as Caddyshack and Back To School, Dangerfield may never have earned much respect from the movie high-browed and critical side of the industry, but as revealed here there was certainly a lot more to the man than met the eye.

For an hour-and-a-half Byrne takes on the role of Dangerfield and passionately tells of the comic legend's rise from poverty to a life of money, heavy drinking, marijuana use and depression.

Told pretty much in chronological order, Byrne could have easily taken the Wikipedic path and simply rattled off the whole diatribe of facts and hearsay; but here's the twist.

By meticulously recreating every twitch, shrug and tug of the tie, Byrne not only presents a comprehensive biograpical account of an otherwise overlooked entire life, but manages to respectively turn this show into an actual autobiographical telling, by cleverly creating an almost seamless script, largely made up of Dangerfield's best known gags.

It's here that fans, and even those not in the know will take great delight in reliving some of the most memorable and off-quoted verbal uppercuts in comedy history.

And for those Caddyshack afficionados out there, you're going to absolutely revel in Byrne's fast-forwarded re-enactment of almost every one Dangerfield's scenes from the movie.

Pure gold, this show certainly gets my respect.

Maxim’s Wine Bar, Feb 25-27, March 1, 4-6, 8, 11-13, 15, 18-20, 22.

***** - Steve Jones.

 

THE ADVERTISER

MATT Byrne has chosen to premiere his latest tribute show, Caddyshack & Other Dangerfields, about comic legend Rodney Dangerfield at this year's Fringe Festival.

Byrne is convincing enough in his portrayal of Dangerfield. Small snippets of song and sound effects are used as a prompt for Byrne to launch into an aspect of Dangerfield’s life, be it his school days, married life, family life, or his experiences as a performer.

He manages to meld many of Dangerfield’s classic jokes into the history of his life as he battles for respect in the entertainment industry and in life in general.

Byrne interacts well with the crowd, and while his faux American accent wavered at times, Byrne should further grow into the role as he performs more shows.

If you are a Rodney Dangerfield fan this show will satisfy. If you aren’t too familiar with Dangerfield’s work, you should still enjoy a laugh at some of his timeless jokes.

Maxim’s Wine Bar, Feb 25-27, March 1, 4-6, 8, 11-13, 15, 18-20, 22.

*** Rating: 3 Stars - Ben Hyde.

 

ADELAIDE THEATRE GUIDE

"Local theatre producer/director/performer Matt Byrne, on the other hand, deserves plenty of respect for his portrayal of this clever, complex and very funny man.

Byrne uses the intimate space effectively, moving around and engaging the audience, using all of Dangerfield's trademark nervous mannerisms.

Byrne disappears into the role and captures the funnyman's spirit, and that is what gives this show its spark.

Lovers of old-school American standup should also consider making their way to Norwood to catch the show, there are plenty of laughs to be had from some classic material."

*** Rating: 3.5 Stars - Jamie Wright.

 

SUNDAY MAIL

The prolific Matt Byrne channels the 1980s icon, the boggle-eyed, no-respect-muttering Rodney Dangerfield.

The show is a one-man tribute to all things Dangerfield and is told in the first person _ the man on stage talking about himself, his life and demons, all the while dropping the oneliners that made him so famous.

Not having seen the actor's 1980 cult movie Caddyshack and having only a passing familiarity with his personality, there was no better way to learn about the rude and crude comic than standup style.

With highlights from Caddyshack and plenty of oneliners, the audience was kept laughing with Byrne's impersonation skills.

*** Rating: 3 Stars - Rosetta Mastrantone.

RIP IT UP

Adelaide audiences will know Matt Byrne Media for their wonderful satirical ensemble productions on facets of Australian society. Caddyshack And Other Dangerfields presents the talented Matt Byrne solo, dedicating his time to the memory of Rodney Dangerfield - to show respect for one who had done so much for others. This is essentially 90 minutes of Byrne being a stand-up comic telling stories from Dangerfield’s life with jokes coming at a mile minute at a relentless pace – a big call for anyone. He must be commended for the sheer volume of jokes noticeably in the second half, and the neat use of musical inserts to break up the vignettes, to properly exploit the more poignant moments.

- Michael Coglan.