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Comedyfestival Melbourne 2005
SWISS DUO'S WACKY ROLE
(...) the two veteran Swiss comics started as street buskers more than 19 years and 2000 performances ago.
They are now among their country's most popular performers. They appear regularly on television shows and at festivals throughout Europe.
Critics claim the pair are impossible to describe. Their spontaneity on stage is a feature of their act. The pair claim each performance is «fresh and unique» and peppered with improvisations (...) |
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| Paul Steward |
| (Herald Sun Melbourne, 03.04.2005) |
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"The audience is always promised one highlight after the next. U&N make that same promise with "Pearls, Freaks & Special Guests". The only difference is that they keep it!" |
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| (Sonntagsblick, September 2001) |
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«Best of all, poeple still laugh from start to finisch with these magnificent liars. Big time!» |
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| (Curtain Up New York, August 2000) |
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«'Solo' is a night of guaranteed fun!» |
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| (Swiss american Review, New York, Oktober 1998) |
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«Fantastic! I loved it! That's all!» |
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| (An audience member, New York, Januar 1998) |
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«The swiss german Marx-Brothers!» |
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| (Village Voice New York, August 2002, 1987) |
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«If anyone is disappointed that Lano & Woodley aren't performing this year, Ursus & Nadeschkin from Switzerland are very much in the same spirit of comedy. Their show meanders chaotically through several different kinds of performance art including dance, bilingual joke-telling, juggling, singing, drumming and fine art visual gags. Highly recommended!» |
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| Katherine Phelps |
| (Melbourne Comedy Festival, 25.03.2005) |
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"U&N are a smash hit! The audience enthusiastically celebrated the two comedians. They perform in the circus-ring as if they had never done anything else: bold, funny, superior, explosive dialog and lots of charm!" |
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| (Tages-Anzeiger, 23.03.2002) |
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«The Show, like U&N themselves, demands to be seen. It's cause for celebration!» |
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| (nytheatre.com, August 2000) |
| Ursus & Nadeschkin: Winners of Fringe 2000 Overall Excellence Awards |
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Ursus & Nadeschkin are liars. Big time. Before they start their show, they go around the audience shaking everyone's hand and saying their good-byes because they have to zip out to JFK immediately at the end. The funny thing is that everyone believes them. Synchronized Swimming - the dry version refers to where they met. Tryouts for the Swiss national team were scheduled, only there wasn't any water in the pool. It's a preposterous story, but again everyone believes them -- or sort of. It's hard to look Nadeschkin without laughing. Her signature yellow overalls, vacant look and Medusa-like mop of blonde-highlighted hair belie a sharp tongue. Ursus is more composed, but he loses it the moment she begins verbal sparring. She throws a temper tantrum but then relents. Still, whatever they say, people believe. Their act has undergone some modifications since they were at Fringe in an abbreviated run two years ago. (Even back then they probably lied about when they would come.) There is still some ironic juggling with balls seemingly dangling in the air. The strand of three oversized confetti that Ursus pulls from his jacket is the same, too. Best of all, people still laugh from start to finish with these magnificent liars. 1 hour, 20 minutes. At The Kraine Theater, 85 East 4th Street (2nd/Bowery). [DL] www.curtainup.com |
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| CurtainUp, The Internet Theater Magazine of Reviews |
| (Curtain Up New York, August 2000) |
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