EARNESTLY SAID THAN DONE: Theatre Review

WHAT: Earnestly Said Than Done WHEN: 17 - 23 April 2023 WHERE: The Motley Bauhaus Black Box WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY: Nick Robertson and Rowan Thambar Nick Robertson and Rowan Thanbar - photo by Tony Dymock At the start of the month I wrote about a clever pair of stand up comedians who decided to share a bill - Gay Horseplay - the result of which was an hour of sharp comedy with no fill. Earnestly Said Than Done is another shared bill in the same style and is playing at The Motley Bauhaus Black Box for this last week of the Melbourne Comedy Festival . Earnestly Said Than Done is a collaboration between two emerging comedians - Rowan Thambar and Nick Robertson. Thambar is well on the way to building a strong career and writes comedy for The Project . Nick is more of an 'around the traps' comedian, with a several years of stage performance behind him. Thambar opens the show with tales of how his family history is kind of like the OG of MAFS . Leaning into his Sri Lankan herit