Amos Gill. The Rhino Room. 20 Feb 2015
‘Amos Gill is Gillty’, and he certainly is! Guilty of hilariousness, guilty of inappropriateness, and guilty of awkwardness!
Standing, alone, on a 1 square metre stage jammed into an opening on one side of the Rhino Room’s ‘Howling Owl’, Gill quipped at how sexual the mood was. Sex was definitely on the agenda – and it wasn’t going to end there.
When not discussing his own sexual exploits (or lack thereof until his foray into breakfast radio) he was recalling a fateful evening as a 10 year old in a motel room shadowed by the ‘Big Orange’ when he got stuck listening to his mother “get it on” with a gentleman caller.
Gill is very funny, and he plays well off the audience in the room. Quickly latching onto a gentleman sitting half-way back we soon learned his nickname, Pie-Cart, and how his seat had been the location chosen by an earlier audience member who had given the show extra “length” (for want of a better word)! You may just have to see the show for that reference to make sense.
The inappropriateness and awkwardness is occasionally an issue however, and more than once one felt sorrier for Gill than amused as he told gut wrenching stories from his past, which were self-deprecating and just a little sad.
That said, for the most part, the laughter abounds. He’s a funny guy, and apparently also hosts a bit of breakfast radio – either way, “get on it”.
Paul Rodda
When: 20 Feb to 7 Mar
Where: The Rhino Room – Howling Owl
Bookings: adelaidefringe.com.au
