If you're a fan of Mr Bean, Jim Carrey and the like, then you should see this show.
Tim Smith - Sydney Morning Herald
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"Daniel Oldaker maximises the subtlety of live performance, often using little more than his eyebrows to get huge laughs from his audience"
★★★★★
Winnipeg Press
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“Oldaker is a master of object manipulation"
★★★★
Herald Sun
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“Presented with exceptional energy, the show demonstrates Oldaker’s live performance skills while constantly subverting the conventions of comedy and circus, withdrawing the predictability to offer a genuinely unique Festival experience”
Jonathon Rivett - The Punn
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Daniel Oldaker controls the audience like an orchestra in this deft physical comedy.
Dandyman was an exemplary example of physical comedy which prompted many laughs. Performer Daniel Oldaker combined a few simple props to tell a simple story, which was the framework for a variety of gags.
The finale was appropriately extravagant and messy but I think the real highlight for me was the introductory sketch using straws. Oldaker made several drinking straws into a number of different objects. What impressed me was the sheer number of different objects and how clearly they were represented - not to mention that it was very funny.
I always admire performers that seem to control an audience like a conductor guiding an orchestra. Daniel does this. At one point he literally uses straws as batons.
Dandyman contains a small amount of audience interaction, but you're probably safe if you avoid the front row and the aisle seats.
Tim Smith - Sydney Morning Herald
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Christmas, the festive season – the silly season some might say, especially if that person is Dandyman. The brains behind the silly, Daniel Oldaker, returns to The Butterfly Club as his alter-ego in his Christmas-inspired show, Dandyman – Mocktales.
He appears on stage dressed in pyjamas but it’s not long until they come off and the trademark bright-blue suit with bow tie makes its appearance. Dandyman recalls various childhood memories of Christmas time accompanied by a variety of routines consisting of clowning, magic or dancing and sometimes all three. At one point, I distinctly feel like I am watching an episode of Mr. Bean, but one in which he speaks.
Oldaker has such a strong stage presence and is full of charisma. One of the more memorable scenes involves Dandyman reminiscing about his grandfather and the magic trick he used to perform to the grandchildren. It brought a feeling of quaint nostalgia to the audience as we were invariably led to thoughts of our own special family memories. I did enjoy some of the silliness and playfulness on stage and the memories of childhood Christmases.
Ring in the silly season By Myron My
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* AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS
* Best International Act - Busan International Comedy Festival, Sth Korea
* Patrons Pick - Winnipeg Fringe Festival
* Nominated "Just For Laughs" Best Comedy Award St Ambroise Festival, Montreal
* Green Room Award - Choose Your Own Variety With Ali McGregor Produced by Melbourne Arts Centre (Collaborating Artist)
* Green Room Award Nomination for Best Cabaret Show - Acts of Absurdity
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HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE
* Busan International Comedy Festival (Sth. Korea)
* Tú sí que vales (Italian TV Variety Show)
* Romania's Got Talent
* Brisbane Festival
*La Soireé (Sydney Opera House)
* Melbourne International Comedy Festival (Art Versus Entertainment, Dandyman, Live Flavor, The Great Gondos, Agogo Agogo, Mnuh)
* La Cliqué in The Famous Spiegeltent (Edinburgh, Melb., Adelaide),
* Lainsuojattomat Festival (Finland)
* Canal City (Fukuoka, Japan)
* Festival Internacional De Artistas De Rua Da Bahia (Brazil)
* Cheongdo Festival (Sth. Korea)
* Indianapolis Fringe (USA)
* Hotlips Variety Show (Sweden)
* ABC's "The Sideshow"
* Featured Extra in Paul Hogan's "The Very Excellent Mr Dundee"
* Ali McGregor’s Variety Hour (Hamer Hall)
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TRAINING, WORKSHOPS & DIRECTING
Diploma in New Circus (New Zealand), Philippe Gaulier - Clowning (London, Paris) Angelo De Castro – Clowning, Derek Scott, Character (Brisbane), Tom Greder, Clowning (Sydney), Avner Eiesenberg, Clowning (U.S.A.), Gardi Hutter, Clowning (Croatia) TV Presenters Course - Brave Studios, John Bolton - Clowning, John Forman - Directing, Jesse Griffin - Directing, Patrick Bath - Directing, Trent Baumann - Directing, (Melb.), Screenactors Australia, Physical Comedy (Clare Bartholamew)
THEATRE
Dandyman - Adelaide Frige Festival, Melb. Comedy Fest., Busan International Comedy Festival, Brisbane Arts Festival, 14 Regional Halls in Victoria for RAV Tour, Brunswick Pic. House, Lainsuojattomat (FL), Woodford Folk Festival, The Butterfly Club, Live Flavor - Melb. Int. Comedy Festival, The Butterfly Club, Varietyville Theatre (Melb), Grainery Lane Theatre (Ballarat) Tastes Funny – Melb. Fringe Fest., Chapel off Chapel, The Butterfly Club (Melb.) Colac Performing Arts Centre, Alley Cat Bar (Hobart), Indianapolis Fringe Festival Acts of Absurdity - Live Online Zoom Show (3 month season 7000 Guests), Fringe World Perth, 14 Regional Halls with RAV Tour, The Old Bar, Co-Produced Melb. Int. Comedy Fest., HiFi Bar, North Melb. Town Hall, Trades Hall, Edinburgh Castle, Bar 303, Lentil as Anything, Varietyville Theatre (Melb.), Regal Tent (Adelaide Fringe Fest.), Peacock Theatre, Alley Cat Bar (Hobart) History of Motion Picture - Lama Theatre (Melb), Solstice - Grainery Lane Theatre, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead - National Theatre (Ballarat)
CABARET/VARIETY
La Soiree (Sydney Opera House), La Clique (Now called La Soiree), Melbourne Arts Festival (The Blue Room), The Famous Spiegeltent (Adelaide, Edinburgh, Melb.), The Tiny Top (Adelaide, Hobart, Edinburgh, Golconda, Footscray, Melb., Sydney), Ali McGregors Variety Hour (Melb . Int. Comedy Fest., Morning Melodies, Hamer Hall), Hotlips (Malmo, Sweden), The Catchpenny Club,The Multipurpose Rumpusroom, Melb. Arts Fest.-The Blue Thong, NICA Cabaret Show, Big Fun Sunday, Main Stage St. Kilda Festival, Abbotsford Convent Christmas Show (Melb.), Sweet Monas (Balla.), The Regal Tent, The Umbrella Revolution (Adelaide Fringe Fest), Ice Cream Factory Cabaret, Snapshots, Jamjar (Bris.) Red Bennies
MASTER OF CEREMONIES
Commonwealth Bank (Noosa Waters), Australian Circus Festival, Hyundai Christmas Party, Woodford Folk Festival, Christmas Spectacular, Acts of Absurdity (Nth. Melb. Town Hall, Trades Hall, Hifi Bar, The Old Bar, Bar 303, Lentil As Anything, Peacock Theatre, Regal Tent, Edinburgh Castle, Varietyville Theatre, Grainery Lane Theatre, The Alley Cat Bar), Clown-O- Clock – Hobart, NICA Cabaret, Hoopla Festival Big Top
FESTIVALS
EUROPE/UK - Gauklerfestival, Pflasterspektakel, Waidenhofen, St Johann (A) Kiel Woche, Off (D) La Ghironda, Sarzana (IT) Lainsuojattomat (FL), Oerel, Karavann, Rotterdam Straatfest, Sinta Rosa (NL), Ovezande, Del Monde (B), Fira de Teatre al Carrer, Off (SP), Aurillac - Off, Avignon – Off, Chalon - Off (F), Buskerbus (PL), 365 Circus Fest. (Geneve, Switzerland), Buskerbus (PL), Edinburgh Fringe Festival (UK),
AUSTRALIA - Adelaide Fringe, Australian Circus, Taste of Tasmania, Ballarat Begonia, Bendigo Easter Fair, Big West , Brunswick, Tarra, Lygon Street, Melbourne Comedy, Melbourne International Arts, Melbourne Fringe, Melbourne Street Theatre, Moomba, Mornington food and wine, The Village, Earthbeat – Earthbeat, Mortlake, Show us your Toys - Hamilton, St. Kilda, Leeton Sunrice, Knox, Lavandula - Hepburn Springs, Albury Buskers, Newcastle – Live sites, Moreton Bay Sustainable, Lavandular, Applause, La Fiera (Myrtleford),
ASIA PACIFIC / ASIA
Winner Best International Act (Busan Comedy Festival), Chuncheon Mime Festival, Golden Week Celebrations (Singapore), Singapore Buskers Festival
CANADA/U.S.A. / STH. AMERICA
Winnipeg Fringe Festival, Montreal Fringe Festival, Edmonton Buskers Festival, Festival Internacional De Artistas De Rua Da Bahia ( BR), Indianapolis Fringe (USA)
FILM APPEARANCES
- The Very Excellent Mr Dundee, Disappeared, Quantum Cabaret, The Last Slice, Time Shifter
T.V. APPEARANCES
Tú Sí Que Vale (Italian TV Variety Show), Romania's Got Talent, ABC’s The Sideshow, Canal Road, Prank Patrol, Channel 31 (The Comic Box, Champagne Comedy), Hey Hey it’s Saturday, S.B.S.World News, Kerry Anne, Sunrise
T.V. COMMERCIALS
Catch.com, Serve from Merv, Lucky 5 Lotto, Le Rice, Ballarat Taxis
STAND- UP
Raw Comedy, Peanut Butter Jam,The Armadale,The Comics Lounge, The Laundry, The Odeon
CORPORATE / PRIVATE EVENTS
Hamilton Island complete Varietyville Package with a range of activations, Commonwealth Bank
(Noosa Waters), David Walsh’s 50th - MONA (Hobart), T.G.I. Fridays (London), Starship (Sydney) Visy Christmas Party, Christmas Spectacular (Moonee Valley, Bundora), Foxtel Christmas Party, Channel 9 Christmas Party, Toyota Product Launch, Ballarat Tourism Awards, Box Hill Library, Hyundai Christmas Party, (Ballarat, Bendigo, Melb. Cup), Camelot Castle, C.I. Events, Prologue, Stonnington Safety Week, AFI Awards, Melb. Fashion Fest., Elmac Christmas Party, Fusion One Dance Studios, (Melb.), Scienceworks, Marrakesch Bar, Baroq Bar, CommonweaLth Games, Sustainability Victoria, Elmac, Western District Business Awards, Camelot Castle,
TEACHING/PERFORMANCES AT SCHOOLS & UNIVERSITIES
O Week Performances (RMIT, Lilydale, Ballarat, Bendigo, Geelong), Margaret River Senior High School, Monterey Secondary College, Ballarat Secondary College, Mt. Clear Secondary College, Ballarat High School, Sebastopol Secondary College, Indianapolis, Red Theatre,Christchurch, Bright Youth Week, La Fiera Festival, D’Faces Youth Theatre (Whyalla)