Share a hilarious time out with Voss
Reviewed at the Astor Hotel on 22 February 2019
Presented by Adapt Enterprises Pty Ltd
Local comedy legend, Ross Voss, has been a fixture of the arts scene for fifteen years now and after a successful Edinburgh Fringe season, he’s now treating Adelaide Fringers to his basketball-inspired show, Time Out With Ross Voss.
The opening monologue will have those of us old enough to remember VCRs flashing back to 1980s basketball commentary. And while the opening and theme of this show are all basketball related, the rules of this show are simple, really: four quarters of comedy, twelve minutes each, just like the game. And if you’re not a sports fan, don’t despair, Voss covers vast topics many of which are unrelated to sport.
The first ‘quarter’ is about audience interaction. So be warned, if you show up and the basketball is handballed to you, you’ll have to introduce yourself to your fellow audience members. On Friday, everyone got their twenty seconds of fame, and this ice-breaking activity really helped foster an atmosphere of shared jocularity.
In the second quarter, Voss starts to get serious about his game attire, and the headband comes out. He tells of his Edinburgh Fringe audience debacles and poses the theory that cooking shows should be filmed in Africa. The third quarter involves some hilarious quotes from his favourite book, The Quotable Douchbag, and Voss pulls off a cracking Arnold Schwarzenegger impersonation.
The fourth and final quarter is where Voss’s talents with cheesy one-liner jokes shines. There were baker jokes (about 20 of them) and greengrocer jokes (about fifty!). Voss has even had the greengrocer jokes printed in a collectible book available for purchase at the show — they’re so bad that they’re awesome.
Voss’s real talent lies in his stage presence, friendly, easy demeanour and ability to make everyone feel like an integral part of his show. His language is clean and the majority of his jokes are too; it’s the sort of show that parents could feel confident taking young teenagers to while still enjoying it themselves.
Highly recommended, get your knee-length shorts and sloppy-fit tanks out and go get your game on with Time Out With Ross Voss. Best ‘sport’ this book-nerd, sports-hating reviewer has ever attended.
Reviewed by Samantha Bond
Twitter: @SamStaceyBond
Venue: Gillies room, Astor hotel
Season: 21 Feb-16 March (Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights)
Duration: 50 minutes
Tickets: $12-15
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