Words Melanie Tito
Are you cool? Am I cool? Are they cool?
Last night I invited my friend Justin – a Kiwi back from his other home Edmonton – to join me at Q for producer Alice Kirker’s quirky comedy “Cool Behaviour”.
We were ushered into the cosy, warm space that is the tiny Vault … to a table at the front. Uh-oh. My heart skipped a beat at the possibility of having to do the dreaded audience participation stuff. This, before it even started. I distracted myself with the bright thought that Justin was seated in a more convenient spot to be picked. Ha!
With no due warning the play commenced and two bold, quirky, beautiful “Doctors of Cool” burst out on the stage, and there was no time to retreat … to consider an ‘out’. We may not have signed up for it, but we were in. We were enrolled – as students, guinea pigs, dare I say disciples! – at the School of Cool.
For a brief and glorious hour, comedy duo Ava Diakhaby and Frith Horan charmed, chided, humoured and enlightened us through multiple genius acts – with energetic song, dance, rap and more.
I laughed more than I expected to, I had so much fun!
Justin wished to award it “five stars”. I think back to a certain sea of Doritos stars I saw scattered across a dark surface last night, and indeed I feel like showering both Ava and Frith with stars.
Are we cool? Are we even close? Why yes, now that we’ve walked out those doors changed people … I think we are.
