Walkley Award winning cartoonist and self-proclaimed National Treasure, First Dog on the Moon (aka Andrew Marlton), has engaged eckfactor to publicise his one-person show Cartoobs and other typos at the upcoming Adelaide Fringe and Melbourne International Comedy Festivals.
Cartoobs and other typos won the Tour Ready Award at the 2012 Melbourne Fringe Festival. The prize was an invitation to Adelaide Fringe; First Dog will appear on three evenings only on February 22, 23 and 24.
First Dog will then return home to Melbourne to perform Cartoobs from March 28 to April 21 as part of the Melbourne Comedy Festival in the straight-after-work-need-a-laugh 6pm slot at the Victoria Hotel in Little Collins Street.
An hilarious and whimsical journey through the mind of one Australia’s leading political cartoonists, Cartoobs inducts audiences into the mysteries of cartooning, battling a daily deadline and having the voices of hundreds of marsupials inside your head. Audiences may or may not even meet the ABC Interpretive Dance Bandicoot.
Song, dance, colouring-in and pretending to know what you are doing while being adorable all feature in this crisp satirical descent into despair and back out again whew that was close.
Adelaide Fringe Festival
February 22, 23 and 24 Venue: Gluttony – Pig Tales at 5.40pm Tickets $28 or $26 Conc. Book here for Adelaide
Melbourne International Comedy Festival
March 28 through to April 21 Venue: Victoria Hotel – 215 Little Collins St at 6pm Tickets $23 Book here for Melbourne
Andrew Marlton is a cartoonist, performer and artist who goes under the nom de plume First Dog on the Moon. He has worked as an editorial cartoonist at Crikey for the past five years, written one book and illustrated a number of others. He won the 2012 Walkley Award for Best Cartoon for his cartoon “Drowning”, which encapsulated public attitudes and the political debate over asylum-seeker tragedies.
For interviews, images (including cartoons) or further information please contact Kym Druitt at eckfactor on 02 8570 5511 or 0418 272 018 or kym@eckfactor.com
For more about First Dog on the Moon, go no further than www.firstdogonthemoon.com.au
