Walkley Award winning political cartoonist and self-proclaimed National Treasure, First Dog on the Moon, heads to his hometown of Canberra during Budget Week in May with the one-person show Cartoobs and other typos.
First Dog (aka Andrew Marlton) will perform in the nation’s capital fresh from the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and the Adelaide Fringe.
“He’s the mysterious cartoonist that makes Crikey a must-read every day, and now he’s giving us an honest-to-god show,” was how TimeOut Melbourne greeted the production.
First Dog will perform Cartoobs and other typos on May 15, 16 and 17 at the Museum of Australian Democracy, Old Parliament House. In 2011, First Dog won the Museum’s Political Cartoonist of the Year award.
An often hilarious and whimsical journey through the mind of one of 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.
Cartoobs and other typos won the Tour Ready Award at the 2012 Melbourne Fringe
All Canberra shows will be on at 6pm and all tickets are $25. To book, go here: http://www.trybooking.com/Booking/BookingEventSummary.aspx?eid=48035
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