Cam Knight definitely knows how to make the audience feel awkward and he does it right from the get go in Momentus. Walking into the performance space to take their seats the crowd sees Cam awkwardly sitting side stage strumming his guitar with one of his many strange facial expressions.
The performance starts and he’s involving the crowd straight away, pin pointing audience members in the front row and highlighting their stories that create easy humour. But that’s what Cam does really well, he interacts with the crowd including them into his performance, even fuelling his own humour with their jokes. This is what I loved about Cam, you meet him and he’s one hundred percent relatable.
Now Cam is not a ‘bogan’ but he’s also not a new age metro kind of guy. He falls somewhere in between. His strong Aussie accent and slang add to his casual way to talk about serious global issues in his comedy. Issues that the everyday person has contemplated and encountered. Global warming, sustainability, IVF and vegetarianism just to name a few.
But that’s not why the audience find Cam so relatable, it’s because Cam touches on his life experiences, his opinions and his faults and he shares them all open heartedly. He makes the audience laugh as he recalls tales of being a reckless drunk or a horny teenager.
Demonstration is not something that is new to Cam as he acts out a scene from an IVF clinic including a semen sample, a small plastic cup and a bright blue leather chair. There is never a silent moment in the audience with Cam’s comedy as he dares to go where other comedians will not.
The thing I loved about Cam is that he’s real, his topics are real, his issues are real, his performance is real. He doesn’t do cheap humour and there was never a false laugh from the full crowd.
-Lauren
Lauren R. is a Yoga Instructor, freelance writer and addicted to trying any new experience outside of the square.
Cam Knight – Momentus runs from 30 March – 23 April 2017, 9:30pm (55mins), Tues – Sat The Chinese Museum. Buy tickets now. The Venue is accessible.
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