Simply whenever you assume they will’t presumably mine any extra comedy gold from their conceit, The Shovel‘s James Schloeffel and The Chaser‘s Charles Firth dig deep and provide you with an entire new hour of pitch excellent satire, sticking a knife on the planet of company converse, meaningless conferences and e mail trails that disappear up their very own fundaments.
Sure, it in all probability actually helps in case you’ve spent any portion at your whole working life in a company setting, however for people who have, that is equally hilarious and painful in elements. Though there’s something splendidly elevating about studying that it actually isn’t simply you tensing your shoulders and dying a bit inside each time the particular person to whom you instantly report suggests you schedule a gathering to debate your synergies on the most recent mission and make sure you’re aligning with all the stakeholders’ blue sky methods.
Simply Touching Base entails Schloeffel and Firth calling a company-wide assembly (the viewers is the remainder of the corporate, aside the miscellany of bored-looking Zoomland faces on the display screen behind them) to ship the alarming information that the brand new US firm that has simply merged with and bought us are sending a consultant over who could also be not solely wanting to find what the corporate truly does (anyone know?), but in addition inform us that jobs are on the road as a result of some non-team gamers have been conducting themselves in a way unbecoming to the broader company technique. That’s proper. They’ve been sending succinct emails and answering prospects’ questions.
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The easiest bit, nevertheless, is a few little well timed messages that sneak onto the display screen in a gaggle chat from Pete Hegseth and Mike Waltz. Deadset good!
Tickets: $32.50-$45
Wankernomics: Just Touching Base might be carried out on the Athenaeum till 20 April as a part of the Melbourne Worldwide Comedy Competition (MICF 2025).
