
There is an art to being offensive without offending anyone and Ballard is well on the way to mastering it.

Sell a kidney, bribe the box office, auction off your husband on eBay, just get a ticket any way you can.

The sort of extroversion that carries a radio show doesn’t necessarily translate to the stage, and, sadly for these two, they are so accustomed to keeping up the piffle on the airwaves that they don’t know when to stop.

Brett Dean’s idea that Peter Carey’s novel Bliss could be converted to an opera is simply brilliant.

It’s the songs that are definitely the highlight of the show and ultimately, as a collection, evoke a universal sense of Jewish culture and family heritage.

Gleeson is in command of his material from start to finish and even manages to weave both hecklers and other audience members into his shtick.