Uncomfortably Live featuring Paper Machetes

Karenina Productions—John Hirsch Mainstage

The programme says the show is a “goofy absurdist comedy” and that pretty much nails it. The premise is a band “The Paper Machetes” have gotten their big break on a live broadcast of a popular show, but while performing the underlying tensions in the band start to break through and cause turmoil. The musical trio of Christy Taronno (keyboards and vocals), Danny Ngyuen (a fab wolfman looking character with an Animal from the Muppets T-shirt on drums), and Anton Voronin (guitar) form the band and the original music is really good. They really put their talent on display doing a cover of the Beatles’ Don’t Let Me Down which brings them all back on the same page. My only complaint was some of the vocals were drowned out a bit, so I missed some of the lyrics in the original songs.

Murray Hunter