Monster of the Deep 3D

Overview

Part girl, part monster of the deep, Claudia O'Doherty is a three-dimensional being from Aquaplex, a futuristic underwater city that exploded. As the sole survivor, she has come to share her story with us by way of an informative presentation.

Best known as one third of the Pig Island collective and a regular performer at Cab Sav nights, earlier this year Claudia also had her first book published, 100 Facts about Pandas, co-authored by Irish comedian and miniature electronic keyboard wiz David O'Doherty. [She met him after going to his show in the Melbourne Comedy Festival a few years ago on the assumption that they were related, given their shared surname. Turns out they weren't, but they did have a mutual fondness for ludicrous made-up facts, so they made the logical step to publish a quasi-educational illustrated book of untrue facts about pandas.]

Monster of the Deep 3D is Claudia's first solo show. An ex-employee of Sydney Aquarium and a lifelong fan of sharks (one of her favourite facts being that great whites are always impregnated with a few babies, but they all fight and eat each other in utero until there is only one remaining, the one that gets born, which means that all great whites are ultimate killing machines from day one), she first set about doing research for the show by revisiting classic cinematic aquatica like The Abyss, City Under the Sea and Jaws III: The Revenge 3D.

"In writing the show I had to really think about what would make a worthwhile reason for people to leave their homes," she says, "because movies and television are really good."

Having already made a splash everywhere it emerges - picking up the Brisbane Comedy Festival Award and Melbourne Fringe Festival Best Comedy Award - this monster of the deep is on its way to Sydney's shores. We strongly advise you leave the dry safety of your homes and take the plunge for this opportunity to see the wonderful Claudia armed with facts, diagrams and incredible home made props.