You and Whose Army? – Phil Spencer and Richard Cuthbert

Overview

Phil Spencer is a 29-year-old man who has never thrown a punch. While that's news that probably shouldn't be story-worthy (come on dudes, nobody should be throwing punches), Spencer's stand-up/storytelling show You and Whose Army? takes this idea and runs with it. He uses his own stories of growing up in the 'slums' of rural South Oxfordshire and moonlighting as a drug dealer in Glasgow to craft a darkly comedic meditation on our relationship with violence.

Spencer has teamed up with Sydney singer-songwriter Richard Cuthbert, who provides musical accompaniment to Spencer's autobiographical adventure. The pair sold out a bunch of intimate shows at The Newsagency in January this year. If you missed out then, you can catch them again (in their last Australian hurrah before heading off on a UK tour) next Wednesday night at Giant Dwarf — Sydney's newest venue for the particular mash-up of stand-up and storytelling that's become so popular around the city over the past few years.