Groovy Boots Theatre Brings THE ADVENTURES OF SCROTE MAN AND PUBE BOY to Fringe World Festival 2014, Now thru Feb 22

IN THE best tradition of the 1960s Batman TV series, Scrote Man and Pube Boy are here to save the day!

Presented by Groovy Boots Theatre at The Flying Scotsman's Velvet Lounge as part of FRINGE WORLD Festival 2014, The Adventures of Scrote Man & Pube Boy is an in-your-face pastiche of the superhero genre.

Using everything from tongue-twisting alliteration and dodgy props reminiscent of early Doctor Who, matched with a recalcitrant narrator, the show features two masked men in tights who really shouldn't be.

Their mission is to stop an evil nemesis from plucking the unmentionables from all of Perth's population.

Written by Chris Thomas, who also plays the title character Scrote Man, he was inspired after seeing various shows at FRINGE WORLD Festival 2013.

"I particularly liked the anarchic energy and ad-libbing in Testaclese & Ye Sack of Rome and the sheer audacity of Pretending Things Are A Cock," he said.

"After our success with He Died with a Felafel in His Hand at The Flying Scotsman's Velvet Lounge, the venue was keen for us to come up with a FRINGE WORLD show.

"All those things combined led to The Adventures of Scrote Man & Pube Boy, which is probably best described as 'pub theatre comedy' - a raucous sort of show you can enjoy with a beer in your hand.

"The Batman series with Adam West and Burt Ward was obviously a strong influence, harking back to its own slightly ridiculous nature."

Setting up Groovy Boots Theatre as an independent Production Company in 2010, Thomas and Phil Barnett (the show's co-director) deliver paid acting opportunities for actors, under a profit-share agreement.

The results have a been sell-out season of the Australian wedding farce Dimboola, the WA premiere of the bizarre Christmas comedy The Eight: Reindeer Monologues and a season of He Died with a Felafel in His Hand described by one of the playwrights as "possibly the definitive version".

"With this show, our aim is to deliver something that is pure fun," Barnett said.

"Think of the material you might get with stand-up comedy and then use it in a theatre show - that will give you an idea of the humour."

The Adventures of Scrote Man & Pube Boy plays at 8.45pm tonight, February 7 and February 8, 9, 14, 15, 16, 21 and 22, right after Groovy Boots Theatre's other FRINGE WORLD show Do You Get My Meaning? which plays at 7.30pm on the same dates.

Tickets for each show are $17.50 - book at www.fringeworld.com.au. Please note: this is a strictly adults-only event that contains coarse language, adult themes, partial nudity and sexual references. The Flying Scotsman's Velvet Lounge is at 639 Beaufort Street, Mount Lawley, on the corner of Grosvenor Road (near Walcott Street).

The FRINGE WORLD Festival 2014 will be held through February 23.

Pictured: Küntspiel - pronounced "koont-shpeel" - (Nicole Miller, left) plans her dastardly deeds with henchman Rugger (Brendan Ellis) in The Adventures of Scrote Man & Pube Boy. (Picture: Leigh Brennan).

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