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Productions Australian productions The Melbourne International Comedy Festival at the Forum Theatre, where Puppetry of the Penis debuted The show also includes a brief instructional demonstration for audiences to replicate the contortions, as well as an audience participation segment. The installations are projected, 20 times life size, onto an upstage screen for audience viewing. A large-screen live-action projection is used to allow audiences to view the acts close-up. The performers wear only sneakers and velvet magician's capes and stand with their backs to the audience.

The show consists of approximately 45 genital manipulations, accompanied by sound effects and comedic narration. The tricks include the Big Mac, the Loch Ness Monster, the wristwatch, the pelican, the Eiffel Tower, the hamburger, the bulldog, the windsurfer and others. The contortions simulate commonly identifiable shapes, such as objects, architecture and people. The creators describe this as 'genital origami'.

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The majority of the show features a series of 'tricks', which are manipulations of the actors' penises into various forms.

The main acts are preceded by a 25 minute stand-up comedy act, with varying comedians in different productions. The run-time for the performance is approximately one hour. Summary David Friend performing Puppetry of the Penis at the 2019 Glastonbury Festival The title of the calendar, 'Puppetry of the Penis', was the inspiration for the title of the subsequent performance show, which featured a repertoire of similar contortions. Morley enlisted David 'Friendy' Friend, a Melbourne resident who had previously run a small entertainment business that catered to bachelorette parties, as his stage partner, and together they developed a comedy routine based on Morley's original concept.

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Morley originally intended to recruit his brother to perform the act alongside him, however he had already committed to a part on the Australian TV show Neighbours. Morley's first demonstration, held in a garage in 1997, was received well by audience members, and encouraged him to pursue the creation of a stage show in which to showcase the tricks. In order to market the calendars, Morley devised a live routine. The concept was based on Morley and his youngest brother's creation of a series of party tricks involving various contortions of their genitalia. In 1996, Australian comedian Simon Morley created an art calendar that showcased close-up images of twelve penis 'installations'. Ī Puppetry of the Penis TV special has aired in Australia on One. Due to the success of the show, the business was expanded to cater for private parties around Australia. The duo has recruited supporting production teams and actors across Australia, the UK and the U.S., allowing international performance demands to be met. The initial Australian tour was the subject of Australian comedian Mick Molloy's 2000 documentary Tackle Happy. The show has since appeared on the international stage, featuring productions in Australia, New Zealand, the UK, Europe, Canada, the United States, South Africa and Argentina. Puppetry of the Penis was first performed on stage at the 1998 Melbourne International Comedy Festival in Australia, featuring the creators, Morley and Friend, as the premiere cast. It is humorously termed 'dick trick' or 'genital origami,' referring to the flexibility of the human penis, testicles and scrotum. The theatrical contortion of the male genitalia ( penis, scrotum, and testicles) accompanied by comedic narration has since spread internationally. The show involves two nude men who bend, twist, and fold their penises and scrotums into various shapes. In response to increasing requests for live demonstrations, in 1997 Morley enlisted fellow Australian, David 'Friendy' Friend, to devise a performance show consisting of body-based genital comedy. The calendar showcased twelve penis 'installations' (the manipulation of male genitalia into a variety of recognisable forms). The show was initially conceived as the title of a highbrow art calendar released by Australian Simon Morley in 1996. Puppetry of the Penis is a comedic live performance-art show featuring a series of genital contortions.

Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Simon Morley & David Friend, Puppetry of the Penis, Glastonbury Festival, 2019

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