Matchstick Theatre presented Kat Sandler’s Punch Up as a co-production with Hello City Improv at the Bus Stop Theatre from December 8th-18th, 2022.
What happens when the most pathetic man ever kidnaps the funniest man alive to make the saddest girl in the world laugh? Duncan is trying to make Brenda laugh so that she will reconsider taking her own life. There is only one problem: Duncan is not funny. The solution? He kidnaps funnyman Pat to help him write the perfect stand-up routine. Punch Up shows just how far we will go for a laugh, the hilarity found within despair, and the profound healing power of comedy.
Poster Design by Sean Skerry (Skerrcraft Creative)
Photography by Stoo Metz (Stoo Metz Photography)
Accompanying each performance of Punch Up were an opening roster of local stand-up comedians: Travis Lindsay, Trina James, Luba Magnus, Gil Anderson, Colin McGuire, Clare Belford, and Adam Myatt
