Adelaide Fringe review 2018: Matt Byrne’s Hott Property

USING vaudeville tropes and music-hall jokes so old they carry pension cards, Matt Byrne’s Hott Property gives a generous two hours’ entertainment by excoriating real estate.

Matt Byrne’s Hott Property.

Matt Byrne’s Hott Property

Comedy

Rating: **

Maxim’s Wine Bar, Norwood

Until March 17

USING vaudeville tropes and music-hall jokes, Matt Byrne’s Hott Property gives a generous two hours’ entertainment by excoriating real estate.

The humour is broad, the puns carry pension cards, and the twin comedic pillars of sexism and racism stand tall.

There are a few good political jibes and some brave singing, led confidently by lively Amber Platten.

Theresa Dolman’s energy and clarity ensures that each punchline lands neatly. Brad Butvila plays juve male to good effect, while Byrne (who also wrote, directed and produced this jollity) plays a Les Patterson archetype of real estate.

This, the 21st show in Byrne’s annual Fringe offering at Maxim’s, is a cheery wheelin’, dealin’, sellin’ show with not a terminal ‘g’ to bless itself.