Last night, Dot and I attended a comedy act at the University of New England's Lazenby Hall along with a reputed 800+ other people, It was delivered by a now famous immigrant refugee, Anh Do. He was born in Vietnam in 1977 and fled Vietnam about the end of the war there with his parents at a very young age. After graduating with a combined business and law degree at Sydney's University of Technology in 1999, he turned his multiple talents to other exciting things, becoming a great portrait artist, an author, an actor appearing in many Australian TV shows, a dancer - runner up on Dancing with the Stars in 2007, and comedian. That's one hell of an achievement given his start in life!
Anyway, his appearance in Armidale last night was as a comedian and the large crowd in Lazenby Hall roared with laughter as he recounted his family history and its adaptation to life in Australia. He's yet another example of how Australia has successfully embraced multiculturalism and how migrants here have, given the chance, adapted to our way of life. The show must have lasted 90 minutes and started with a fellow comedian who also drew applause from the audience. But Anh's soliloquy must have lasted something like 70 minutes and riveted the audience. Mostly, it was him telling jokes ... aided by some visuals on a large screen behind him.
I took a few surreptitious pictures with my mobile phone, albeit in 'plane mode to cut out incoming calls. That was aided by the fact that Dot and I were seated in the front row of the side gallery, more or less out of sight of officials. Here's the hall filling up with people.
And here's the first comedian warming up the audience. I think the picture behind him is of the Mekong Delta just out of Saigon. It looked familiar to me as someone who has travelled a good few kilometers along this famous waterway.
This shows the start of Anh's comedy act.
And here he is in full flight. Given his birth date, Anh would now be 42 years old.
The TV program of his that I enjoy the most is the one where he invites well-known Australians into his artist's studio to discuss issues of the day with them while he paints their portrait in canvas. His pictures are brilliant and I'd love him to do one of me!
All told, it was an excellent night out!
AS
Anyway, his appearance in Armidale last night was as a comedian and the large crowd in Lazenby Hall roared with laughter as he recounted his family history and its adaptation to life in Australia. He's yet another example of how Australia has successfully embraced multiculturalism and how migrants here have, given the chance, adapted to our way of life. The show must have lasted 90 minutes and started with a fellow comedian who also drew applause from the audience. But Anh's soliloquy must have lasted something like 70 minutes and riveted the audience. Mostly, it was him telling jokes ... aided by some visuals on a large screen behind him.
I took a few surreptitious pictures with my mobile phone, albeit in 'plane mode to cut out incoming calls. That was aided by the fact that Dot and I were seated in the front row of the side gallery, more or less out of sight of officials. Here's the hall filling up with people.
And here's the first comedian warming up the audience. I think the picture behind him is of the Mekong Delta just out of Saigon. It looked familiar to me as someone who has travelled a good few kilometers along this famous waterway.
This shows the start of Anh's comedy act.
And here he is in full flight. Given his birth date, Anh would now be 42 years old.
The TV program of his that I enjoy the most is the one where he invites well-known Australians into his artist's studio to discuss issues of the day with them while he paints their portrait in canvas. His pictures are brilliant and I'd love him to do one of me!
All told, it was an excellent night out!
AS
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