One year ago, we created the below sketch on how construction on the website was going. Now at long last, the Aardvarks have a hub where you can find all of our past and present shows. Plus if you want to keep in the loop, we also have feeds on Twitter and Facebook.

We’ve been doing the Melboure International Comedy Festival for four years and now – and in recent years we’ve been trying to challenge ourselves more and more. For the first two years we performed sketch shows before we felt we were ready to try full on narrative-based theatre production. Then we thought – why not just go all out and make it a full on rock musical?

At the 2013 festival we’ve divided up the Aardvarks so that we could put on two shows: 50 Shades Of  Gravëy and Life Lessons With Michelle & Gemma. The two shows couldn’t be more different. One is a musical rock comedy show by fictional band, Gravëy – while the other is a two-person stand up act about how to stop sucking as a human being.

Of course, double the shows means four times the amount of work in putting it all together – but so far it seems to be worth it. Life Lessons has been getting good reviews and 50 Shades finally got their first review in The Herald Sun - and that alone has caused a spike in audience numbers.

Now if you’ll excuse me, The Captain is requesting his bourbon. Straight. No ice.