This year’s Wharf Revue has the makings of a classic, with everyone from Donald Trump to Hannah Gadsby on the chopping block.
in the finale of this year’s Wharf Revue it’s one of those “That’s so perfect! I wish I’d thought of that!” moments.didn’t think of it. That particular genius moment of satire required the combined efforts of writers Jonathan Biggins, Drew Forsythe and Phil Scott.
Joining Whitney, Biggins and Forsythe on stage for this year’s show is Mandy Bishop, perhaps best known for playing former prime minister Julia Gillard, plus Andrew Worboys on piano. The impassive Dutton is just one of the dozens of pollies and other public figures lined up for this annual skewering, entitledThe motley crew set to cop a hammering includes comedian Hannah Gadsby, federal politicians Sussan Ley and Richard Marles, and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“But it’s interesting also that last year we suggested we might do Katy Gallagher. We went ahead wrote the piece, and by the time we were doing it, she was starting to generate publicity and then she really got a great response from the audience. In fact, there were cheers at the end of it. So you’ve somehow got to be a bit ahead of things sometimes.”
According to Forsythe, the only bit last year that drew occasional boos portrayed the Greens as one of the Wiggles.
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