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Waiting for Combo delivers up-sized skits
By Emma Koehn
MELBOURNE FRINGE FESTIVAL
Waiting for Combo
TIC Swanston
Sunday 15th, Wednesday 18th - Friday 20th September
★★★
Working at the Candy Bar seems like a sweet deal until you factor in all the sabotage and spilt popcorn the job can entail.
Fringe players Caitlyn Staples and Scott Limbrick.
Caitlyn Staples and Scott Limbrick offer the crowd snacks on arrival before their characters Ben and Eddie take up their places behind the counter.
The duo are film-loving hopefuls stuck in one endless night at the movies where it appears time may have indeed stopped. As they clean their way to the end of the shift, they weave in and out of skits bringing together cinematic classics of the past few decades, from 10 Things I Hate About You to Indiana Jones.
Some of these stick the landing better than others, and all require a degree of pop culture knowledge to truly be appreciated. As the abandoned cinema becomes creepier throughout the night, there's also space for the pair to show off their physical comedy skills and engage in funny, quick-fire arguments with ease.