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Sammy J and Randy in Ricketts Lane

posted Friday, 1 Jan

Oh my gosh! It's the brand new show from the award-winning creators of the international smash-hit, Sammy J in the Forest of Dreams!

Meet Sammy J (skinny man) and Randy (purple puppet), two very different housemates with very different pasts. Together they live in a house on Ricketts Lane, sharing the cooking, avoiding the cleaning, and passing the hours playing ‘Chebble’ - an original combination of Chess and Scrabble.

Sammy's an underpaid, overworked, shit-kicking tax lawyer. Randy hardly works at all. He's been married, divorced, thrown from a hovercraft and seen the world from all angles. But when Sammy uncovers some financial skeletons in Randy's closet, things are going to get awkward at the breakfast table.

Directed by Alan Brough, Ricketts Lane is a live sit-com with an HBO twist - think Tony Danza meets Tony Soprano..Basil Fawlty running the Gem Saloon in Deadwood...Betty from Hey, Dad smoking crack in the high rises of Baltimore before being felt up by Officer McNolte... you get the idea.

Sammy J and puppeteer Heath McIvor's previous collaboration, Sammy J in the Forest of Dreams, premiered in 2008, and went on to win the hearts and minds of comedy audiences around the world. It was nominated for Best Show at the 2008 MICF, scored 5-star reviews in Edinburgh, and played sell-out seasons in London's West End.

You can catch Sammy J and Randy at the Garden of Unearthly Delights from March 1-13. For tickets and more information, visit www.adelaidefringe.com.au.

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