As the audience mingled in the bar area at The Studio Underground waiting for The Confidence Man to start, the stage managers wandered among us asking if we’d like to be part of the production.

Perth Comedy Festival Showcase is happening twice this year at the Subiaco Arts Centre. Although it’s not to be confused with The Gala at The Regal, it follows the same format.

The disarmingly charming Lawrence Leung bounced onto the stage and roamed through an extraordinary series of amusing and embarrassing childhood anecdotes and obsessions. What do we wish we could escape from?

Even if you don’t recognize Meghan by name, unless you’ve been stranded on a deserted island during the last eight months, it is impossible to say the same of her pop phenomenon, All About That Bass.

Effie is looking for love, and times are tough. She has been through a lot, even had a baby girl (via the divinity of Immaculate Conception) and still cannot seem to find the man of her dreams.

This is a delightful and adorable production, the set is gorgeous, and the kind of everywhere-but-nowhere-in-particular set design where the Forest of Arden becomes a hanging garden of colourful blooms, by Michael Hankin is enchanting.