Piano Mill’s success has been due to it offering an alternative means of experiencing fresh, original music in the spirit of a sonic adventure staged outdoors.
In lesser hands this could easily bomb, but the heady topical mix, the well-timed delivery and the weaved-in references to his personal life make Ballard worth seeing, regardless of one's political and sexual orientations.
This absurdist comedy duo take you on a non-linear run from the mob to Italy and back in order to save themselves from digging their own graves.
It's all fairly casual, comfortably rambling, forming an easy hour of musings as the affable Hoo peppers her routine with a whole lot of different seasonings and nuggets.
If you like your comedy on the darker, self depleting side then this gig should be on your comfest itinerary.
The hour roars along at a steady pace. Nothing drags it down and Britton is in top form from go to woah.