Foible Boible
Would a shark look better wearing skinny jeans or cargo shorts? Do french cats say “meow-oui” or “moi-eow”? Would you ask Barney the Dinosaur to help you bury a body? What’s the best way to ‘Yeet, Pray, Love’?
Who knows! You’ll find the answers to none of these questions and more in this very serious comedy show of puns, props, sketches, one-liners, funny songs and one extremely foibled boible. We tried to get Dakota Fanning for the show, but she was looking at a horse, so instead we’ve got Oliver; a bread bowl of a man who will probably tell some funny jokes, and maybe even have a theatre-based breakdown.
It’ll be fine though. I mean, probably. Maybe. Hopefully. Because what if it isn’t?
"a man working very hard for [your] entertainment" -Weekend Notes
Presented by: Oliver Cowen
Oliver Cowen is a Melbourne-based actor, writer, and clown.
He began his theatrical education at NICA during his teenage years, before completing a Bachelor of Arts (Acting) at Federation University in 2015.
In 2018, Oliver co-wrote and performed in The Tales of Witchmen which premiered at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Further developing from this work, he created Silent Knight, performed at the 2018 Melbourne Fringe Festival.
In 2020 he created and performed Oliver Sudden as part of the Fringe World Festival in Perth, performed again in the 2021 Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
In 2021, alongside Meredith Cole, Oliver was a finalist and award winner of the Gasworks Circus Showdown.
He created and performed Foible Boible for the Melbourne Fringe Festival in 2022.