Event and Ticketing Details
Dates & Times
Monday 28 November
6:15 PM - 7:30 PM
Back in 1996, Tripod was a cover band kicking around the Melbourne pub scene, belting out eccentric renditions of Elvis Costello, Queen and Beach Boys songs.
Funnier than your average musical act, more musical than your average comedy act and way nerdier than just about any other type of act – the band, comprising Scod (Scott Edgar), Yon (Simon Hall) and Gatesy (Steven Gates) defied categorisation.
The three carved out their own niche through regular segments on Triple J, blazing a weird, wonky trail in musical comedy. They’ve come along way since then – touring nationally and internationally and scooping up accolades at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and ARIA awards. Most recently, they’ve teamed up with Andrew Pogson to present their Perfectly Good Podcast, a series of songs, stories and recordings from live performances.
This year, Tripod turns 20 and Andrew Pogson will host them at a very special and hilarious Wheeler Centre celebration. Join us for a live recording of the Perfectly Good Podcast, and an evening of music, reminiscence and thoroughly weird birthday banter.
Featuring
Tripod
Tripod is a musical comedy trio, absorbing a broad range of performance styles into their armoury of parody, satire and improvisation. Their latest studio album is Men of Substance, and in early 2013, they starred in the title role of The Dragon (Malthouse Theatre).
The group toured Men of Substance nationally for two years, including seasons at the Sydney Opera House and Arts Centre Melbourne, the Adelaide Cabaret Festival, Perth International Comedy Festival, BrisbaneComedy Festival and Darwin Festival. Their musical Tripod versus the Dragon toured internationally and was released on DVD through Beyond Entertainment.
Tripod also appeared on the ‘in memoriam’ segment of the 2011 Logie broadcast, with a rendition of Paul Kelly’s ‘Meet Me in the Middle of the Air’ alongside Eddie Perfect. In 2013, collaborating with Perfect again (as Perfect Tripod), they premiered Australian Songs at Arts Centre Melbourne.
Andrew Pogson
Andrew Pogson has been working in the music industry for over 20 years, ten of those with orchestras - it has only made him stronger. At present he works for the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and produces the orchestra’s special events. Previous projects have included shows with artists including Sting, Randy Newman, Tim Minchin, Flight Facilities, DJ Jeff Mills and DJ Derrick May, Human Nature, Nick Cave and Kurt Elling. Andrew has also been responsible as producer and director for many world premieres with the MSO such as The Doctor Who Symphonic Spectacular, Video Games Unplugged, The Wiggles meet the MSO and This Gaming Life with music comedy trio Tripod.
Andrew has a passion for new concert presentations and introducing new (and young!) audiences to music of all types. When not at the concert hall Andrew can be found playing board and video games along with other socially unacceptable nerd activities.