Cam Tītokowaru Venn
Time Warrior
Winner Golden Gibbo 2018 Melbourne International Comedy Festival
Winner WA Tour Ready Award 2018 Melbourne Fringe
Nominee Best Comedy 2018 Melbourne Fringe
Nominee NSW Tour Ready Award 2018 Melbourne Fringe
A time traveling history teacher, a legendary Māori warrior and a gang of misfit sexbots must somehow stop the future from being erased.
By award-winning idiot Cam Tītokowaru Venn.
When a corrupted AI droid launches a violent takeover during his lecture, timid history teacher Chuck Hoiho must flee in his homemade time machine. Landing in 1868 Taranaki, where the British Crown is waging war, he encounters his ancestor, a brilliant Māori strategist and leader. Chuck must learn to fight back and save the future.
Meanwhile, in a dystopian future, a young punk sex robot named diNKdiNK sparks a rebellion among a community of discarded f#%k machines against an AI regime determined to control bodies and pleasure.
Time Warrior is a big, physical, handmade sci-fi adventure inspired by real history, Cam Tītokowaru Venn’s own ancestors and the gloriously optimistic '80s/'90s sci-fi he grew up on. It combines Māori history, clowning, puppetry, practical effects, punk, nudity, grotesque artificial bodies, cloned human appendages and epic fight choreography.
Cam Tītokowaru Venn (he/him) is a Naarm/Melbourne-based Māori/Welsh/Irish/English comedian, clown and theatre-maker blending physical comedy, visual design and production and play with his audiences. He is the creator of Balls Deep, Charles Horse Lays an Egg and Shark Heist.
'Like a lost 90s cult sci-fi movie being made live onstage.' The Music
'Venn’s capacity to create an inclusive environment conducive to participatory play is something quite special.' ★★★★ The Age
'The funniest show I've ever seen. Absolute knockout!' ★★★★★ Perth Diary
'Shark Heist is endlessly entertaining and just pure fun.' ★★★★★ Fringe Feed
'Charles Horse lays an Egg is the most beautiful train wreck of an experience that I have ever seen and I mean that as the highest compliment I can possibly give.' ★★★★★ All Over Adelaide
Strictly for audiences 18+
Adult themes
Audience participation
Language – occasional coarse language
Nudity
Political, religious or racial themes
References to or simulation of violence
Strong sexual references
Winner Golden Gibbo 2018 Melbourne International Comedy Festival
Winner WA Tour Ready Award 2018 Melbourne Fringe
Nominee Best Comedy 2018 Melbourne Fringe
Nominee NSW Tour Ready Award 2018 Melbourne Fringe
A time traveling history teacher, a legendary Māori warrior and a gang of misfit sexbots must somehow stop the future from being erased.
By award-winning idiot Cam Tītokowaru Venn.
When a corrupted AI droid launches a violent takeover during his lecture, timid history teacher Chuck Hoiho must flee in his homemade time machine. Landing in 1868 Taranaki, where the British Crown is waging war, he encounters his ancestor, a brilliant Māori strategist and leader. Chuck must learn to fight back and save the future.
Meanwhile, in a dystopian future, a young punk sex robot named diNKdiNK sparks a rebellion among a community of discarded f#%k machines against an AI regime determined to control bodies and pleasure.
Time Warrior is a big, physical, handmade sci-fi adventure inspired by real history, Cam Tītokowaru Venn’s own ancestors and the gloriously optimistic '80s/'90s sci-fi he grew up on. It combines Māori history, clowning, puppetry, practical effects, punk, nudity, grotesque artificial bodies, cloned human appendages and epic fight choreography.
Cam Tītokowaru Venn (he/him) is a Naarm/Melbourne-based Māori/Welsh/Irish/English comedian, clown and theatre-maker blending physical comedy, visual design and production and play with his audiences. He is the creator of Balls Deep, Charles Horse Lays an Egg and Shark Heist.
'Like a lost 90s cult sci-fi movie being made live onstage.' The Music
'Venn’s capacity to create an inclusive environment conducive to participatory play is something quite special.' ★★★★ The Age
'The funniest show I've ever seen. Absolute knockout!' ★★★★★ Perth Diary
'Shark Heist is endlessly entertaining and just pure fun.' ★★★★★ Fringe Feed
'Charles Horse lays an Egg is the most beautiful train wreck of an experience that I have ever seen and I mean that as the highest compliment I can possibly give.' ★★★★★ All Over Adelaide
Strictly for audiences 18+
Adult themes
Audience participation
Language – occasional coarse language
Nudity
Political, religious or racial themes
References to or simulation of violence
Strong sexual references