A GALAXY OF HIS OWN: Charles Ross performs his solo comedy show One Man Star Wars Trilogy for the Adelaide Fringe Festival. Image: Jason Woodruff
May The Laughs Be With You by Linh
After performing his comedy show One Man Star Wars Trilogy around the world for six years, Charles Ross can still keep the production fresh and spontaneous.
His characterisations of Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, C3PO and Chewbacca are all performed on stage in scenes at a cracking pace. Charles Ross brings to life all the major and minor, good and evil characters from the original Star Wars trilogy without props, costumes or fancy special effects.
Charles Ross is a Star Wars addict who has seen the trilogy over 400 times, and handles all the characters and special effects with comedic flair. His Darth Vader voice is deep and disturbing, he buzzes to reveal a light saber, walks and grunts like a wookie. He sings the music, performs the opening credits, fights the battles and condenses the plots of all three original films into one hour.
The only downside to One Man Star Wars Trilogy is that one must be familiar with the Star Wars films and characters to really appreciate and comprehend the hilarity of the send-ups. The humour would be lost in space if one weren't au fait with the Star Wars phenomenon. Although, to watch a grown man re-live his childhood love of Star Wars on stage is a wonderous sight to behold and equally humourous.
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