Thomas Jaspers Is “Always The Bridesmaid”, Never The Groom – Feast Festival Review

West Bar, Fri 20 Nov. Thomas Jaspers has decided that when he reaches over across his bed at 4am in the morning he would like a boyfriend to hold rather than half a cold family sized pizza. Sick of being a regular at his late night pizza shop, Jaspers has decided he needs to find out why none of one-night stands, toilet blowjobs and threesomes have progressed to a relationship and why none of his relationships have lasted. Jaspers has spent the past 6 months tracking down all of these men to find out how they describe their experience with him and any advice for why he is still single. Jaspers has ensured Always The Bridesmaid is another well-constructed amusing show following his last Adelaide Feast Festival comedy hits, There Is No Place Like Homo and God Save The Queen. The Melbourne-based comedian is also well-known for his drag character Rhonda Butchmore, which he commented tonight ended up being a turn-off for a number of men who have shared his bed. Always The Bridesmaid fits nicely into a queer festival. There seems to be no filter and no sexual encounter off-limits for Jaspers. Many other Australian gay comedians have decided to tone-down their shows to fit a bigger heterosexual audience, so I hope Jaspers continues to provide the graphic hilarious content he did tonight. He puts a huge amount of effort into his shows to ensure his entertaining stories get maximum laughs. Bobby Goudie