Nick Schuller – Still Dry White: Comedy As Dry As His Wine ~ Adelaide Fringe 2024 Review

[Comedy/Stand-up ~ VIC ~ WORLD PREMIERE] Upstairs at The Howling Owl, Thu 22 Feb, 2024. Stand-up comic Nick Schuller delivers on his show's titular promise of a Still Dry White in more ways than one as a thoroughly deadpan comedian with a knack for very funny wordplay. Schiller's carefully honed comic persona consists of a deliberately wooden, hilariously affectless delivery of slyly grotesque material. It's a quietly winning combination that the performer relies on to navigate a routine unafraid to reach for fairly blue material. Schuller's show also flirts regularly with metacommentaries on the structure of stand-up comedy itself, with one particularly funny extended bit revolving around the repetition of a joke with a pre-recorded audio track describing the intended effect of each element of the joke upon the audience - predictably, most of these intended effects are "realise how attractive Nick Schuller is". This meta element adds texture to occasional moments where Schuller falls back on more conventional material, though it is slightly disappointing when a well-worn gag follows up the set's more inventive material. Still, Schuller delivers an undeniably satisfying set well worth a look in the crushing wave of stand-up that washes over every Fringe season. 3.5 stars  Daniel Tune  Nick Schuller - Still Dry White continues Upstairs at The Howling Owl from 9.45 pm on Sat 24 Feb. Book at FringeTIX and adelaidefringe.com.au. Click HERE to purchase your tickets. #ClotheslineMag #ADLfringe