Jacques Barrett Features Sunday at the Arkaba
After a decade on the Australian club and festival circuit Jacques has spent the last 2 years honing his stagecraft on the world stage with a tour off South East Asia, South Africa, Romania, Prague, Switzerland, Estonia, Finland and a full 12 months on the tough UK comedy circuit. He’s come back a bona-fide International headliner with a reputation as the guy who flies and never dies. The defining strength is his ability to adapt to the crowd and throw consistently sharp, relentless comedy blows. Jacques weaves character renditions into social commentary with strong performance skills and well-written material for some poignant hilarity leaving crowds laughing long after the curtains have closed. His apprenticeship is complete, he’s a Jedi now and he’s not to be missed.
The performer decided the crowd (about 10) wasn't big enough for him to perform so about ten minutes after the show should have started, it was cancelled. In my opinion, this is very unprofessional and arrogant and will only amount to LESS seats full in his next performance. I scheduled my day around this, turned down other social offers, and drove 25 minutes to see nothing so it was hugely disappointing.