After Defending the Caveman, Mark Little has embarked on a new one-man play The Whingeing POHM.

This is another step back in time, not so far as the cave dwellers, but back to the days when convicts from Great Britain were transported to Australia as a captive workforce.

Little claims he is descended from such a background and has traced his forefathers, not four mothers, back to 1857.

This antipodean ancestry has resulted in a sharp look at life, a closer inspection of the human race and a deeper insight into the Little psyche.

He is a great one for breaking down barriers and sweeping aside preconceived ideas.

His humour is verging on the anarchic, yet wrapped in a cloak of candour and wry observations; he is the sort of bloke you would welcome at a dinner party.

Little is ready to wash away your notions of cultural stereotyping, and give you some great belly laughs on the way.

At The Ashcroft Theatre, Fairfield, on Monday, October 15, he presented his POHM piece with a fast delivery too fast at times with a mix of wit, silliness and honesty.

Like Caveman this is a production that will gather momentum as it rolls on tour.

He called it DIY comedy, and all the props needed were 26 bricks to make a barbie' and a slide box to give various Aussie backdrops to his show of three halves'.

He pokes fun at himself, fellow Australians and the audience as well. He had the house lights turned up and was trying to find out what makes Croydon tick.

The best we could come up with was the trams and Ikea!

Incredulous that we have no statue to anyone famous from Croydon, Little urged us to erect a statue of a tram in our town centre.

Some extremely funny, base humour and audience participation earned Mark Little cheering applause. If you missed it this time, look out for the Whingeing POHM next time around, it's worth it just to hear his revelations about The Big Breakfast.

October 25, 2001 10:30