Theatre / Eulogiser Bunny, written and performed by Cameron Ribbons, at The Q, Queanbeyan March 16. Reviewed by LEN POWER.

In and out of Queanbeyan in a flash (it was only on for one night), Eulogiser Bunny was the second instalment in the Q the Locals 2024 season.

Writer and performer, Cameron Ribbons, has been quoted as saying he “just wants everyone to have a good, silly time”.

The show is a funeral service for Ribbons himself. There’s a slide of him projected on a screen behind a lectern. A pastor, played by Ribbons, conducts the service. He’s Pastor Fastor, who is somehow associated with the Fasta Pasta company, which is the cue for a long and tedious Pastor Fastor’s Fasta Pasta word game.

Eventually he does talk about the deceased.

There were short videos illustrating various moments in Ribbons’ fictional life as well as some audience participation. The audience members chosen for these readings seemed suspiciously part of the show.

There was also a murder mystery to solve and a pen and a slip of paper for this purpose were issued to everyone on arrival in the auditorium. A long video of various weird aspects of the victim’s life and death (a slasher in a bunny costume, I think) was played close to the end of the show and then it was time to reveal the killer.

In the absence of a program or any background information, I am guessing that this meandering, unfocused show has been devised by Ribbons himself. The jokes were obvious and not very funny and both performer and show need the firm hand of a director.

The whole show, although barely an hour long, seemed interminable. Like that other bunny, it just kept going and going and going.