Written & performed by Mel & Sam (Melanie O’Brien & Samantha Andrew). Melbourne International Comedy Festival. The Toff in Town, Curtin House, Swanston Street, CBD. 30 March – 12 April 2023
High Pony has nothing to do with brumbies in the Alps. It’s a ponytail, worn high, the preferred hairstyle of your under-25s netball player. Thus Mel and Sam’s opening number in their show this year is, ‘Net-f*cking-ball’ – aggressive, defiant, in your face – and a sharply observed nasty, witty take on the immensely popular game and its sometimes strangely motivated players. A contemporary phenomenon no less and therefore ripe for Mel and Sam to take the piss.