Edinburgh Fringe show, transferring to Soho Theatre in September/October:

MATT DYKTYNSKI - POLE DANCER (4 to 30 Aug: 8.15: Pleasance Courtyard - not 16th)

Ditching Australian screen fame, Matt believes he's finally escaped his vodka-soaked liberal parents, but unfortunately there's still the phone!

"Dyktynski's achievement with 'Pole Dancer' is quite remarkable. He arrived in London as an actor. His first ever five-minute open spot as a comedian came in October last year. Yet he now has a solo show that other infinitely more experienced stand-ups would kill for" Malcolm Hay Time Out.

"A delight. Sharply observed, original and funny. An engaging and infectious
sense of humour" FringeReport

"Slick, professional and, importantly, gets the laughs. Took the roof off ... warmed the audience to boiling point" Chortle

SYNOPSIS:
We all need distance from our parents. Matt has got 13000 miles away from his.

Australian comic, singer songwriter, and actor Matt Dyktynski is the product of multiculturalism gone wrong – the result of putting together a dancer from Blackpool who likes a drink, and a Polish gambler who lives with his mother.

Dyktynski takes us on an entertaining journey in a lively stand-up routine that encompasses bizarre tales about his formative experiences, evocative songs, maybe complementary vodka, and what can only be described as parental intervention and a son’s shame.

Pole Dancer is a celebration of life, laughter and music, of being Polish,
being English, the reality of living in Australia … and of being alive.
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