Garry Starr – Performing Penguin Classics, Audience Chaos & Joyful Theatre

So Gary Starr is famously mostly naked, but with flippers in the show.

How did that bold, playful choice come about? And what does it add to the storytelling?

Yeah, the nudity came later, actually.

So I had been naked at sort of one point in two of my other shows, but just like, you know, briefly.

And when it came to making the new show, there were a few bits where I thought, oh, this would be really funny.

Because I had already decided I was going to do all the Penguin Classic.

And some of them just became...

I thought, oh, that would be really funny if I was naked at that bit.

And then there was quite a few of them.

I thought, maybe I'm just naked throughout.

And then when I made the decision to do it dressed as a penguin, it just made sense.

Because I was like, oh, okay, penguins don't wear pants, so I won't wear pants either.

So I just wore a pale coat and flippers and nothing else.

So Gary Starr is famously mostly naked, but with flippers in the show.

How did that bold, playful choice come about? And what does it add to the storytelling?

Yeah, the nudity came later, actually.

So I had been naked at sort of one point in two of my other shows, but just like, you know, briefly.

And when it came to making the new show, there were a few bits where I thought, oh, this would be really funny.

Because I had already decided I was going to do all the Penguin Classic.

And some of them just became...

I thought, oh, that would be really funny if I was naked at that bit.

And then there was quite a few of them.

I thought, maybe I'm just naked throughout.

And then when I made the decision to do it dressed as a penguin, it just made sense.

Because I was like, oh, okay, penguins don't wear pants, so I won't wear pants either.

So I just wore a pale coat and flippers and nothing else.