Category: Colleague’s work

Work by Shaun’s current or former colleagues

A ghostly new play

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Michael Ward, writer and Kraken from Shaun Micallef’s Mad As Hell, has written a new play: The Haunting of Spook Mansion (By Ghosts).

Professor Adrian Chambers is offered $500,000 to spend a night in a haunted house. Easy money? Perhaps. But what happens when this sceptic of all things supernatural comes face to face with the ghosts of his past? A possessed ventriloquist dummy. A mysterious locked room. A bogus séance. And ghosts. Lots of ghosts …

The play is staring another Mad As Hell alumni, Emily Tahney, as well as Peter Houghton and Ben Russell.

Shaun describes it as ‘Funnier than Henrik Ibsen’s Ghosts and far less Norwegian.’

You can see it at Chapel off Chapel during November.

Winning at Game Shows

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Previously we spoke to Stephen Hall, one of the cast members of Mad As Hell, about many things, including the fact he was a quiz show champion!

He has taken all of the skills he learnt, plus hours of interviews with former game show champions, hosts, question writers and producers, and put it all into one eBook: “How To Win Game Shows“. It also includes behind-the-scenes’ tips from ‘Family Feud’, ‘The Price Is Right’ and ‘Who Wants To Be A Millionaire’. Even if you don’t fancy yourself as a contestant, the inner workings of some of the most successful quiz shows makes for great reading. You can find out more at Stephen’s website.

A Kraken’ Book

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While Mad As Hell is on hiatus, the team behind the show are busy working on other projects. You may have seen Emily Tahini on Open Slather on Foxtel (with writer Tony Moclair involved in a few episodes), and Francis is of course filming The Ex-PM with Shaun.

Zombie McCrombie book

Michael Ward, writer on the show and resident Kraken, has written a book: “Zombie McCrombie from an overturned Kombi”. It’s an illustrated story of Zombie and his zombie dog pals, who roam the empty streets, sniffing the wind for bones they might gnaw on. Firmly tongue in cheek, it’s sure to suit fans of Shaun’s style of humour. Read all about it and get a copy through the website.