![]() The Miss Behave Gameshow is on July 12-13 & 18-20 at Freo.Social. In Freo, I can throw in many layered, nuanced gags and know they will land.” “I love Vegas but God, the people here are basic. My show is both high brow and low brow, but it is good to play to a comedy literate audience. Audiences are clever, which means I don’t have to play to the base level. “I have been going there for almost 20 years and some of my most formative moments as a performer have been there. Yet, Saunders is excited to return to Australia because her comedy seems to resonate with audiences here. “I do it non-stop, five days a week but because I never know what happens, it is always fresh.” When I developed this format, it gave me a loose path with endless daily variations and because of that I will never get bored. ![]() “I loved it and it was wonderful, however I was doing the same thing every night and I just went mad. “Prior to doing the Gameshow, I was doing La Soiree for 10 years,” Saunders said. She thrives on the unpredictable nature of her current gig and believes there is no bad outcome, despite any curveballs that may be thrown her way. I have managed to create something that is a mixture of a social experiment, a fun time and a competitive drive that speaks to the human spirit.” “We give you an offering, and you can do what you want with that. Or, you can run up on stage and strip off naked. “You can sit there with your arms crossed or just text all the way through the show and never look up from your phone. You can sit there quietly with your arms crossed, you can leave if you don’t like it. “But this is an interactive show you can do whatever you want. “Some people say they don’t like audience participation, and I don’t either,” she said. The DIY game show will open at the Back Room at Bally’s Las Vegas on Friday, July 7.Miss Behave is the host of the show. While no show is the same and the premise relies on a level of interaction, Saunders said those who fear the words “audience participation” needn’t be concerned. The Miss Behave Gameshow is arriving on the Las Vegas Strip this summer. ![]() I wanted to put together something that was fun, but also involved phones.” Camera Icon The Miss Behave Gameshow “I’d be in the audience at a cabaret show and the emcee would tell everyone to get off their phones, but then go backstage and hop on their phone. “I got sick of the fact that no one was addressing the fact that things have changed, and we are all using mobile phones,” she explained by phone from Las Vegas. On developing the Gameshow, Saunders says she wanted to give audience members permission to use their beloved smartphones by turning them into tools. It’s normally based in Sin City but every so often traverses the globe, which it will do this week for 10 Nights in Port, the reimagining of Fremantle Festival. ![]() Part interactive challenge, part high-energy variety extravaganza, the show is the “perfect storm” of prizes, disco and games where everyone is a winner. Saunders was one of the original performers in worldwide smash La Soiree before launching her own work, The Miss Behave Gameshow. ![]()
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