Review from Scenestr
Charming, witty, and offering a perspective that doesn’t get much airtime in run of the mill comedy shows, Oliver Hunter delivers a solid hour of jokes in his 2023 show, ‘Wheels Of Fortune’.
Following a sold-out run of shows at last year’s festival, his new show is a well-constructed series of tales packed full of sharp and witty punch lines, all wrapped up in stories – some true, and as Oliver himself points out, some not so true – but all very, very funny.
As a person with a disability, Oliver can speak on topics that a lot of comics at this year’s comedy festival aren’t really covering off – which is a great relief when it gets to the tail-end of the festival and the same same nature of many acts causes them to blend into one another. Despite close to 20 per cent of Aussies having lived experiences with disability, representation in the comedy scene is low. There are some incredible comics with disabilities on this year’s festival line-up, among them you’ll find Oliver, who has yarns aplenty to share about the NDIS, what it’s like to employ a roster of quirky support workers, and a handful of stories about how others perceive and engage with his disability – all told through an expert comedic lens.
