Comedy Q&A: Lawrence Leung

Lawrence Leung exposes people's gullible side in his show about a confidence trickster.

Q: Why should we see your show?

A: It's a cheeky little story about how I got to know a confidence trickster when I was only 17. We travelled down the east coast of Australia together, swindling people in pool halls and pubs. I expose a hidden world and will teach you a thing or two about how ridiculously gullible people are.

Q: What makes you laugh out loud?

A: Nitrous oxide at the dentist.

Q: What's the worst line you've ever delivered?

A: To a distracted audience member in the front row who kept looking at the ceiling: "What are you looking at? I'm down here! Are you blind!?" She was blind.

Q: What keeps you awake at night?

A: When I've happened to make fun of blind people unintentionally.

Q: What were you like as a child?

A: I ran away from home twice. But since I wasn't allowed to cross the road, I would always end up just going around the block until I was in front of my house again. Then mum would smile and bring me back inside. According to mum, both times I carried a little lunch box with only a pair of underpants inside.

Q: When were you last embarrassed and why?

A: A lady friend saw my show at the Melbourne festival and met me in the foyer. Instead of saying, "Thanks so much for coming to my show", I made the Freudian mistake of saying, "Thanks for coming so much in my show". It was awkward. I blushed. And I had no room to backpeddle.

Q: Without looking it up, give us a scientific explanation of laughter.

A: 2 x monkey + tandem bicycle + car wash = laughter.

Q: If you weren't a comedian you would be ... ?

A: A frisbee. I could still make people and dogs happy.

Comedy festival

* Who: Lawrence Leung (Aus)
* What: Sucker
* When and where: Tomorrow until Saturday, 8.30pm, Playhouse Comedy Underground, Wallace Trust Gallery, Queen St
* Tickets: Adults $20 Conc. (Tues-Thurs only) $16 Groups 10+ $16 from Ticketek
* Show duration: 1 hour