Pierre Novellie is as smart as the crisp suit he wears onstage. His latest show Must We? references Melanesian cargo cults, Albert Camus and Bach. But don't be put off by these brainbox namedrops, it is also extremely funny and accessible, brimming over with laugh-out-loud lines.
The main theme is expectations and how we manage them. "Life is unfair," he explains. Just because we do the logical thing doesn't mean we get the desired results. We soon learn that he speaks from experience.
