The Midnight Living Room Lounge Show

The Midnight Living Room Lounge Show, written and directed by Daniel Carin & Chris Sandiford

The Midnight Living Room Lounge Show is uncomfortable, awkward and hilarious! Daniel Carin and Chris Sandiford play the role of two bizarre and extremely desperate crooners who welcome the audience into their lounge. Much of the show feels like a strange dinner party as audience members sit through Daniel and Chris' stories and watch them play charades. As an added bonus, we were lucky enough to sample the delicious, spicy pasta Chris had prepared on stage. The aromas from the diced onions and spices wafting around the venue were mouth-watering and amazing.

The awkwardness of The Midnight Living Room Lounge Show is both wonderful and horrifying. Daniel and Chris' performance can be best described as a milder and jazzier version of the Eric Andre Show. The show doesn't have much of a plot, and is mostly just the two stars trying to make the audience feel as awkward as possible. Watching Daniel and Chris eating spaghetti with their hands, and then offering some of it to the audience members was both exciting, yet slightly nauseating.

Both actors also had delightful singing voices, making the theme song to their "show" entertaining and not ear-splittingly awful.

You can see The Midnight Living Room Lounge Show at the Cabaret du Mile End (5240 du Parc) and buy tickets for it via the Montreal Fringe Festival website.

--Patricia Petit Liang & Marina Nguyen host FunkShui every Sunday at 2 PM EST on CJLO.