Damien is an Australian comedian from Brisbane and his show last year was my pick of the festival. Even though we're only one week into this year's festival, it looks like he could take that crown again. (There's no crown guys, I'm a blogger for crying out loud.)
"Violent Chaos Anyone?" is so, so funny. The humour is so searing it will make you think but not in that awful pretentious way, just in a bloody hilarious way. There's certainly a few uncomfortable not-sure-if-we-should-be-laughing-at-this moments but he's just so clever in how he manages the tension and releases in the room, calling out hypocrisies that we conveniently forget we even have.
Damien has a beautiful way with words even when the words are sweary and ranty. The image he conjures of his uncle from regional Queensland has stayed with me! He's a good actor and improvisor too, which also helps with the image conjuring. His delivery is confident bordering on arrogant but never slides too far into the latter.
This is a top notch show that I'd highly recommend. If you can only get one show in for the festival, this could be the one! Details here https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2018/shows/damien-power-violent-chaos-anyone