Have you ever loved boybands including One Direction, Backstreet Boys, NSYNC*, New Kids on the Block, Five, Take That, West Life, Boyzone, East 17, 911 and 98 Degrees? Well, Fuccbois is right up your alley!
With its book by Bridie Connell and music by Richard Carroll, Fuccbois are the world’s most famous boy-group on their farewell tour, consisting of Brendan (Vidya Makan), Brandon (Bridie K. Connell), Tyler (Megan Walshe), and Also Brendan (Clara Harrison). They were put together on UK reality TV show ‘The Sex Factor’, and with their tour manager Micaela (Orya Golgowsky), the iconic pop group are now calling it quits. No encores!
Before the famous four even took to the Melbourne stage, festival patrons were allowed to sit wherever they liked. Although many, including myself, made a beeline for the seats with the readymade fan posters. Each poster was unique with different colours and messages with positive messages to your favourite Fuccboi member or even declaring you were a Fuccboi yourself.
When the concert began, Brendan, Brandon, Tyler and Also Brendan emerged with high energy, camp dance moves, group in-fighting, and impressive vocals. With a 12-song setlist, the group go through their greatest hits such as ‘Three Little Words’, ‘The Gaslight Shanty’, ‘This Is What A Feminist Looks Like’ and ‘Everyone’s A Fuccboi’.
For a festival length show, Fuccbois is a riot. The stunning and talented female cast are clearly having the time of their lives playing stupid men, and it’s hard to not laugh and smile at the jokes cleverly penned in the lyrics. This is a show that champions feminism in the most ironic way, and if you sit closer to the front, you may be subjected to some severe eye fucking, winking, pointing, finger guns, and even a love song dedication.
Story wise, I felt that the character of Michaela was underdeveloped, as was the narrative of Also Brendan having a follow spotlight at several points of the show, only for the character to never have an actual epiphany. Unless that’s the absolute point and the boy group are to remain stupid? Now that I think about it, probably.
As someone who reviews live music often, I feel it would have been good for the group to have brought a ‘fan’ on stage at a certain point, to sing around the fan and dedicate a love song to them, enhancing the authenticity and hilarity of this already impressively smart show, but that’s a minor thing.
At the end of the day, Fuccbois was a lot of fun with an excellent cast, great voices, choreography, costume changes, and chaotic bliss. And honestly? That’s all that really matters.
Fuccbois: Live in Concert is currently playing at The Show Room at Arts Centre Melbourne as part of the 2026 Melbourne International Comedy Festival until April 5th.
For more information and ticketing, visit:
https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/browse-shows/fuccbois-live-in-concert
https://www.instagram.com/fuccbois_liveinconcert
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