Special guests revealed for Cricket Et Al live on Test eve

There's not a lot of tickets left so act fast for Jan 3 show

Ed Cowan is a funny man

There are not many tickets left for the Cricket Et Al live event, a situation which caused Gideon and me some alarm as we walked through Fitzroy Gardens after the first frenetic day at the MCG.

“Have you organised a guest yet?” we asked simultaneously, before both of us blurted out, “No, I thought you were doing it.”

People say a good friend won’t let you down, but a better friend is also one who won’t show you up.

Anyway, by the time we had reached the Labour in Vain, Gideon had come through with not one, but two guests, both of whom are as handsome as they are talented.

I’m a bit excited about this.

Ed Cowan has been there, done that

Ed Cowan is one of the smartest and nicest blokes to play Test cricket for Australia, and was part of the live show last year with Steve O’Keefe. He’s also one half of a very, very good cricket podcast with Corbin Middlemas.

Ed has agreed to come back for the show on January 3 at the Akasha Tap Room in Five Dock. Our regular venue, Willie the Boatman, is suffering considerable indignities at the hands of developers who are turning the site into apartments, so we have moved to their sister brewery in a suburb I was introduced to all those years back through this rather curious song.

I’m also very excited about our other guest, a friend of both Gideon and mine, Rhys Muldoon, a man who has vast movie, theatre and television credits to his name, one who has written books, been the voice for many an audiobook, released records, and is one of the more entertaining men around.

Rhys is a member of the Et Al village and also has his own entertaining substack. I particularly like his story about making a movie with Steven Soderbergh.

Renaissance man, Rhys Muldoon

I note that the brewery is advertising the event to run from 3 pm - 7 pm. I reckon we won’t be on our stools until 4 pm. The brewery is trying to get in a food truck, and if that doesn’t happen, we’ve got Kylie from the ‘Gong cooking sausages again.

We’ve scheduled it in the afternoon, so those of you who have tickets for The Grade Cricketer’s stadium rock extravaganza at the State Theatre can get there in time. Both their shows are sold out, which is extraordinary and understandable.

Hopefully, we will see you at Five Dock, but don’t dawdle; last time I asked, there were about 20 tickets left.

You can buy tickets by clicking on this link