"I wish I had my Bible to follow along!"

Bruce Kuhn live in action at Adelaide

After three days of successful shows in Perth, Bruce Kuhn opened last night in Adelaide at Concordia College. Taking his script as the Gospel of Luke Bruce presented a dynamic and fast-paced performance.

Insertions from the other Gospels led one audience member to remark "Isn't the woman at the well from the Gospel of John? And he only did half of the story. I wish I had my Bible to follow along!"

By playing a Pharisee as a British toff, and the rich barn-building fool as a Scottish farmer, this is a show ready made for Australian audiences. An apt reminder that the Bible is about real people doing real things.

During a post-show question time Bruce revealed that he once reduced a room of hooded nuns to a playful uproar when he proclaimed that the shepherds found "Mary and Joseph lying in a manger". Another more recent blooper involved the performance of the Gospel of Mark in Dutch where the audience started laughing at the crucifixion scene. Bruce stopped the show to ask what was so funny at such a serious moment to discover that the omission of one three letter word meant that Jesus ended up sitting on a crown of thorns.

Bruce's final Adelaide show is at Scots Church tonight, and then his tour continues to Melbourne, Hobart, Launceston, Sydney and Brisbane. Click here for performance and booking details. Listen to a radio interview of Bruce on Perth's 98.5 Sonshine FM