FRINGE WORLD 2020 Festival Guide

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Improv D&D
Presented by Bogan Shakespeare
Productions
Get ready for Roll Initiatives - Improv
D&D! It’s back for its fourth
year. This winning combination of
improv comedy and the world’s
most famous role-playing game
has quickly become a Perth
favourite. Watch our heroes fight evil, break curses and
seduce the innkeeper right before your very eyes. This show
entertains novices and veterans alike.
Tickets: $20 - $25 | M | WA
PERTH MESS HALL • NORTHBRIDGE • MAP B
5-9 FEB @ 6:30 PM • 75 MINS
Jack Gow: Just A Small
Town Boy
Presented by Jack Gow
A hilarious, bittersweet
comingof-age story exploring the
idiosyncrasies of growing up as
an outsider in small-town country
Australia. Hot off the back of a
sold-out Sydney Comedy Festival,
don’t miss the Perth debut of “this growing force in Australian
comedy” Broadsheet.
Tickets: $20 - $25 | M | NSW | WA Premiere
COOKERY • GIRLS SCHOOL • PERTH • MAP C
10-16 FEB @ 8:00 PM • 55 MINS
Jacques Barrett:
Boom-Jacqua-Laka!!!
Presented by Jacques Barrett
2019 sees our (your) Jacques
enter his 10th year as a fulltime
comic. A decade as a pro,
well-loved by his peers, one of
Australia’s top-line bona fide
international headliners... Boom-
Jacqua-Laka explores the journey that brought him to this
very moment. Every idiot has an origin story... This is his.
Jacques is “Pretty damn impressive” Time Out
Tickets: $20 - $28 | M | NSW | WA Premiere
THE SHOE BAR & CAFE • NORTHBRIDGE • MAP B
12-13 FEB @ 7:30 PM , 14-15 FEB @ 9:00 PM • 55 MINS
Comedy
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James Donald Forbes
McCann: Devil’s
Advocate
Presented by James McCann
Think up the least-defensible
statement you can. Disgusting,
evil, idiotic; whatever you
like. Write it down. Put it in the
bucket. James Donald Forbes McCann will defend every
single idea in that bucket. When he’s finished we can all go
home. Rip it Up ½ The Advertiser.
Tickets: $26 | M | VIC
THE SHOE BAR & CAFE • NORTHBRIDGE • MAP B
24-25 JAN @ 9:00 PM • 60 MINS
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James Hancox:
1000 Great Lives
Presented by James Hancox
James brings his most ambitious
show to date - an epic, thoughtprovoking
stage spectacular
celebrating the great lives that
shaped history. However, with the
cast missing and budget running
low, he might have to think on his feet. Nominated: Best
Comedy, FRINGE WORLD 2018. Glam Adelaide, 2019
Adelaide Advertiser, 2019
Tickets: $19 - $27 | M | GB | AUS Premiere
THE LIBRARY • GIRLS SCHOOL • PERTH • MAP C
17-31 JAN, 1-2 FEB @ 8:15 PM • 60 MINS
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Janelle Koenig:
Suburban Hymns
Presented by Janelle Koenig
Local fave Janelle returns with an
ALL-NEW bittersweet symphony
serving her trade mark sass,
sauce and songs. “Koenig has an
amazing capacity to present jokes
from the female gaze in such a
way that even the blokiest of blokes in the room were cracking
up” Broadway World, 2018. “This woman knows how to
deliver a quality show” The West Australian, 2017.
Tickets: $25 - $30 | 18+ (Recommended) | WA | World Premiere
COMEDY HUB @ ROSIE O’GRADY’S • NORTHBRIDGE • MAP B
16 FEB @ 5:00 PM , 11-15 FEB @ 6:00 PM • 55 MINS
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Jason Pestell: Kmart’s
The Greatest Shop Man
Presented by Kmart Lad
In 2019 his nationwide tour soldout
faster than a $29 Pie Maker.
Now Kmart Lad is back with a
brand new show and the gripping
true story of spending 24 hours
in Kmart in a bold quest to revive
Holly’s Restaurant. “A definite must see for all Kmart fans
and a solid, seriously go see it, for those who aren’t Kmart
fans.” ½ Perth Happenings, 2019
Tickets: $20 - $25 | PG | SA | World Premiere
THE SHOE BAR & CAFE • NORTHBRIDGE • MAP B
2 FEB @ 5:00 PM , 29-31 JAN, 1 FEB @ 6:00 PM • 50 MINS
Jeff Green: Wombat
Combat and other
Mistakes
Presented by More Talent
Award-winning UK comedian Jeff
Green is back with a brand-new
hour of quick-fire jokes, hilarious
stories & relatable mishaps to
give audiences a thunderous belly-laugh again. Book now!
“After 30 years in his field, Jeff Green is nothing less than
comedic genius. The stuff that makes your cheeks hurt from
laughing. Constantly” Brisbane Stage, 2019.
Tickets: $20 - $30 | M | GB | World Premiere
THE GOLD DIGGER • FRINGE CENTRAL • NORTHBRIDGE • MAP B
12-16 FEB @ 7:30 PM • 60 MINS
Joe White: Ethiopian &
Still Not Hungry - (RAW)
Presented by Tilahun Hailu
Joe White’s previous FRINGE
WORLD show was a Weekly Comedy
Award Winner in 2019, alongside
Tom Gleeson & Tim Ferguson.
Ethiopian-Australian comedian
Joe White has “been called down
under’s Trevor Noah.” New York Post, 2017. “His delivery is so
relaxed that you can’t help going with his flow.” Herald Sun,
2017 WAF, 2019 Fringefeed, 2018.
Tickets: $20 - $25 | M | WA
BUTTERFLY 73 • NORTHBRIDGE • MAP B
17-18, 24-25, 31 JAN, 1, 8, 14-15 FEB @ 7:00 PM • 60 MINS
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PREVIOUS
AWARD
WINNER
John Spillane: Irish
Comedian of the
Millennium
Presented by John Spillane
John Spillane is a comedic mad
man who has performed all over
the world wowing audiences with
his surreal brand of high energy
lunacy! Through bizarre sketches and musical interludes, he
invites the audience into his absurd world where anything
can happen, and it might just happen to you... As seen on
WWE & RTE... @TheJohnSpillane.
Tickets: $12 - $20 | 18+ (Recommended) | IE
IVY & JACK • PERTH • MAP C
30-31 JAN, 1-2, 4-9, 11-16 FEB @ 8:30 PM • 60 MINS
Jon Pinder: Tattoo Boy
Presented by Jon Pinder
From floral wreaths around third
nipples to Nazi clowns juggling
piglet heads, award-winning UK
expat Jon Pinder has seen just
about every kind of tattoo in 15
years poking pictures into people.
A high energy hour of tattoo
tales, everyday observations on Aussie life and freewheeling
banter; this show is guaranteed to leave a permanent mark.
Tickets: $20 | M | WA | World Premiere
THE SHOE BAR & CAFE • NORTHBRIDGE • MAP B
9 FEB @ 8:00 PM , 7-8 FEB @ 10:30 PM • 60 MINS
BALMORAL HOTEL • INNER METRO • MAP E
1 FEB @ 6:00 PM • 60 MINS
Josh Earl Talks
Presented by More Banter
Josh Earl Talks tells the amazing
true story of 8 years of speech
therapy, 2 parents that don’t talk
and 1 secret that changed Christmas
for the Earl’s forever. “Josh
has pulled out the most uproarious,
mind-blowing finale I’ve seen
at the festival so far.” Squirrel Comedy, 2019. “May just be the
best show of the festival.” Funny Tonne, 2019.
Tickets: $20 - $30 | M | VIC | WA Premiere
MEGAMOUTH • YAGAN SQUARE • NORTHBRIDGE • MAP B
10-16 FEB @ 6:40 PM • 55 MINS
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