Weeping Spoon Returns to MICF with THE BALLAD OF FRANK ALLEN

From the bizarre mind of Festival-favourite Shane Adamczak (Trampoline, Zack Adams, 3x Canadian Just For Laughs Award Nominee and producer of the Award-winning Fringe hits This Is Not A Love Song and Vicious Circles) comes a brand new comedy about how even the smallest people can do big things.

When a scientific accident causes a mild-mannered janitor to shrink and get stuck in another man's beard, their unlikely friendship might be exactly what the two directionless men need to set them on the path toward being better men.

After sell out seasons in Perth's Fringe World and The Adelaide Fringe and a critically acclaimed tour of the Canadian Fringe circuit in 2016; Weeping Spoon Productions are delighted to finally debut their latest work in Melbourne as part of the 2017 Comedy Festival.

Featuring two of Australia's most established Indy Theatre performers; Shane Adamczak (Trampoline, Zack Adams and The Little Prince) and St John Cowcher (The Red Balloon, Farm and The Adventures Of Alvin Sputnik), the show combines physical theatre, storytelling, musical comedy and indie-rock. The Ballad Of Frank Allen promises to be a festival experience like no other and one of the most weird and original shows you'll catch at this year's Melbourne Comedy Festival!

MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL COMEDY FESTIVAL '17

Venue - The Butterfly Club

Carson Place (off Little Collins St) Melbourne

Dates - April 3rd to 9th, 7:00pm

Watch a trailer below:

Weeping Spoon Productions is an international multi-award winning independent theatre company based in Perth, Western Australia. Co-founded by a group of professionally trained actors, Weeping Spoon Productions has become one of the most prolific theatre companies in Perth. Under the Artistic Direction of Shane Adamczak and new company members St John Cowcher, Whitney Richards and Libby Klysz, Weeping Spoon's ongoing mission is to create challenging, exciting and innovative works for production in Western Australia and tour these productions throughout Australia and Overseas.

Shane Adamczak (Writer/Producer/Performer) graduated from WAAPA in 2003 and is a founding member and current Artistic Director of Independent Theatre Company Weeping Spoon Productions as well as a Company Associate of Spare Parts Puppet Theatre with who he has just completed an Australian national tour of The Little Prince.

His most recent work includes a Canadian Tour of his award-winning plays TRAMPOLINE and The Ballad Of Frank Allen, Greg Fleet's multi-award winning THIS IS NOT A LOVE SONG and Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror Show (as Brad Majors). He also gained critical acclaim for his portrayal of iconic Sex Pistols front-man Johnny Rotten in the award winning Canadian play Vicious Circles. He was also a cast member of award-winning LA Troupe Sound & Fury for their 2015 and 2017 Australian Fringe Tours.

A skilled physical and comedic performer once described as "Woody Allen meets Ziggy Stardust" (Monday Magazine), Shane is also known for his alter-ego project Zack Adams which has toured Australia and internationally over the last decade and was nominated for several Canadian Just For Laughs Awards. As an Improviser, he a senior player of Improv-comedy troupe The Big HOO-HAA!, TheatreSports Champion and creator of cult-hit Captain Spaceship. Shane also recently appeared on screen in the mini-series The War The Changed Us, and the feature film Paper Planes.

St John Cowcher (performer) is an actor, writer and theatre practitioner. A Contemporary Performance graduate (Edith Cowan University '09), founding member of performance company The Wet Weather Ensemble and associate artist at Spare Parts Puppet Theatre , Weeping Spoon Productions and Variegated Productions. St John also performs in improvised comedy group The Big HOO-HAA.

Most recent Theatre credits include The Red Balloon (BLACK SWAN Theatre Company, 2015), Blueback (Spare Parts Puppet Theatre, 2015), Alvin Sputnik: Deep Sea Explorer (The Last Great Hunt, 2013-Present), Farm (Spare Parts Puppet Theatre, 2014) and These Guys ( Variegated Productions @ The Blue Room Theatre for Summer Nights, 2014).

Most recent Film credits include Imperial (3 Magi Productions, 2015), The Legend of Gavin Tanner and the Loop (Mad Kids Productions, 2013) and Peak (Timothy John Sharp, 2012).