Frontier Comedy Brings World Class Laughs To Perth Comedy Festival

Frontier Comedy announce eight world class shows for the 2018 Perth Comedy Festival.

There's something for everyone; from online superstars Alex Williamson, Neel Kolhatkar & Rosie Waterland; to critically acclaimed gems Alice Fraser & Amos Gill; cult hit Pauly Fenech; to international comedy icons Jonathan Pie (UK) and Shawn Wayans (US)!

Please see below for short blurbs and listing information.

ALEX WILLIAMSON
SO WRONG, IT'S WRONG

Comedian, actor, online content creator and "one of the world's most promising comedic talents" (Under The Gun, US) Alex Williamson (The Slot, Me and My Mates Vs The Zombie Apocalypse) is back with a new stand-up show So Wrong, It's Wrong.

Alex Williamson is a global comedy sensation. Last year alone he sold out festival seasons across Australia and the UK, as well as two tours across New Zealand and Australia. Be prepared for Alex's twisted outlook to shake your faith in humanity, before restoring it ever so slightly, then smashing it once again beyond repair in this one hour honesty session.

TOUR DETAILS:
Tickets on sale now
Friday 11 May
Regal Theatre | Perth, WA
All Ages | Show Starts: 7:00pm
ticketek.com.au | Ph: 13 28 49

This event is recommended for patrons aged 15+

Also performing at Adelaide Fringe, Melbourne International Comedy Festival and Sydney Comedy Festival. For full tour info visit: frontiercomedy.com/alexwilliamson

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ALICE FRASER
ETHOS

From Cambridge scholar to corporate lawyer, Alice Fraser has evolved into an award-winning performer who has played sold-out shows at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, the Edinburgh Fringe and beyond. After selling out seasons and touring the world to unanimous critical acclaim with her last three solo shows Savage, The Resistance and Empire, Alice is back with ETHOS.

ETHOS is a silly, funny and smart show that explores Artificial Intelligence and what it means to be human. From Golem and Frankenstein's monster to the prospect of superhuman AI's, we've always been fascinated by non-human minds. In her new show, Alice will attempt to explain our world to a brilliant, but naive newly created artificial mind; touching on human topics such as our society of contradictions.

TOUR DETAILS:
Tickets on sale now
Thursday 10 May - Saturday 12 May
(all dates inclusive)
Regal Theatre | Perth, WA
All Ages | Show Starts: 8:15pm
ticketek.com.au | Ph: 132 849

This event is recommended for patrons aged 15+

Also performing at Adelaide Fringe, Melbourne International Comedy Festival and Sydney Comedy Festival. For full tour info visit: frontiercomedy.com/alicefraser

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AMOS GILL
WHERE HAVE I BEEN ALL YOUR LIFE?

Amos Gill remains one of Australia's most prolific young comedians. Fresh from supporting Jim Jefferies, hosting hit107 Adelaide Breakfast, appearing on ABC TV's Allstar Comedy Gala and Just For Laughs Live at the Sydney Opera House, in 2018 Amos is back with a new hour of unfiltered and honest stand up in Where Have I Been All Your Life?

Amos has filmed his stand-up special for SBS' Stand Up At Bella Union, featured on ABC2's Comedy Up Late, SBS' The Full Brazilian, travelled the globe co-hosting a children's travel show ABC3's Wacky World Beaters, starred in online topical AFL show Four Quarters, was awarded Adelaide Comedy's 2017 Comedian Of The Year and is regularly seen touring the nation's top comedy rooms and festivals.

TOUR DETAILS:
Tickets on sale now
Thursday 3 May - Saturday 5 May
(all dates inclusive)
Regal Theatre | Perth, WA
All Ages | Show Starts: 7:00pm
ticketek.com.au | Ph: 132 849

This event is recommended for patrons aged 15+

Also performing at Adelaide Fringe, Melbourne International Comedy Festival and Sydney Comedy Festival.

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JONATHAN PIE (UK)
BACK TO THE STUDIO

Following a completely sold out UK tour in 2017, the frustrated news reporter Jonathan Pie is making his Australian debut - and he's angrier than ever! Join Pie for a night of political comedy that soon descends into chaos. In Jonathan Pie: Back To The Studio he attempts to host a night of serious discussions on current affairs whilst simultaneously attempting to smash the system from within. This is political satire at its finest.

Jonathan Pie is the global comedy sensation who satirises the world of politics and the media. A frustrated news reporter known for venting his spleen in unguarded "off-camera" rants, his online videos have been viewed by millions worldwide.

TOUR DETAILS:
Tickets on sale now
Friday 18 May
Regal Theatre | Perth, WA
All Ages | Show Starts: 7:00pm
ticketek.com.au | Ph: 13 28 49

This event is recommended for patrons aged 15+

Also performing at Sydney Comedy Festival and in Melbourne. For full tour info visit: frontiercomedy.com/jonathanpie

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NEEL KOLHATKAR
LIVE

Neel Kolhatkar returns for the fifth year in a row with his best new material and some of your old favourites. Since skyrocketing to internet stardom a few years ago and subsequently earning over a million followers world-wide, Neel has continued to build an impressive live following, with his 2017 season culminating in a sell-out show to thousands at Sydney's iconic Enmore Theatre.

2017 also saw Neel release his second self-produced stand-up special Neel Before Me which has collected hundreds of thousands of views across the globe, and bag a starring role in the new ABC TV comedy show Virgin Bush. This will be Neel's fifth nationwide solo outing and Neel Kolhatkar Live will see him pair some of his greatest old material with plenty of never before seen jokes. Don't miss one of Australia's best, live on stage!

TOUR DETAILS:
Tickets on sale now
Saturday 28 April
State Theatre Centre of WA | Perth, WA
All Ages | Show Starts: 7:00pm
ticketek.com.au | Ph: 13 28 49

This event is recommended for patrons aged 15+

Also performing at Brisbane Comedy Festival, Melbourne International Comedy Festival and Sydney Comedy Festival. For full tour info visit: frontiercomedy.com/neelkolhatkar

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PAULY FENECH
THE BOGAN BIBLE

Award-winning actor, writer, film-maker and comedian Pauly Fenech (Housos, Fat Pizza, Swift and Shift Couriers, Bogan Hunters) is back with a new live comedy show The Bogan Bible. Be prepared to be inducted into the bogan world through stand-up comedy, multimedia and audience interaction.

Ever wondered what a bogan is? Where did they come from? Are you yourself in fact a bogan? These questions and more will be answered by the original Bogan Hunter, Logie winner and Tropfest winner Pauly Fenech. In total, since 1998 Paul has made over 50 hours of TV comedy, five feature films and performed countless live performances from pub shows to casinos. Don't miss this legend of Aussie comedy live!

TOUR DETAILS:
Tickets on sale Monday 11 December 10am AEST
Friday 18 May
Astor Theatre | Perth, WA
All Ages | Show Starts: 7:00pm
ticketek.com.au | Ph: 13 28 49

This event is recommended for patrons aged 15+

Also performing at Adelaide Fringe, Brisbane Comedy Festival, Melbourne International Comedy Festival and Sydney Comedy Festival. For full tour info visit: frontiercomedy.com/paulyfenech

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ROSIE WATERLAND
MUM SAYS MY MEMOIR IS A LIE - THE LIVE EVENT

In 2015 Rosie Waterland wrote The Anti-Cool Girl. A book about her childhood with mentally ill, alcoholic, drug-addicted parents. There were foster homes, AA, overdoses. Adult Rosie navigated her way through eating disorders, Bachelor recaps and awkward Tinder dates. Then she had an epiphany: to embrace her true self - a girl who loves drinking wine in her underpants - and become an Anti-Cool Girl. It seemed everyone in the country read her critically acclaimed bestseller... except Rosie's mother, Lisa, too lost in alcoholism to even think about it. Then, she unexpectedly got sober and finally read the book.

Mama Lisa had lots of thoughts - the first of which is that most of Rosie's memoir is a straight-up lie. During this honest discussion, Rosie and Mama Lisa will go over highlights from their number one podcast, Mum Says My Memoir Is A Lie and talk about them in detail accompanied by photos and videos from the past. They'll also give you the chance to ask them all the questions you've been dying to ask. Join Rosie and Mama Lisa for a hilarious, if brutally honest conversation in which they share (very different) memories, and lots and lots of laughs.

TOUR DETAILS:
Tickets on sale now
Saturday 28 April
Heath Ledger Theatre | Perth, WA
All Ages | Show Starts: 3:15pm
ticketek.com.au | Ph: 132 849

This event is recommended for patrons aged 15+

Also performing at Melbourne International Comedy Festival and Sydney Comedy Festival. For full tour info visit: frontiercomedy.com/rosiewaterland

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Shawn Wayans (US)
LIVE

American actor, writer, producer and comedian Shawn Wayans, known and loved by audiences for his quick-wit, raw humour and through his starring roles in White Chicks, Scary Movie and Scary Movie 2, was last in the country in 2013 performing a double act with brother Marlon Wayans across Australia and New Zealand. Now, the legendary comic is back for his debut solo Australian stand-up tour.

Shawn Wayans made his acting debut in his brother Keenen Ivory Wayans' feature film I'm Gonna Get You Sucka (1989). Immediately following his feature film debut, Shawn joined the cast of the Emmy Award winning comedy series, In Living Color. From 1995 to 1999, Shawn and his brother Marlon created and starred in the sitcom The Wayans Bros. Shawn began co-writing his string of blockbusters with the smash hit Scary Movie, Scary Movie 2 (directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans), Little Man, White Chicks, Dance Flick and Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in The Hood, which he co-executive produced and starred alongside Marlon Wayans. Don't miss Shawn Wayans' Australian solo show debut in May 2018, make sure you get in early for tickets to see this comedy legend live!

TOUR DETAILS:
Tickets on sale now
Tuesday 15 May
Regal Theatre | Perth, WA
All Ages | Show Starts: 7:30pm
ticketek.com.au | Ph: 132 849

This event is recommended for patrons aged 15+

Also performing at Sydney Comedy Festival and in the Gold Coast, Melbourne and Adelaide. For full tour info visit: frontiercomedy.com/shawnwayans

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