Past Events
-
04 May 2019
Saturday
Cassie Workman – Giantess
NOMINATED MOST OUTSTANDING SHOW 2019 – MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL COMEDY FESTIVAL Winner Best Comedy 2015 Adelaide Fringe Winner Director’s Choice 2013 Sydney Comedy Festival Nominee Barry Award 2013 Melbourne International Comedy Festival After being abducted by a troll, a girl must realise her destiny, and escape. What lies beyond his kingdom is a mystery, so she will need the strength of a giantess. Created by the multi-award-winning comedian Cassie Workman, Giantess is a story of self acceptance. Interweaving music, comedy, storytelling and illustration, Cassie’s one-person-show explores the anguish of coming to terms with a gender identity that doesn’t match your body. ‘Will More info...
-
04 May 2019
Saturday
Alex Williamson – Sin On My Face
The Victorian era is long gone, but to think people once adhered to a set of rules ordained by god & suppressed their ‘inner sick-f*ck’ is a point of fascination for Alex Williamson. After another sold-out 2018 Aussie festival season, and working tirelessly at Edinburgh Fringe to give Aussies an even worse reputation overseas, Alex is back on home soil to wholeheartedly embrace his inner sick-f*ck in a brand new hour sure to knock you for a home-run. Metaphorically of course, it’s not an hour of baseball, unless he runs out of material & someone has a key to the high school sports shed. With over 2.5 million social media followers, Alex has performed a phenomenal number of show More info...
-
08 May 2019
Wednesday
Johnny Cash and Dolly Parton
JOHNNY CASH AND DOLLY PARTON The Songs of Dolly Parton and ‘Leaving Jackson’ The Johnny Cash and June Carter show together for one night only in a tribute to these legends of music. Leaving Jackson The Johnny Cash and June Carter show. Take a step back in time to when country music told a true story of life, love and heartache. From the famous Walk The Line and Folsom Prison Blues to the iconic Ring of Fire. For more than 40 years Johnny Cash and June Carter enthralled audiences around the world with their songs of life, love and heartache. A love story played out through some of the greatest songs ever written. Now Jeff Carter together with Brooke McMullen bring to life a captiva More info...
-
10 May 2019
Friday
Daniel Townes – The World is Amazing and Eve...
Daniel Townes returns with a brand new show about the current divide in our society, equality, fear-mongering, offence, Batman, and a load of other things that sound hilarious when you put the word comedy next to them. Townes pours 16 years of experience onstage into his dry, intelligent and brilliantly relatable comedy, with a laid-back charm that makes entertaining a room full of strangers look easy. Society’s shortcomings and foibles – from the big questions of life through to the petty grievances of day to day existence, all are neatly excised by his sharp, razor-edged wit and rapid-fire delivery, guaranteeing a ferocious hit rate of punchlines-per-minute. As seen on ABC2 Comedy Next More info...
-
10 May 2019
Friday
Dr Jason Leong – Harmful if Swallowed
You are now in the era of Dr Jason Leong. This doctor turned comedian has been spreading waves of laughter from America to Australia since winning the 7th International Hong Kong Comedy Competition in 2013, the first Malaysian to do so and being voted Crowd Favourite. Most recently in 2018, he brought his sold-out solo comedy tour AMBITIOUS to Penang, Johor, Kota Kinabalu, Kuching, Singapore, India, Manila, Hong Kong, culminating in four sold-out shows at Temple of Fine Arts, KL. He has also been selected twice to perform for Comedy Central’s Stand-Up Asia and was the first Malaysian to perform full professional sets at Laugh Factory in Hollywood and the Gotham Comedy Club in New York More info...
-
10 May 2019
Friday
Akmal – Open For Renovations
Have you always wanted a perfect body, with rock hard abs and buns of steel without ever getting out of bed? Imagine having enough confidence to get out of your car during a road rage incident that wasn’t your fault, instead of apologising and cowardly driving off as quickly as you can. If you have ever wanted to be so financially wealthy that you could pay Rupert Murdoch to drop his pants and perform a silly dance while singing in a high pitch voice, just for a laugh. Well in this one-hour show, Akmal will be asking the audience if they know how he can achieve these things. A life changing experience or your money back. “Random, improvised and hilarious…” – www.crickey.com.au More info...
-
10 May 2019
Friday
Ivan Aristeguieta – The Fourth Floor
WINNER- WEEKLY BEST COMEDY, ADELAIDE FRINGE 2017 “Congratulations! You’ve made it to The Fourth Floor!” That’s what Venezuelans say when someone turns forty, and this is the year that Ivan needs to get out of the lift and see what all the fuss is about. He’s halfway to the rooftop party, and too far up to take the stairs back down. Call it a mid-life crisis or mid-life celebration, Ivan is livin’ la mid-vida loca. After a successful 2018 World Tour, Ivan is ready to take his life to the next level. Going up! As seen on Have You Been Paying Attention? and star of ABC TV’s Lost in Pronunciation. Directed by Chris McDonald ‘Skilful timing, energised delivery and supreme likeabil More info...
-
18 May 2019
Saturday
The Screaming Jets “Dirty Thirty”
Celebrating 30 years The Screaming Jets are taking a step back in time and revisiting their musical history. Songs like ‘Sister Tease’, ‘Stop The World’, ‘Blue Sashes’, ‘Think’, and many more gems are due to be unwrapped and unleashed onto Jets fans in a select few shows. Fans should get ready for The Jets to blow their ears and minds away with a live retrospective of the bands thirty year career… 8 studio albums, 2 live albums, 3 EP’s. With well over 100 original songs in an extensive rock catalogue, The Screaming Jets are going back to their roots and uncovering songs they possibly haven’t played for years… A recent poll of fans could see the boys pull out favouri More info...
Astor Theatre Perth © Copyright 2015
