The many faces of Brent Thorpe

Brent Thorpe is irrepressible. The stand-up comedian/actor/writer/serial offender of audiences is back with a new one-man show, Daddy,  and it promises to be as cheeky, outrageous and hilarious as everything that has come before. 

Thorpe is a master of characterisation, and will irreverently portray anything from a delirious drag queen to an obnoxious North Shore housewife to a nun. He goes where others dare to tread, and he’ll take you with him. 

In Daddy Thorpe introduces us to Father Liberace O’Toole and Craig Faggot and reacquaints us with Deirdre Flick – said housewife. We, of course, also meet Daddy. 

“You’re never too old to take a pill and dance on a podium wearing a jockstrap and a harness! And there’s nothing wrong with that!” – Daddy. 

Thorpe wrote and performs in Daddy which sold out shows in Barcelona and Berlin, and was a big hit at the Edinburgh, Adelaide and Sydney Fringe festivals. 

At 60, Thorpe refuses to slow down or behave. Nor does he shy away from fresh new material, even though he’s got a bagful of verified past hits he could easily reprise: Too Old For TV (2013), The Fabulous Punch and Judy Show (2010), Betcha Thought I Was Dead (2009), Scratch and Sniff (2014), Beauty! Glamour! Fame! (2014).

Directing the show will be the equally talented and enduring, Adam Cook, who knows precisely how to extract the optimum performance from Thorpes dark, hidden creative regions. 

February 23 & 24, TAP Gallery, Lvl 1/259 Riley St, Surry Hills 

March 1, Meraki Arts Bar, 231 Oxford St, Darlinghurst

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