The Best of Arj Barker: Power Hour

10 Feb 8:00pm

Arj Barker is arguably Australia’s favourite American comedian. In recent years, he has spent more time in our country than his own and has come to understand our culture perhaps better than we understand it ourselves. His stand-up is both insightful and pointed, like a mind-reading thumb tack, if there were one of those.

Arj has gained major International exposure from his role as Dave on Flight of the Concords. This, as well as dozens of appearances on popular Aussie TV shows like the original Hey Hey It’s Saturday (yep, he’s been coming here for a while), Thank God You’re Here, The Glasshouse, Good News Week, Rove Live, The Project, Talkin’ Bout My Generation, Spicks and Specks, The Great Debate and of course the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Charity Gala, he has become a household name in Australia. He was also the very first guest ever to appear on Gordon St. Tonight with Adam Hills, and nobody can ever take that away from him, no matter what happens.

In his home country (well, country of birth at least), he has appeared regularly as a guest on many popular shows including those hosted by David Letterman, Jay Leno, Conan O’Brian, Jimmy Kimmel and Bill Maher. He has also had three of his very own comedy specials on Comedy Central.

Arj has been a popular act at the most celebrated comedy festivals world-wide, including the Edinburgh Fringe, Just For Laughs in Montreal, and the Melbourne International Comedy Festival now for almost two decades. A prolific and hardworking comic who tours constantly, Arj has released five DVDs, two of which have been nominated for ARIAs in Australia although he ain’t won yet. But winning ain’t everything. There can be only one winner, but there are many losers. So all we’re saying is, maybe there’s something to be said for strength in numbers??

Some of Arj Barker’s other projects include The Marijuana-Logues (co-creator), stony parody of The Vagina Monologues, which ran off-Broadway in New York City for an entire year, and the whimsical animated web-series Arj and Poopy (co-creator), which has a cult online following of fans ranging from 3 to 76 years. Turns out everybody loves a farting cat!

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Prices
Adult Member Group 10+
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Show times
8:00pm, Friday 10 February 2023
Venue
John Leslie Theatre 100 Foster Street Sale, 3850
Run time
1 hour 30 minutes, no interval
Presented by
A-List Entertainment Pty Ltd
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