Commonwealth Comedy Tour
Join us Wednesday September 11th for an evening of laughter with special guest headliner Chris Franklin, hosted by Edmonton's own Lars Callieou!
Tickets are $14.95, but you can snatch them up for half price if you purchase them online in advance
Chris is one of Australia’s premier comedy stars. He’s an Aussie bloke, a yobbo or a bogan, from his flannelette shirt to his double plugger thongs. His "Hoganesque" style of comedy appeals to every average Australian and touches on the delicate issues of beer, sport and relationships.
Chris started performing comedy in way back in October ’97 and in just six months had won the prestigious triple j Raw Comedy Award for Australia’s best new talent. It didn’t take him long to rise to feature status. His accomplishments are outstanding and they include;
- National Triple J Raw Comedy winner for Best New Comedian
- Grand Finalist National Green Faces comedy competition in Canberra
- Double Platinum sales for his hit single “Bloke”
- Aria Nomination “best comedy release” for Bloke
- Aria Nomination for ‘Highest selling single” for Bloke
- Aria Nomination “best comedy release” for Mullet Head
Chris has performed with such comedy legends as: Jimeoin, Steady Eddy, Garry Who, Carl Barron, Anh Do, Dave Hughes, Elliot Goblet, Raymond J Bartholomew, Marty Fields, The Empty Pockets, Peter Rowsthorn, Bob Franklin, Ross Daniels, Tom Green, Jim Jeffries, Stevie Starr, Mr Methane, and rock bands, The Angels, Rose Tattoo, The Screaming Jets, Yothu Yindi and The Radiators. He has even worked with international music stars like Santana, Chris Isaak, Elvis Costello, Boz Scaggs, Status Quo, Tony Joe White & Bonnie Raitt.
Chris’ first CD single was released through EMI Music Australia entitled ‘Bloke’. A hilarious send up of Meredith Brooks’ song ‘Bitch’, the song landed at Number 15 first week in and subsequently went to number one achieving platinum sales exceeding 120,000. Chris has released a further single which was nominated for “Best Comedy Release” entitled “Mullet Head” a parody of the hit single “Gimme Head” by The Radiators.
Chris’ first ‘Live DVD, ‘Let Bogans Be Bogans’, was filmed at The Athenaeum Theatre in Melbourne to a sell out crowd.