The Chaser's Age of Terror Variety Hour
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| Written by | The Chaser |
| Medium | Stage |
| Genre | Comedy/Satire |
| Performers | Andrew Hansen Dominic Knight Chas Licciardello Julian Morrow Craig Reucassel |
| Original Run | 2008 |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| Related shows | Cirque du Chaser Dead Caesar |
The Chaser's Age of Terror Variety Hour is a currently touring stage show by Australian comedian team The Chaser. It is produced by Laughing Stock and is the second stage show the Chaser team have produced.
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[edit] Production
The Chaser were originally formed by Charles Firth, Dominic Knight, Craig Reucassel and Julian Morrow, and in 1999 they ran a fortnightly newspaper entitled The Chaser. Since then they were joined by Chas Licciardello, Andrew Hansen and Chris Taylor, who helped them with the satirical publication. Through the help of Andrew Denton, an ABC personality, the Chaser team produced various shows for the ABC since 2001: most notably The Chaser's War on Everything, which last aired late in 2007.
It was revealed on December 4, 2007, that The Chaser would not be continuing on with a third season of the War on Everything in the first half of 2008. They would be performing a new stage production entitled The Chaser's Age of Terror Variety Hour.[1] The show's title comes from a working title used in the early production of the War on Everything, which was The Age of Terror Variety Hour.[2] The show runs between March and July of 2008. It stars Andrew Hansen, Dominic Knight, Chas Licciardello, Julian Morrow and Craig Reucassel. As for the other members of the Chaser, Charles Firth has left the group and Chris Taylor is not performing in the show as he is writing a new television series for the ABC.
| “ | It's going to be a hilarious jape of all descriptions that I can't tell you much more about because we haven't written it yet. | ” |
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—Chaser member Julian Morrow.[3] |
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The Chaser's Age of Terror Variety Hour is the second stage show produced by The Chaser, the first being Cirque du Chaser, which was performed in 2005 and was highly successful. The show is produced and presented by small stage company "Laughing Stock", which also produced and presented Cirque du Chaser.[4] The Age of Terror Variety Hour is made in the same format, with sketches, songs, presentations and interactive audience segments. The tour covers Adelaide, Ballarat, Brisbane, Canberra, Cairns, Darwin, Geelong, Hobart, Launceston, Melbourne, Newcastle, Parramatta, Perth, Sydney and Townsville.[5] Tickets for the show went on sale on 10 December 2007 for all shows except for the Melbourne shows, which went on sale on 12 December 2007.[4]
| “ | Part of the appeal of doing a live show is that we can have a suite of material that we don't have to renew each week. But compared to the War On Everything, it will be a lot easier. | ” |
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—Chaser member Craig Reucassel.[6] |
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[edit] Performances
The Chaser team will perform the show at the following places and dates:[4]
[edit] References
- ^ "Chaser's war not on television", News.com.au, 2007-12-04. Retrieved on 2007-12-04.
- ^ Lawson, Annie. "Dinner, Piers pressure and lots of red whine", The Age, 2005-07-25. Retrieved on 2007-12-05.
- ^ "Chaser team takes a break from TV", ABC, 2007-12-05. Retrieved on 2007-12-05.
- ^ a b c The Chaser - The Chaser's Age of Terror Variety Hour (The Chaser finally goes commercial). The Chaser. Retrieved on 2007-12-10.
- ^ "Chaser team to hit the road", The Courier Mail, 2007-12-05. Retrieved on 2007-12-05.
- ^ Litson, Jo. "The Chaser hit the road", The Daily Telegraph, 2007-12-09. Retrieved on 2007-12-09.
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