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Alice Fraser Trilogy

13 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 98 ratings

A comedy podcast about things that are actually sad. Alice Fraser brings you a series of three solo stand-up shows, that explore the boundary between comedy and tragedy. You’ll meet her family, her foes and the extremely strange community she grew up in. Each show is in two acts, it will make more sense if you choose Act 1 first.

Stand-Up Comedy
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Episodes

PRESENTS CrossBread — A new musical comedy

July 06, 2020 23:00 - 1 minute - 1.86 MB

Do you remember CrossBread? For a brief time, the Australian hip-hop act lit up the Christian music scene brighter than the star of Bethlehem but burnt out faster than Sodom and Gomorrah. CrossBread is a new comedy series starring Megan Washington, Chris Ryan, John Waters, Kate McLennan, Aaron Chen and Sami Shah with original music from Megan Washington.

PRESENTS — Judith Lucy - Overwhelmed and Dying

March 04, 2020 15:00 - 2 minutes - 2.39 MB

Comedian Judith Lucy is totally overwhelmed by the state of the world and her own life. The family she grew up in is dead, she's a lot closer to dying than she wants to be and now after a particularly bad break-up, she's single again. So, great news Australia! Judith Lucy is going to solve her problems, and yours, over the course of a mere eight episodes, simply by chatting to some experts and having some vaguely humiliating experiences so you don't...

INTRODUCING — Alice Fraser's brand new stand-up show

November 15, 2019 01:00 - 23 seconds - 23.8 MB

You can now hear her 2019 show 'Mythos' recorded exclusively at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival on the ABC COMEDY Presents podcast. It's about fathers, feminism, the future and other things that start with the letter 'f'.

PRESENTS — Alice Fraser's brand new stand-up show

November 15, 2019 01:00 - 23 seconds - 23.8 MB

You can now hear her 2019 show 'Mythos' recorded exclusively at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival on the ABC COMEDY Presents podcast. It's about fathers, feminism, the future and other things that start with the letter 'f'.

01 | Savage Act 1

August 13, 2018 01:00 - 38 minutes - 23.8 MB

Warning: This podcast contains strong language and adult themes A comedy about things that are actually sad. This is where the story begins. Alice is walking to the hospital and runs into an old friend. After this, listen to Savage, Act 2 Written and performed by Alice Fraser at the 2018 Melbourne International Comedy Festival Produced and sound engineered by Bryce Halliday

02 | Savage Act II

August 13, 2018 00:30 - 23 minutes - 23.8 MB

Warning: This podcast contains strong language and adult themes A comedy about things that are actually sad. The second half of the first part of the story. Find out what happens to Dick, and sing along to some Elvis. After this, listen to The Resistance Act I. Written and performed by Alice Fraser at the 2018 Melbourne International Comedy Festival Thanks to Helen Zaltzman, Tom Ballard and Zan Rowe for their memories Produced and sound engineered by Bryce Halliday

03 | The Resistance Act I

August 12, 2018 23:00 - 28 minutes - 23.8 MB

Warning: This podcast contains strong language and adult themes This is the beginning of the second show. Alice introduces you to the house she grew up in, and the mysterious people she grew up with. After this, listen to The Resistance, Act 2. Written and performed by Alice Fraser at the 2018 Melbourne International Comedy Festival CAST: Alice Fraser as Granny Facundo Herrera as Luis Jennifer Vuletic as Mrs Sergei   ‘Disclaimer Song’ band: Bryce Halliday on piano accordion Dane Car...

04 | The Resistance Act II

August 12, 2018 22:00 - 24 minutes - 23.8 MB

Warning: This podcast contains very strong language and adult themes from the start This is the second half of the second show. Find out the mysteries behind the mysterious people Alice grew up with, and why it’s not easy to be a good person. There’s a multiple choice question. A woman is violent to a child. After this, listen to Part 3: Empire, Act 1. Written and performed by Alice Fraser at the 2018 Melbourne International Comedy Festival   CAST: Alice Fraser as Granny Facundo Herrera...

05 | Empire Act I

August 12, 2018 21:00 - 29 minutes - 23.8 MB

Warning: This podcast contains very strong language and adult themes from the start This is the beginning of the final story of the Trilogy. It begins with Quantum physics, good and evil, Dads, and Disney villains. After this, listen to Empire, Act 2 Written and performed by Alice Fraser at the 2018 Melbourne International Comedy Festival Produced and sound engineered by Bryce Halliday.

06 | Empire Act II

August 12, 2018 20:00 - 24 minutes - 23.8 MB

Warning: This podcast contains very strong language and adult themes from the start Alice’s fascination with Quantum physics is resolved into a metaphor about storytelling and knowledge. We go to a funeral and there’s a confrontation. Schroedinger’s box gets opened. Written and performed by Alice Fraser at the 2018 Melbourne International Comedy Festival   CAST: Michael Fraser as Michael Fraser Bryce Halliday as Survey Doctor   Produced and sound engineered by Bryce Halliday

BONUS — Interview with Alice's Dad

August 12, 2018 19:00 - 32 minutes - 23.8 MB

An interview with Michael Fraser on how he feels about Alice creating comedy based on her family in Savage, The Resistance and Empire.

BONUS — Interview with Alice's Producer

August 12, 2018 18:00 - 37 minutes - 23.8 MB

Another bonus interview with Producer Bryce Halliday who helped Alice record, edit and publish Savage, The Resistance and Empire as a podcast series.

INTRODUCING — The Alice Fraser Trilogy

July 27, 2018 06:00 - 1 minute - 23.8 MB

Are you ready for comedy? Are you also ready for something that may or may not be comedy? Coming soon a trilogy of Alice Fraser stand up shows, recorded live at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Subscribe now.