Frank Woodley Travels from VIC
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Frank Woodley's Biography
Since
emerging from the acclaimed duo Lano and Woodley in 2006 Frank has created four
new stage shows and his own ABC series Woodley. 2013 saw Frank open at the
Sydney Festival, collaborating with acclaimed acrobat Simon in INSIDE which is
set to tour Australia through the year.
Since
hanging up his hat with Lano & Woodley, Frank has been busier than a bee
(bees are allegedly flat out). His smash hit solo show Possessed played across
Australia and at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with packed houses and rave
reviews. In addition, his animated short, Chicken of God, received an AFI
nomination and he won the coveted Herald Angel Award at the Edinburgh Fringe
for his role of Candide in the Malthouse Theatre production of Optimism.
Frank was
also a regular guest on ABC TV’s music quiz show Spicks and Specks and Network
TEN’s Good News Week and an audience favourite on Thank God You're
Here.
Australia’s
most visually compelling comedian was never far from the stage – doing live
stand up in the unique song singing, limb flinging Woodley way. It was no
surprise that Frank’s 2010 solo tour, Bewilderbeest, quickly sold out around
the country, firmly cementing him as once of one of Australia’s most-loved
comedians. In 2012, Frank was back on stage with his new show Bemusement Park.
2012 also
saw the much anticipated debut of Woodley on ABC TV. Created by, written,
produced and starring Frank as the title character opposite Justine Clarke and
newcomer Alexandra Cashmere, Woodley is a romantic comedy filled with virtuosic
physical mayhem. It also resulted in Frank receiving an AACTA nomination for
Best Performance in a Television Comedy.
Frank then
premiered Inside - another new, daring stage show, this time alongside Simon
Yates from acclaimed physical troupe, acrobat. This Kafkaesque piece put the
two clowns in prison and premiered at the 2013 Sydney Festival before touring
to Adelaide and Melbourne.
In 2014
Frank returned to his Woodley way with a new show, Fool’s Gold, performing at
Adelaide Fringe, Darwin Festival, Brisbane and Sydney Comedy Festivals, and of
course the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. He’s also stretched his
musical legs in his collaboration with Harvest Rain (playing Sir Robin in Monty
Python’s Spamalot at QPAC) and as the Inspector in Lemony Snicket’s The
Composer Is Dead at the Sydney Opera House and the Melbourne Recital Centre.
Frank’s
recent exciting foray – into children’s fiction – via Penguin Books hit the
shelves in July 2015. The first two books in the Kizmet series can be
found in all good book stores around Australia.
2016 will
see Frank tour not one, but TWO new shows – one for the kids and the other for
adults. Something for everyone who loves Woodley’s special brand of
nonsense-genius.