Frank Woodley

Frank Woodley’s comedy takes audiences skipping through his child-like mind as he attempts to grapple with the adult world, a journey that inevitably involves a few silly songs along the way.

Best known as one half of Australia’s favourite comedy double act, Lano and Woodley, Frank Woodley has earned the adulation of critics and audiences alike. In almost twenty years together Lano & Woodley won the coveted Perrier Award for best show at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, starred in their own television series (which sold to more than thirty countries) and toured sold out shows across Australia and the UK. Sadly they are no longer, after saying “Goodbye” in 2006 with a national
tour that took in 34 markets and sold more than 125,000 tickets.

Over the last couple of years Frank has been quietly finding his way as a solo performer, doing small sets in cabaret and comedy venues. Frank was the driver of many of the more physical aspects of Lano and Woodley’s show so it is no surprise that he is taking this to a new level with his solo work. The effortless shift in and out of crafted comedy material and improvised chaos is as much a feature of Frank solo as it was a part of Lano and Woodley.

His solo debut was his 2003 Melbourne International Comedy Festival show, The Happy Dickwit, described as “a triumph” by The Age. Frank has since extended the experiment, regularly working the Melbourne circuit and the Sydney Comedy Store. He also appears regularly on ABC TV’s music quiz show Spicks & Specks and Network Ten’s hit Thank God You’re Here.

Possessed is an exciting opportunity for Frank – a physical comedy work under the direction of Kate Denborough.

“Comedy doesn’t come much better than this. Seriously.” The Herald Sun, Melbourne

“as universal as it is timeless” The Guardian, UK

“a unique brand of larrikin absurdity that is never less than clever and frequently brilliant.” Sydney Morning Herald

“Irresistible comedy that will have you giggling like a little kid.” The Sunday Mail, Adelaide

“endlessly inventive mirth making” The Herald, Scotland