Featuring Wall’s signature meme-fuelled PowerPoints and musical comedy, Breaking the Fifth Wall is a forensic and frankly ludicrous deep dive into the space where performance and reality collide. Nothing and everything is as it seems.
Directed by Zoë Coombs Marr.
NOMINATED: MOST OUTSTANDING SHOW MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL COMEDY FESTIVAL 2025
NOMINATED: MOST OUTSTANDING SHOW MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL COMEDY FESTIVAL 2024
WINNER: BEST SHOW AT SYDNEY INTERNATIONAL COMEDY FESTIVAL 2024
'A silly and profound stand up masterpiece'Guardian
'slick, witty and unhinged – and always hilarious'Time Out
'hilarious, stand out'Arts Hub
Theatre Thoughts
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'They were born to perform. It’s pathological'Fest
'Imaginative, intelligent, energetic and above all funny, Lou Wall shows us how it is done.'On the Mic
'Honestly, this is a boundary-pushing show. But dishonestly it is as well'List
'This is the kind of all-singing, all-poetry-slamming gem that the Fringe is made for'Telegraph
'A high energy and clever show with numerous twists and turns... A not-to-be-missed quick-witted delight.'One4Review
'It’s a rollercoaster ride: very clever but, above all, very funny.'Times
'I bet you’ll (...) be won over by this fearsomely charismatic performer'Three Weeks
'It’s dizzyingly fantastic and laugh-out-loud funny'Comic's Comic
'Breaking the Fifth Wall cements Lou Wall as one of the best young comedians working at the Fringe today'Student