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Francesca Moody Productions in association with MILKE presents

Garry Starr: Classic Penguins

Mon 14 – Sat 26 Jul 25 70 minutes
Scotsman
Time Out
Metro
Guardian
Literature! Literature! Literature! It might not rhyme with anything but it’s still very important.

Winner: Most Outstanding Show
Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2025

Following a smash-hit, sell out Edinburgh Festival last year, Garry Starr is back and he’s hell-bent on saving books from extinction by performing every Penguin Classic novel ever written. Mostly naked (but with flippers).

The comic wunderkind takes us on a literary adventure through the world’s most iconic works of fiction. From The Little Prince to Moby Dick and everything in between, nothing is safe from being lampooned with the utmost nincompoopery.

EXTRA SEATS ADDED DUE TO DEMAND

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Reviews

'A very funny man who is peculiarly averse to wearing trousers.'
Scotsman
'Chaotic brilliance… wildly original and relentlessly funny.’
Time Out
'Brilliantly ticklish… joyfully silly.'
Guardian
'Utterly joyous.'
Metro