2 Ruby Knockers, 1 Jaded Dick: A Dirk Darrow Investigation
Comedy Weekly Award Winner - FRINGE WORLD 2020
“Will leave you in awe” ★★★★★ Glam Adelaide 2021
Australia’s favourite American mentalist detective is back! More murders! More explosions! More punctuation!!!#@%$!
Wowing crowds the world over, this hilarious gumshoe is part comedian, part mind-reader, part magician, part storyteller, & all gritty retro 1930‘s film-noir! Think Boardwalk Empire meets Naked Gun meets Derren Brown. Based on a story by Dashiell Hammett.
From 15-time Fringe Festival Award Winner Tim Motley
Magic Award - Adelaide Fringe Festival 2019 & 2021
Funniest Show Award - London Fringe 2014
“Tour de force” ★★★★½ London Free Press, 2014
“Amazing” ★★★★★ Australian Stage, 2015
“The best private detective magician mentalist comedian you’ll ever see” ★★★★ Edmonton Sun, 2015
Presented by: Racing Sloth Productions
Tim Motley has been performing professionally for over 20 years as a comedian, mentalist, magician, actor, radio show host, improviser, busker, and variety performer. He is well known to Fringe Festival patrons for combining comedy and magic with the film noir detective genre in such shows as “2 Nuts for Dick Tricks”, “Prohibition”, “6 Quick Dick Tricks”, ”2 Ruby Knockers, 1 Jaded Dick,” and “Dirk Darrow: NCSSI”. These shows have toured Fringes around the world for nine years, have garnered 15 Fringe Festival awards, and have received many excellent reviews.
Tim has created and toured internationally 8 solo shows and 3 cast shows to date. Originally from Philadelphia, he is now a full Australian citizen living in Adelaide and has performed in 49 countries.