21 January – 15 February

This show belongs to the Fringe2024 season. This season is now over.

2 Ruby Knockers, 1 Jaded Dick: A Dirk Darrow Investigation

Comedy Award -FRINGE WORLD 2020, 2022
★★★★★ “Will leave you in awe” Glam Adelaide 2021 
★★★★★ “A joy to watch” Fringefeed, 2022

Australia’s favourite mind-reading detective is back!  More murders!  More explosions!  More punctuation!!!!!!!!#@%$!

Wowing crowds the world over, this hilarious gumshoe is part comedian, part mentalist, 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 20 time Fringe Festival Award Winner Tim Motley… 
Magic Award - Adelaide Fringe Festival 2019, '21, & '23.

★★★★½ “Tour de force” 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, improvisor, busker, and variety performer. He is well known to Festival patrons for combining comedy and magic with the film noir detective genre in such shows as “Barry Potter”, “Mad Magic”, “Prohibition”, “6 Quick Dick Tricks”, ”2 Ruby Knockers, 1 Jaded Dick,” “Magic of Future Past” and “Dirk Darrow: NCSSI”. These shows have toured Fringes around the world for nine years, have garnered 20 Fringe Festival awards to date, and have received many glowing reviews.

Tim has created and toured internationally 9 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 50 countries.

Comedy • Magic/Illusion
South Australia • My event has been presented in Western Australia before