The Platonic Human Centipede
WINNER Critic’s Choice Award 2024 Perth Fringe World
WINNER Best Cabaret Weekly Award 2022 Adelaide Fringe
NOMINEE Golden Gibbo 2022 MICF
Mel & Sam are back on Perth shores with their newest, hottest, critically acclaimed, high energy, queer, musical comedy madness about the beauty (and horrors) of codependency. Join this multi-award-winning duo in this side-splitting, synth-soaring selection of songs and sketches championing the one thing they love most – the unsung duos of the modern world!
“Has to be seen to be believed. Mel & Sam prove yet again why they’re leading the charge of next-gen comics” ★★★★★ Time Out
“A chart-topping parody pop duo in the making.” ★★★★★ The Age
“Screamingly funny.” ★★★★★ Adelaide Advertiser
“The future of Australian comedy.” ★★★★ Herald Sun
Presented by: Mel & Sam
Mel & Sam are an award-winning, queer, Gen-Z musical comedy duo from Naarm, known together for their high octane, brilliantly chaotic and somewhat-unhinged musical comedy sketch shows which feature entirely original tracks and scores.
Their body of work includes ‘No Hat, No Play! The Cabaret’, ‘Shit-Wrecked!’, ‘High Pony’ and most recently ‘The Platonic Human Centipede’. The girls also have a podcast called ‘Ratbag with Mel & Sam’.
The girls are known for their spiky attitude, for their ability to speak to and to truly represent a ‘Gen Z’ or ‘youth’ voice, for bridging the gap between theatre kids and people-who-would-rathr-die-than-be-called-a-theatre-kid and often also for their fierce representation of queer joy in all their work.