Tales from My Immigrant Father
In ‘Tales from My Immigrant Father: A Serious & Poignant Show About Culture for a Pretentious Audience’, critically-acclaimed comedian and child of Burmese-Australian immigrants Sonny Yang invites you on a journey to rediscover his traditional Burmese-Australian family roots as he regales you with various true stories as told to him by his Burmese-Australian immigrant father.
Equal parts hilarious, heartfelt and harrowing (the three H’s of great art, nice), this is a show that promises to tug at your heartstrings, make journalists froth at the mouth and win numerous awards. Get poignant. Get pretentious. Get tickets to this show now!
★★★★★ The Age, 2023
"Genius" - Vidya Rajan (Aunty Donna's Coffee Cafe)
"Hilarious on so many levels” ★★★★½ The Fourth Wall, 2020
Presented by: Sonny Yang
Sonny is an absurdist comedian and comedy writer based in Australia. A "master at keeping things funny" (The Australia Times), his critically-acclaimed cult hit productions typically involve multiple (poorly acted) characters, convoluted narratives and audio-visual multimedia. His work has previously been described by Rove McManus as “the greatest thing to happen to comedy in years”.