Warning: This podcast contains strong language and adult themes

A comedy about things that are actually sad.

This is where the story begins. Alice is walking to the hospital and runs into an old friend. After this, listen to Savage, Act 2

Written and performed by Alice Fraser at the 2018 Melbourne International Comedy Festival

Produced and sound engineered by Bryce Halliday

Warning: This podcast contains strong language and adult themes

A comedy about things that are actually sad. The second half of the first part of the story. Find out what happens to Dick, and sing along to some Elvis. After this, listen to The Resistance Act I.

Written and performed by Alice Fraser at the 2018 Melbourne International Comedy Festival

Thanks to Helen Zaltzman, Tom Ballard and Zan Rowe for their memories

Produced and sound engineered by Bryce Halliday

Warning: This podcast contains strong language and adult themes

This is the beginning of the second show. Alice introduces you to the house she grew up in, and the mysterious people she grew up with.After this, listen to The Resistance, Act 2.

Written and performed by Alice Fraser at the 2018 Melbourne International Comedy Festival

CAST:

Alice Fraser as Granny

Facundo Herrera as Luis

Jennifer Vuletic as Mrs Sergei

‘Disclaimer Song’ band:

Bryce Halliday on piano accordion

Dane Carroll on trombone

Produced and sound engineered by Bryce Halliday

Warning: This podcast contains very strong language and adult themes from the start

This is the second half of the second show. Find out the mysteries behind the mysterious people Alice grew up with, and why it’s not easy to be a good person. There’s a multiple choice question. A woman is violent to a child.After this, listen to Part 3: Empire, Act 1.

Written and performed by Alice Fraser at the 2018 Melbourne International Comedy Festival

CAST:

Alice Fraser as Granny

Facundo Herrera as Luis

Jennifer Vuletic as Mrs Sergei

Sapidah Kian as Madame Durga Lao

Nikki Britton as Parent

‘Disclaimer Song’ band:

Bryce Halliday on piano accordion

Dane Carroll on trombone

‘Gut Song’ snare drummer: Claudine Field

Additional piano music by Bryce Halliday

Produced and sound engineered by Bryce Halliday

Warning: This podcast contains very strong language and adult themes from the start

This is the beginning of the final story of the Trilogy. It begins with Quantum physics, good and evil, Dads, and Disney villains. After this, listen to Empire, Act 2

Written and performed by Alice Fraser at the 2018 Melbourne International Comedy Festival

Produced and sound engineered by Bryce Halliday.

Warning: This podcast contains very strong language and adult themes from the start

Alice’s fascination with Quantum physics is resolved into a metaphor about storytelling and knowledge. We go to a funeral and there’s a confrontation. Schroedinger’s box gets opened.

Written and performed by Alice Fraser at the 2018 Melbourne International Comedy Festival

CAST:

Michael Fraser as Michael Fraser

Bryce Halliday as Survey Doctor

Produced and sound engineered by Bryce Halliday

An interview with Michael Fraser on how he feels about Alice creating comedy based on her family in Savage, The Resistance and Empire.

Another bonus interview with Producer Bryce Halliday who helped Alice record, edit and publish Savage, The Resistance and Empire as a podcast series.

Are you ready for comedy? Are you also ready for something that may or may not be comedy? Coming soon a trilogy of Alice Fraser stand up shows, recorded live at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Subscribe now.