Comedy

Japanese Worry (Encore)

Winner - Directors’ Choice Award, Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2023

$25.00
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A Japanese man wearing a multi-coloured patterned shirt stands in front of a field of sunflowers.
A Japanese man wearing a multi-coloured patterned shirt stands in front of a field of sunflowers. There is an overlaid text that says
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A Japanese man wearing a multi-coloured patterned shirt stands in front of a field of sunflowers.
A Japanese man wearing a multi-coloured patterned shirt stands in front of a field of sunflowers. There is an overlaid text that says

  • Performed by: Takashi Wakasugi (JPN)

I’m Japanese and I have lived in Australia for almost four years. I worry about so many things in Australia because I am still suffering from cultural differences and language barriers.

The more westernised I become, the more I worry about the details of Australian life and people. I’m also worried about Japan. Before I came to Australia, certain things in Japan were normal for me. Now that I am westernised, I have so many new worries about Japan and Japanese people.

This show is about my personal anxiety as a Japanese person who lives in Australia. My identity is lost between Japan and Australia.

As seen on Melbourne International Comedy Festival Gala 2023, Comedy Up Late 2022 (ABC)

This project received Cash for Equity through the Fringe Fund, as part of the Ralph Mclean Microgrants program.
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  • Duration: 60 minutes

  • Age suitability: PG

  • Event warnings: Mild Coarse Language.

  • Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Evatt Room
    Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton, Victoria, 3053

    Wheelchair Access

    Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Evatt Room is wheelchair accessible.

    The entrance to the venue is on Lygon St. You can head up the front stairs and through the main doors, from there head right to get to the Loading Dock.
    If you need step free access, there is lift at the front of the building and our team will be able to guide you from there to the Loading Dock.

    Once you're in the Loading Dock you can head straight through to the Victoria Street Building and up the stairs on your right. On the first floor the Evatt Room is on the far right side.

    If you need step free access, head out the northern doors of the Loading Dock and west towards the lift. Take the lift to the first floor and then head south past Solidarity Hall to the Victoria St Building.

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  • Full: $25.00

  • Hump Day Discount: $18.75

  • Concession: $23.00

  • Group 6+: $23.00

  • Blak Tix: $23.00

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Date Time Venue

Wednesday, 18 October 2023

6:00pm

Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Evatt Room

Hump Day
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Thursday, 19 October 2023

6:00pm

Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Evatt Room

Almost Gone
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Friday, 20 October 2023

6:00pm

Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Evatt Room

Selling Fast
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Saturday, 21 October 2023

6:00pm

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Sunday, 22 October 2023

5:00pm

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