Comedy

Wil Greenway: The Ocean After All

A castaway comedy from a master storyteller.

$30.00
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The ocean floor. A sad man in a bright shirt is nursing an umbrella-topped cocktail. Bubbles escape his mouth and rise for the surface.
A man, smiling, crouches on the stage to gently touch the shoulder of an audience member. The audience member stifles a laugh and closes their eyes. The woman next to them smiles warmly.
Past Event

Image Credit: Tom Camp

The ocean floor. A sad man in a bright shirt is nursing an umbrella-topped cocktail. Bubbles escape his mouth and rise for the surface.
A man, smiling, crouches on the stage to gently touch the shoulder of an audience member. The audience member stifles a laugh and closes their eyes. The woman next to them smiles warmly.

  • Written and Performed by: Wil Greenway

  • Directed by: Kellie Tori

  • Music by: Kathryn Langshaw

A message in a bottle, a broken heart, a mystery.
Maybe some jokes too?

Master storyteller and cult hero of the Edinburgh Fringe (sold out five years running), Wil returns to Melbourne with a show to whisk you away to some other place. Poetic, surreal, earnest and daft, The Ocean After All chronicles the misadventures of a man lost at sea, stranded on a desert island.

"I'm on record as being a fan" - Daniel Kitson
"Awesomely talented" ★★★★ - The Herald Sun
"Magic" ★★★★ - Time Out
"A tour de force of poetic storytelling" ★★★★ - Out in Perth
"Achingly beautiful and ridiculously funny" ★★★★★ - Fresh Air
"Greenway elevates the art of storytelling" ★★★★ - What's on London
“Utterly transporting” ★★★★ - The Stage
"A show with a huge, beating and bloody heart" ★★★★★ - Ed Fringe Review
"Bittersweet, hilarious and heartwarming" ★★★★★ - Three Weeks

About Wil Greenway

Wil Greenway has been writing and performing critically acclaimed Fringe shows since 2010. At least until the pandemic. Here he is getting back on the horse, what a brave boy!

wilgreenway.com

  • Duration: 60 minutes

  • Event Accessibility: Blind or Low Vision Rating: Partially Accessible

  • Age suitability: M

  • Event warnings: Mild Coarse Language, Sudden Loud Noises, Some Infrequent/Low Pressure Audience Interaction.

  • Content warnings: Self Harm Or Suicide.

  • Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Corner Store
    Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton, VIC, 3053

    Wheelchair Access

    Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Corner Store 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 where the Corner Store is on your right.

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  • Full: $30.00

  • Hump Day Discount: $22.50

  • Extra Applause: $40.00

  • Blak Tix: $22.00

  • Concession: $25.00

  • Group 6+: $25.00

  • Member discounts available

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Sessions: In Person Events

A single $5.50 transaction fee applies to your booking.

Date Time Venue

Wednesday, 11 October 2023

9:30pm

Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Corner Store

Hump Day
 Past Event

Thursday, 12 October 2023

9:45pm

Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Corner Store

 Past Event

Note: The relaxed performance will start 15 minutes later than other performances

Friday, 13 October 2023

9:30pm

Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Corner Store

 Past Event

Saturday, 14 October 2023

9:30pm

Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Corner Store

 Past Event

Sunday, 15 October 2023

8:30pm

Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Corner Store

 Past Event

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