Sonny Yang
COMEDIAN & WRITER
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Sonny is an absurdist comedian, comedy writer, satirist, and improviser. His productions typically involve multiple (poorly acted) characters, (awkwardly handled) audience interaction, (slightly f*cked) plots, (heavily biased) socio-political commentary, and (cheaply made) audio-visual multimedia.
★★★★★
- The Age
★★★★ 1/2
"Hilarious on so many levels"
- The Fourth Wall
★★★★ 1/2
"The King of Parody"
- The Australia Times
★
- some lowlife small town reviewer
Comedy Works Written & Produced
Sonny Yang vs Fringe
A surreal review of other shows in the Perth Fringe Festival
Two different editions performed at Perth Fringe World in 2017 & 2018, written in just under a month each time (wow, what a freak)
Sonny Yang’s Incredibly Stupid Adventure Game
A frustrating live interactive comedy video game show with challenging puzzles and multiple narrative paths, inspired by classic graphic adventure games and created over the course of two years (wow, what a freak)
Presented at Perth Fringe World 2020-2021 and at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in 2023
Sonny Yang’s Inconvenient Pandemic Game
A free browser game spin-off to ‘Incredibly Stupid Adventure Game’, created in collaboration with fellow comedian / game developer Alice Mack and sponsored through a local government COVID relief arts grant
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Tales from My Immigrant Father: A Serious & Poignant Exploration of Culture, Identity and Generational Trauma for a Pretentious Audience
A satire of Australia
Performed at Perth Fringe World and the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in 2024
Accolades for ‘Tales from My Immigrant Father: A Serious & Poignant Exploration of Culture, Identity and Generational Trauma for a Pretentious Audience’
Perth Fringe World 2024 Reactions:
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Accolades for ‘Sonny Yang’s Incredibly Stupid Adventure Game’
★★★★★- The Age
"Surreal, Frustrating, Absolute Crack-up...
like being in Sonny Yang's head"
- Craig Quartermaine (NITV / The Jim Jefferies Show / Tonightly)
"The world Yang has laid out is deceptively massive...
it's a gigantic game I would play again"
- theatretravels.org
"So stupid"
- Taylor Edwards (Big Fork Theatre Brisbane)
"Never seen a show like this ... Loved it" - Lucy Ewing (The Motherhood)
"Had me hootin' and hollerin' and pulling my hair out
in equal measure"
- Patrick Marlborough (Comedian / Writer / VICE / Junkee)
"Very stupid, very funny"
- Michelle Aitken (Writer / Theatre-maker)
"Sonny Yang's late night game show thing is incredibly well executed and off on its own Carmen Sandiego Encarta 95 vibe and I can't recommend it enough" - Tomas Ford (Crap Music Rave Party)
★★★★1/2 "Hilarious on so many levels"- The Fourth Wall
"Genius ... loved it!"
- Vidya Rajan (The Feed SBS / At Home Alone Together / Aunty Donna's Coffee Cafe)
"I left so mad, but I've never wanted to go back to a show so much!"
- Ana Strzelecki-Neves (Filmmaker / Playwright)
"Addictive"
- Di Star (The Laugh Resort Perth)
"So funny and insane"
- Sam Kissajukian (Comedian / Artist / The Laugh Mob Sydney)
"F**king incredible ... F**king fantastic ... See it"
- Glenn Grimwood & Jez Watts (The Nasty Show Australia)
"It's a work of art"
- Jaleesa Maher (Only The Human)
"I had a lot of fun seeing this show"
- Douglas Wilson (Die Gute Fabrik)
Kind words from Douglas Wilson, Game Designer, Lecturer and Co-Owner of Die Gute Fabrik