Zack Adams performs strange, musical comedy, has done four Melbourne International Comedy Festivals, several Adelaide Fringe Festivals, won the coveted 'Best Comedy Song' award at the 2007 Laugh Resort Comedy Awards and most recently returned from his highly successful national Slightly Awkward Tour. He has performed at Laughapoolooza, Comedy Of The Main (Montreal, Canada), Melbourne Comedy Festival Club and performed alongside artists such as The Bedroom Philospher (JJJ), Scott Edgar (Tripod), Josh Earl, Sammy J, Greg Fleet, Lawrence Leung (ABC's Choose Your Own Adventure), Tom Gleeson, David O'Doherty, Corrine Grant, Jeff Green, Fiona O'Lauchlan, Charlie Pickering, Kristen Schaal (Flight of The Conchords), Bob Franklin and Geraldine Quinn. ZACK ADAMS is one of only 12 International acts (also one of only 4 Australian acts) selected to perform as part of the 2009 New York Fringe Festival, taking place in August 2009. "Fortunate enough to have two essentials for comedy - an abundance of energy and instant charisma" -The West Australian "Devastatingly funny...it's clear he is a young man with a definite future in comedy" -Independent Weekly TICKETS $15 (Booking fees apply) BOOKINGS THROUGH BOCS 9484 1133 www.bocsticketing.com.au. |
Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2009 The Tuxedo Cat Stand up your computer for a night to hang out at a real live show with real friends, real music and real animation. The status update is that actual friends are having more fun. Bright, youthful creators ZACK ADAMS (Fresh from a success run at The Adelaide Fringe Festival and who was recently chosen amongst only four Australian acts to perform at the 2009 New York Fringe Festival) and Michelle "BAGGAS" Baginski (who would perform at your Mum's fringe festival) join forces this year to bring you an intimate evening of music, laughter, funny stories, love, loss, friendship and doodles. Doodles tell the story of Zak and Baggi, imaginary friends growing up together who start to think they might be too old for each other. As they learn to live with their own selves and the idea of growing up, they realise that their friendship might mean more than even they expected. The show features guitar-driven music, live drawing, animation, storytelling and a sense of whimsy. Zack Adams (Elevator, Awkward, A Complete History Of Zack Adams) and Baggas (78% Honesty) have appeared in their own festival productions as well as in Laughapoolooza and 23 Positions in a One-Night Stand. Before the internet, one had to invent imaginary friends to play with. Take yourself back to yesteryear when true friendship meant a play in the joyous, dirty sandpit of life and an ACTUAL poke in the eye. Don't be a loner, interact and come see the show. "Devastatingly funny...it's clear he is a young man with a definite future in comedy" -Independent Weekly "Zack Adams is worth getting out of bed for...(his) musicianship is solid, his voice versatile & powerful...The dark, disturbing, weird, fun & clever song lyrics are the solar plexus of his act" -Arts Hub Australia |
Theatre 2006 - East Coast Tour ADELAIDE: FAD Bar - Adelaide Fringe Festival. Mar 3 - 18 MELBOURNE: Bar Open - Melbourne International Comedy Festival. April 12-15, May 4-6 BRISBANE: METRO ARTS Basement - Brisbane Fringe Festival. July 25 - 29 2005 PERTH: Rechabites Hall Nov 1-17 (BBQ PACK Double bill) This was my first ever full length solo show. Set in Zack's kitchen, it tells the story of how Zack got to where he is...or isn't today. I am very proud of this little show, it's treated my well, I hope we meet again. Ever since he first appeared in the year two Nativity play, Zack Adams knew he was destined for greater things. But through a series of strange events involving Dancers, Darncers, Drama Schools, Dodgy Airlines, Auditions, Fenders, Funerals, Foreign Countries, Big cities, Cheap Laughs, Stand-up Comedy and Reality TV; he slowly learns that being a super-famous actor is actually going to be really hard work. |
(2006/2007) Theatre Perth - September 13 - 23 (Tues - Sat) 2006 The Blackbox The Bakery ARTRAGE Complex Perth - ENCORE SEASON (March 13-17) Lux Ampitheatre Melbourne Comedy Festival 2007 Trades Hall - April 4-15 at 6:30pm (Sundays 5:30pm) Pony - April 11, 18, 25 at 9:30pm (Elevator Uplate) ELEVATOR UPLATE@8 The Blue Room June 13 2007@8pm |
"Fame is a harsh mistress. It can do strange things to people. It can very quickly change them, it can warp their personality, it can alter their perception of reality, and it can even, on very rare occasions, get them stabbed in the face by an imaginary unicorn. For me, that's where I draw the line. " - Zack Adams |
It finally happened. After years of being a struggling actor, Perth actor/comedian Zack Adams has finally hit the big time. He is now a big, big star. People love him and he has everything he thought he ever wanted; money, success, popularity, fame and an audience to perform to. But on the opening night of his highly-anticipated second solo show, with legions of loyal, devoted fans waiting in the theatre, the star is no-where to be found. They all begin to fear the worst, has he been kidnapped? Is he dead? Has he got stage fright? Did he crash his limo? Why hasn't he called? Where is Zack Adams? Zack Adams is trapped, in an Elevator. And with only one hour to make his big performance, he must travel down ten floors and along the way he finds himself dealing with far more than he bargained for and learns that there may be more to life than success. |
*The Debut Perth season was part of the frist ever Weeping Spoon Productions double bill called A Night OF Pleasure...From Outer Space! Tim Watts and Arielle Grey make up the second part with their awesome show Love Pirate. |
Photos from the original Perth Production of ELEVATOR. Photos by Michelle Anderson |
THE RECHABITES HALL (preview showing) 8/2/08 THE TUXEDO CAT - ADELAIDE FRINGE FESTIVAL 2008 THE BLUE ROOM THEATRE 19/2/09 THEATRE/COMEDY In order to find out if his career is going anywhere, Zack decides to travel into the future. In the year 2018, he finds himself embarking on a comical musical adventure involving a man with two left hands, a beautiful Parking inspector and a 1978 Datsun Stanza. |
ZACK ADAMS: AWKWARD MELBOURNE COMEDY FESTIVAL 2008 WILD WEST COMEDY FESTIVAL 2008 ADELAIDE FRINGE FESTIVAL 2009 Musical Comedy/Stand-Up ZACK IS BACK! Zack Adams returns to Melbourne for his third Comedy Festival hot on the heels of a debut season at The Adelaide Fringe Festival. Awkward is a look at all the not-quite-right-and-slightly-uncomfortable moments from Zack's tales of Life, Love and Career (from the time he wet his pants on stage during the year two nativity play to the time he accidentally told a girl he wanted to go swimming in her face to his time travelling exploits in the year 2018). Using musical comedy, puppetry, slapstick, stand-up, theatre and even inappropriate mime, Zack attempts to uncover what it is that makes him so damn AWKWARD. |
Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2009 The Tuxedo Cat Stand up your computer for a night to hang out at a real live show with real friends, real music and real animation. The status update is that actual friends are having more fun. Bright, youthful creators ZACK ADAMS (Fresh from a success run at The Adelaide Fringe Festival and who was recently chosen amongst only four Australian acts to perform at the 2009 New York Fringe Festival) and Michelle "BAGGAS" Baginski (who would perform at your Mum's fringe festival) join forces this year to bring you an intimate evening of music, laughter, funny stories, love, loss, friendship and doodles. Doodles tell the story of Zak and Baggi, imaginary friends growing up together who start to think they might be too old for each other. As they learn to live with their own selves and the idea of growing up, they realise that their friendship might mean more than even they expected. The show features guitar-driven music, live drawing, animation, storytelling and a sense of whimsy. Zack Adams (Elevator, Awkward, A Complete History Of Zack Adams) and Baggas (78% Honesty) have appeared in their own festival productions as well as in Laughapoolooza and 23 Positions in a One-Night Stand. Before the internet, one had to invent imaginary friends to play with. Take yourself back to yesteryear when true friendship meant a play in the joyous, dirty sandpit of life and an ACTUAL poke in the eye. Don't be a loner, interact and come see the show. "Devastatingly funny...it's clear he is a young man with a definite future in comedy" -Independent Weekly "Zack Adams is worth getting out of bed for...(his) musicianship is solid, his voice versatile & powerful...The dark, disturbing, weird, fun & clever song lyrics are the solar plexus of his act" -Arts Hub Australia |
ZACK ADAMS: AWKWARD and LOVE SONGS FOR FUTURE GIRL CD LAUNCH July 30th 2009 8:30pm (Doors open at 8) Lazy Susan's Comedy Den (Upstairs at The Brisbane Hotel) |
Come celebrate the launch of Zack's new CD ZACK ADAMS: Love Songs For Future Girl before he heads all the way to New York to perform his show AWKWARD in The New York International Fringe Festival! "...it's gonna get awkward ...really, really awkward!" Support by teen comedy duo sensation Pargin and Wilkie (Class Clowns, Australian Idol) Songs of Outrageous Lies, Love, Family Faux Pas, Robots, Apricots, drawing on girls with a texta and all things AWKWARD. Perth's Indie-Rock funnyman Zack Adams brings you a "Devastatingly funny" show you won't want to miss! The show also coincides with the release of his debut CD ZACK ADAMS Love Songs For Future Girl, recorded in Perth with Michael de Grussa (Eskimo Joe, Silverchair). Completely revamping his 2008 Melbourne Comedy Festival show, Zack is taking his strange brand comedy/indie rock to the next level as he performs his latest comedy offering at Lazy Susans. This is Zack like you've never seen him before: Brand new songs, new guitar, new stories, new awkwardness and, newerhat. |
Zack Adams performs strange, musical comedy, has done four Melbourne International Comedy Festivals, several Adelaide Fringe Festivals, won the coveted 'Best Comedy Song' award at the 2007 Laugh Resort Comedy Awards and most recently returned from his highly successful national Slightly Awkward Tour. He has performed at Laughapoolooza, Comedy Of The Main (Montreal, Canada), Melbourne Comedy Festival Club and performed alongside artists such as The Bedroom Philospher (JJJ), Scott Edgar (Tripod), Josh Earl, Sammy J, Greg Fleet, Lawrence Leung (ABC's Choose Your Own Adventure), Tom Gleeson, David O'Doherty, Corrine Grant, Jeff Green, Fiona O'Lauchlan, Charlie Pickering, Kristen Schaal (Flight of The Conchords), Bob Franklin and Geraldine Quinn. ZACK ADAMS is one of only 12 International acts (also one of only 4 Australian acts) selected to perform as part of the 2009 New York Fringe Festival, taking place in August 2009. "Fortunate enough to have two essentials for comedy - an abundance of energy and instant charisma" -The West Australian "Devastatingly funny...it's clear he is a young man with a definite future in comedy" -Independent Weekly TICKETS $15 (Booking fees apply) BOOKINGS THROUGH BOCS 9484 1133 www.bocsticketing.com.au. |
AWKWARD LIVE ALBUM (2009) |
2008 Version of AWKWARD |
2009 Version of AWKWARD |
ZACK ADAMS: ELEVATOR Publicity Shots (Tim Watts 13/7/06) |
ZACK ADAMS: ELEVATOR Perth Premiere Shots (Michelle Anderson 1/10/06) |
ZACK ADAMS LIVE IMAGES A Complete History Of Zack Adams Brisbane Fringe (Darren Luke Thomas 25/7/06) |
ZACK ADAMS Publicity Shots Click thumbnail for HI-RES SHOTS (M.Adamczak 14/12/05) |
BBQ Pack Press Shoot #2 Zany. (P.Grabovac 14/9/05) |
Complete History Promo Shots (P.Grabovac 5/5/05) |
