Eddie Perfect
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Eddie Perfect is an Australian actor, comedian and musician who currently plays Mick Holland in Channel Ten's Offspring
series. He won the 2009 Helpmann Award
for Best New Australian Work, the Victorian Premier's Literacy Award and the Green Room Award for his musical, Shane Warne The Musical.
, where he was the dux of the school in 1995. He undertook a Bachelor of Arts at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts
, graduating in 2001.
Eddie is married to Lucy Cochran and has a daughter.
, Stingers
, Blue Heelers
, MDA
, The Melbourne Comedy Festival Gala
and The Sideshow
. Perfect released the solo albums Welcome to the Inside of Ed's Head
and Angry Eddie
, which was released after his appearance on the anti-Howard Government
compilation Rock Against Howard
. He was awarded the best entertainer in The Bulletin
s Brightest 100 Australians for his caustic lyrics, impeccable timing and "boy-next-door looks".
Perfect has appeared in live stage shows including The Big Con with veteran Australian actor and impersonator Max Gillies
in 2005, and his solo show Drink Pepsi, Bitch!, which satirised Australian politics and society and consumer culture. "Drink Pepsi, Bitch!" toured the Edinburgh Fringe, London's Menier Chocolate Factory
, the Auckland Festival
, the Christchurch Festival, Melbourne's Malthouse Theatre
, the Adelaide Fringe Festival
, and Sydney 'Cracker' Comedy Festival
, although he was obliged to censor
the show's title (which was amended to Drink EddieTM Bitch!) for his season at the Sydney Opera House
due to the fact that the beverage company named in the title is a principal sponsor of the venue.
In 2007, Perfect appeared in Keating! the Musical
playing several characters, including a parody of former Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs
Alexander Downer
.
In 2008, Perfect wrote Shane Warne: The Musical
, a satire based on the life and exploits of Australian test cricketer Shane Warne
. The musical had a workshop showing at the Adelaide Cabaret Festival
on 17 July 2007 and the piece underwent further workshopping in early 2008 culminating in five work-in-progress showings at The Hi-Fi Bar and Ballroom as part of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival
. Shane Warne The Musical premiered at the Melbourne Athenaeum theatre on 10 December 2008 before embarking on a national tour. In 2009 the musical received the Helpmann Award
for Best New Australian Work, the Green Room Award and the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award.
In November 2009, he hosted the Inside Film Awards
at Sydney's Luna Park
. In 2010, he played the lead role of Mack the Knife
in The Threepenny Opera
at the Malthouse Theatre Melbourne. In 2011 he played the same role with the Sydney Theatre Company's production of The Threepenny Opera
. He hosted FOX8's Ultimate School Musical
, which he also directed. Later in the year he played the role of Mick Holland in Channel Ten's Offspring
comedy drama series. He also presented an award at the 2010 ARIA Music Awards
.
His solo show Misanthropology premiered at the Spiegeltent
, in January 2011, as part of the Sydney Festival
. Mingling satire and homage, with Perfect's arrangements for a a three-piece band, Perfect wanted to provide "a kind of social autopsy [of our] cultural rituals." In targeting eco-tourists, self-righteous cyclists, and others including Barrie Kosky
, Perfect tried to examine "the qualities that have driven our evolution, such as the urge to conquer and compete, and the urge to procreate, trip us up and reveal us as the animals we really are." Perfect said of the show: "Tonight I invite you to laugh and think and question humanity in all of its wondrous idiocy. Remember, healthy, cynical self-reflection is what separates us from Kyle Sandilands
."
Offspring (TV series)
Offspring is an Australian television comedy-drama series which premiered on Network Ten in Australia on 15 August 2010. Offspring is centred around 30-something obstetrician Nina Proudman and her family, as they navigate the chaos of modern life...
series. He won the 2009 Helpmann Award
Helpmann Award
The Helpmann Awards recognize distinguished artistic achievement and excellence in Australia's live performing arts sectors. The recognized disciplines include musical and physical theatre, contemporary and classical music, opera, and dance, with a comedy category introduced in 2006...
for Best New Australian Work, the Victorian Premier's Literacy Award and the Green Room Award for his musical, Shane Warne The Musical.
Personal and early life
He was educated at St Bede's College, MentoneSt Bede's College (Mentone)
St Bede's College is a Roman Catholic, secondary school for boys, located in Mentone, Victoria, Australia.Founded in 1938, it is administered by the De La Salle Brothers and named after St. Bede the Venerable, a Benedictine monk and priest who spent his life teaching and writing in the...
, where he was the dux of the school in 1995. He undertook a Bachelor of Arts at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts
Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts
The Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts , Edith Cowan University was established in 1980 to provide performing arts tuition comparable to the highest calibre of national and international training benchmarks to be able to meet industry needs around the globe.The school is located in the...
, graduating in 2001.
Eddie is married to Lucy Cochran and has a daughter.
Career
Known for his political comedy, he has appeared on Australian TV shows including Kath and Kim, Spicks and Specks, Good News WeekGood News Week
Good News Week is an Australian satirical panel game show hosted by Paul McDermott that initially aired from 19 April 1996 to 27 May 2000, and resumed on 11 February 2008 to 9 May 2011. The show aired first on ABC TV before it was bought by Network Ten in 1999...
, Stingers
Stingers
Stingers was an Australian police drama television series. It ran for eight seasons on the Nine Network before it was canceled in late 2004 due to declining ratings and the late timeslot Channel Nine gave the program...
, Blue Heelers
Blue Heelers
Blue Heelers is an Australian police drama series which depicted the lives of police officers stationed at the fictional Mount Thomas police station in a small town in Victoria.- Overview :...
, MDA
MDA (TV series)
MDA is an Australian television series that aired between 2002 and 2005 on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation . It concerned the day-to-day operation of legal firm MDA, which specialised in medical defence.-Synopsis:...
, The Melbourne Comedy Festival Gala
Melbourne International Comedy Festival
The Melbourne International Comedy Festival is the third-largest international comedy festival in the world and the largest cultural event in Australia. Established in 1987, it takes place annually in Melbourne over four weeks in April typically opening on or around April Fool's Day...
and The Sideshow
The Sideshow
The Sideshow was an Australian television programme that was broadcast on ABC TV in 2007. The show was a mixture of stand-up comedy, sketches, live music, circus stunts, cabaret and burlesque. The hour long show was hosted by Paul McDermott...
. Perfect released the solo albums Welcome to the Inside of Ed's Head
Welcome to the Inside of Ed's Head
-Track listing:#"Welcome To The Inside Of Ed's Head"#"The Blondeness Of You"#"The Boat Song"#"A Word From Bruce"#"Live To Regret Loving You"#"Choosing A Hat"#"The Lord Hath Prepared A House"#"Don't Wanna Be Down"#"What If?"#"The Beehive Song"...
and Angry Eddie
Angry Eddie
Angry Eddie is an Australian album released on 14 February 2005 by Eddie Perfect. The album is a recording of a live gig, and it included a 30 minute live DVD.The album is politically and satirically oriented and features stage style songs....
, which was released after his appearance on the anti-Howard Government
Howard Government
The Howard Government refers to the federal Executive Government of Australia led by Prime Minister John Howard. It was made up of members of the Liberal–National Coalition, which won a majority of seats in the Australian House of Representatives at four successive elections. The Howard Government...
compilation Rock Against Howard
Rock Against Howard
Rock Against Howard is an Australian compilation CD featuring anti-Coalition musicians, released in 2004. The project hoped to inspire young voters to turn out in federal elections that year to vote against then-Prime Minister John Howard, but Howard's party prevailed all the same.Rock Against...
. He was awarded the best entertainer in The Bulletin
The Bulletin
The Bulletin was an Australian weekly magazine that was published in Sydney from 1880 until January 2008. It was influential in Australian culture and politics from about 1890 until World War I, the period when it was identified with the "Bulletin school" of Australian literature. Its influence...
s Brightest 100 Australians for his caustic lyrics, impeccable timing and "boy-next-door looks".
Perfect has appeared in live stage shows including The Big Con with veteran Australian actor and impersonator Max Gillies
Max Gillies
Max Gillies AM is an Australian actor.Gillies was a founding member of the experimental theatre company, the Australian Performing Group, which was active throughout the 1970s....
in 2005, and his solo show Drink Pepsi, Bitch!, which satirised Australian politics and society and consumer culture. "Drink Pepsi, Bitch!" toured the Edinburgh Fringe, London's Menier Chocolate Factory
Menier Chocolate Factory
The Menier Chocolate Factory is an award-winning 180 seat fringe studio theatre, restaurant and gallery. It is located in a former 1870s Menier Chocolate Company factory in Southwark Street, a major street in the London Borough of Southwark, central south London, England. The theatre stages plays...
, the Auckland Festival
Auckland Festival
The Auckland Festival is a biennial arts and cultural festival held in New Zealand’s largest city, Auckland. The Festival features works from New Zealand, the Pacific, Asia and beyond, including world premieres of new works and international performing arts events.-History:Auckland was the first...
, the Christchurch Festival, Melbourne's Malthouse Theatre
Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne
Malthouse Theatre is the resident theatre company of the Malthouse performing arts complex in Southbank, part of the Melbourne Arts Precinct....
, the Adelaide Fringe Festival
Adelaide Fringe Festival
The Adelaide Fringe Festival is an arts festival held annually in the South Australian capital of Adelaide. The event is the Southern Hemisphere's largest arts event and the second-largest fringe festival in the world, second in size only to the Edinburgh Fringe...
, and Sydney 'Cracker' Comedy Festival
The Sydney Comedy Festival
The Sydney Comedy Festival is an annual comedy festival held in Sydney, Australia.Launched in 2005 as The Cracker Sydney Comedy Festival at a number of inner city venues, the Festival has grown quickly and now attracts 75,000-80,000 patrons every year at venues all across Sydney.In 2011, the...
, although he was obliged to censor
Censorship
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the show's title (which was amended to Drink EddieTM Bitch!) for his season at the Sydney Opera House
Sydney Opera House
The Sydney Opera House is a multi-venue performing arts centre in the Australian city of Sydney. It was conceived and largely built by Danish architect Jørn Utzon, finally opening in 1973 after a long gestation starting with his competition-winning design in 1957...
due to the fact that the beverage company named in the title is a principal sponsor of the venue.
In 2007, Perfect appeared in Keating! the Musical
Keating!
Keating! is a musical theatre production which portrays the political career of former Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating. Keating was Prime Minister between 1991 to 1996; the musical follows him from his ascendancy to the leadership through to his eventual electoral defeat by John Howard...
playing several characters, including a parody of former Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs
Minister for Foreign Affairs (Australia)
In the Government of Australia, the Minister for Foreign Affairs is responsible for overseeing the international diplomacy section of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. In common with international practice, the office is often informally referred to as Foreign Minister...
Alexander Downer
Alexander Downer
Alexander John Gosse Downer is a former Australian Liberal Party politician who was Foreign Minister of Australia from March 1996 to December 2007, the longest-serving in Australian history...
.
In 2008, Perfect wrote Shane Warne: The Musical
Shane Warne: The Musical
Shane Warne: The Musical is a musical comedy based on the life of Australian cricketer Shane Warne. First performed at the Athenaeum Theatre in Melbourne on 10 December 2008, the musical was written by Eddie Perfect and directed by Neil Armfield...
, a satire based on the life and exploits of Australian test cricketer Shane Warne
Shane Warne
Shane Keith Warne is a former Australian international cricketer widely regarded as one of the greatest bowlers in the history of the game. In 2000, he was selected by a panel of cricket experts as one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Century, the only specialist bowler selected in the quintet...
. The musical had a workshop showing at the Adelaide Cabaret Festival
Adelaide Cabaret Festival
The Adelaide Cabaret Festival is an annual cabaret festival held in the South Australian capital of Adelaide. It is the largest festival of its type in the world, with more than 48,000 attendees....
on 17 July 2007 and the piece underwent further workshopping in early 2008 culminating in five work-in-progress showings at The Hi-Fi Bar and Ballroom as part of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival
Melbourne International Comedy Festival
The Melbourne International Comedy Festival is the third-largest international comedy festival in the world and the largest cultural event in Australia. Established in 1987, it takes place annually in Melbourne over four weeks in April typically opening on or around April Fool's Day...
. Shane Warne The Musical premiered at the Melbourne Athenaeum theatre on 10 December 2008 before embarking on a national tour. In 2009 the musical received the Helpmann Award
Helpmann Award
The Helpmann Awards recognize distinguished artistic achievement and excellence in Australia's live performing arts sectors. The recognized disciplines include musical and physical theatre, contemporary and classical music, opera, and dance, with a comedy category introduced in 2006...
for Best New Australian Work, the Green Room Award and the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award.
In November 2009, he hosted the Inside Film Awards
Inside Film Awards
The Inside Film Awards is an annual awards ceremony and broadcast platform for the Australian film industry, a format created by Australian Producer Andrew Dillon...
at Sydney's Luna Park
Luna Park Sydney
Luna Park Sydney is an amusement park, in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
. In 2010, he played the lead role of Mack the Knife
Mack the Knife
"Mack the Knife" or "The Ballad of Mack the Knife", originally "Die Moritat von Mackie Messer", is a song composed by Kurt Weill with lyrics by Bertolt Brecht for their music drama Die Dreigroschenoper, or, as it is known in English, The Threepenny Opera. It premiered in Berlin in 1928 at the...
in The Threepenny Opera
The Threepenny Opera
The Threepenny Opera is a musical by German dramatist Bertolt Brecht and composer Kurt Weill, in collaboration with translator Elisabeth Hauptmann and set designer Caspar Neher. It was adapted from an 18th-century English ballad opera, John Gay's The Beggar's Opera, and offers a Marxist critique...
at the Malthouse Theatre Melbourne. In 2011 he played the same role with the Sydney Theatre Company's production of The Threepenny Opera
The Threepenny Opera
The Threepenny Opera is a musical by German dramatist Bertolt Brecht and composer Kurt Weill, in collaboration with translator Elisabeth Hauptmann and set designer Caspar Neher. It was adapted from an 18th-century English ballad opera, John Gay's The Beggar's Opera, and offers a Marxist critique...
. He hosted FOX8's Ultimate School Musical
Ultimate School Musical
Ultimate School Musical is a Fox8 reality television programme in Australia which features ordinary teenagers from a school attempting to put on a music production to a professional standard in just six weeks.-Australia:...
, which he also directed. Later in the year he played the role of Mick Holland in Channel Ten's Offspring
Offspring (TV series)
Offspring is an Australian television comedy-drama series which premiered on Network Ten in Australia on 15 August 2010. Offspring is centred around 30-something obstetrician Nina Proudman and her family, as they navigate the chaos of modern life...
comedy drama series. He also presented an award at the 2010 ARIA Music Awards
ARIA Music Awards of 2010
The 24th Annual Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards are a series of award ceremonies which included the 2010 ARIA Artisan Awards, ARIA Hall of Fame Awards, ARIA Fine Arts Awards and ARIA Awards. The latter ceremony took place on 7 November at the Sydney Opera House and was...
.
His solo show Misanthropology premiered at the Spiegeltent
Spiegeltent
A Spiegeltent is a large travelling tent, constructed in wood and canvas and decorated with mirrors and stained glass, intended as an entertainment venue...
, in January 2011, as part of the Sydney Festival
Sydney Festival
Sydney Festival is Australia's largest and most attended annual cultural event running every January since it was first held in 1977. Its program features around 80 events including contemporary and classical music, dance, circus, drama, visual arts and artist talks...
. Mingling satire and homage, with Perfect's arrangements for a a three-piece band, Perfect wanted to provide "a kind of social autopsy [of our] cultural rituals." In targeting eco-tourists, self-righteous cyclists, and others including Barrie Kosky
Barrie Kosky
Barrie KoskyBarrie Kosky's name is sometimes misspelled as Barry Kosky, Barrie Koski, Barrie Koskie. is an Australian theatre and opera director.Kosky also plays the piano, as he did in his production of Monteverdi's Poppea...
, Perfect tried to examine "the qualities that have driven our evolution, such as the urge to conquer and compete, and the urge to procreate, trip us up and reveal us as the animals we really are." Perfect said of the show: "Tonight I invite you to laugh and think and question humanity in all of its wondrous idiocy. Remember, healthy, cynical self-reflection is what separates us from Kyle Sandilands
Kyle Sandilands
Kyle Dalton Sandilands is an Australian radio and TV personality. He is currently the host with Jacqueline Henderson, better known as Jackie O, on the weekday morning radio program The Kyle and Jackie O Show on Sydney radio station 2Day FM, The Kyle and Jackie O Hour of Power which airs on...
."
Albums
- Welcome to the Inside of Ed's HeadWelcome to the Inside of Ed's Head-Track listing:#"Welcome To The Inside Of Ed's Head"#"The Blondeness Of You"#"The Boat Song"#"A Word From Bruce"#"Live To Regret Loving You"#"Choosing A Hat"#"The Lord Hath Prepared A House"#"Don't Wanna Be Down"#"What If?"#"The Beehive Song"...
(2003) Middle Eight Music - Angry EddieAngry EddieAngry Eddie is an Australian album released on 14 February 2005 by Eddie Perfect. The album is a recording of a live gig, and it included a 30 minute live DVD.The album is politically and satirically oriented and features stage style songs....
(2005) Madman EntertainmentMadman EntertainmentMadman Entertainment is an Australian company that distributes international films as well as Japanese anime and manga in Australia and New Zealand. The company is owned by Funtastic Limited and is one of the major entertainment companies in Australia. It employs 130 people and has an annual... - Drink Pepsi, Bitch (2006) Middle Eight Music/Smart Artists
- "The Colors Tribute Album Vol. 1 with The Renovators" Vitamin RecordsVitamin RecordsVitamin Records is a Los Angeles based record label founded in 1999 as a subsidiary of CMH Records. The label is home to the Vitamin String Quartet, who are best known for performing string quartet tributes to popular rock and metal acts such as Tool, Nine Inch Nails, and Radiohead...
Featured on
- Hayden Tea (2003)
- Chelsea Plumley, Live and Luscious (2004)
- Rock Against HowardRock Against HowardRock Against Howard is an Australian compilation CD featuring anti-Coalition musicians, released in 2004. The project hoped to inspire young voters to turn out in federal elections that year to vote against then-Prime Minister John Howard, but Howard's party prevailed all the same.Rock Against...
(2004) - Offspring (Music from the Original Series) (2010)
External links
- Shane Warne: the Musical – official website