{"id":1274,"date":"2015-02-04T01:40:36","date_gmt":"2015-02-04T01:40:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lawrenceleung.comedymanagement.com.au\/?p=1274"},"modified":"2019-12-15T01:48:22","modified_gmt":"2019-12-15T01:48:22","slug":"the-escapist-new-stand-up-show-for-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lawrenceleung.comedymanagement.com.au\/?p=1274","title":{"rendered":"THE ESCAPIST – New Stand-Up Show for 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

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What are the things you wish you could escape from?
\nA new live comedy show about the trappings of everyday life, awkwardness,<\/p>\n

family expectations, love… and doona covers.<\/p>\n

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SYDNEY TICKETS NOW ON SALE – CLICK HERE<\/a><\/p>\n

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httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ODe9K6Qtqzg&sns=tw<\/p>\n

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The award-winning bearded comic will present his brand new stand up comedy tour in various cities around Australia in 2015. Lawrence’s <\/span>cavalcade of nerdcore\u00a0wonders and mirth-heavy delights kicks off in March\/April <\/span><\/span>at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival<\/strong> at Trades Hall.<\/span><\/p>\n

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UPDATE: Seasons now concluded in Melbourne\/Perth. Thanks to all who came!!<\/span><\/p>\n

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MELBOURNE SEASON ENDED <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Then he’ll be at the Perth Comedy Festival<\/strong><\/p>\n

Friday,\u00a01st May at the Octagon Theatre.<\/p>\n

PERTH SEASON ENDED<\/a><\/p>\n

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Then\u00a0Sydney’s Comedy Festival<\/strong><\/p>\n

at the Factory Theatre for three shows<\/p>\n

on the 14th, 15th and 16th of May.<\/p>\n

SYDNEY TICKETS – CLICK HERE<\/a><\/p>\n

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Perth’s UWA Octogon Theatre<\/p>\n

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Reviews from Melbourne & Perth comedy festivals, April\/May 2015:<\/p>\n

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\u201cFOUR STARS\u201d The Age<\/p>\n

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“4.5 STARS” – The West Australian<\/p>\n

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“4.5 STARS \u00a0An utter joy to watch.” – Beat Magazine<\/p>\n

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\u201c4 STARS. An all-round outstanding performer,<\/p>\n

and his tales and one-liners are hilarious.<\/p>\n

A fun and fast hour of comedy.\u201d TheMusic<\/p>\n

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“One of the most effortlessly enjoyable shows of the festival.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s no escaping that fact.” – CHORTLE (UK)<\/p>\n

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“The Escapist is as much in the storytelling genre as it is stand-up. The laughs come just as often and the humour is just as sharp but Lawrence Leung\u2019s one-night only performance felt like a playful odyssey rather than a series of punchlines strung together with paper-thin segues.”<\/p>\n

– West Australian<\/p>\n

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“He is a superb and ingenuous raconteur.”<\/p>\n

– Australian Stage<\/p>\n

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“The Escapist is a perfectly curated performance…<\/p>\n

Leung\u2019s self-awareness and modesty makes for a stand up performance<\/p>\n

that is authentic and easily relatable, at the same time as retaining some edginess.<\/p>\n

Leung uses the dying art of story telling to divulge his own life experiences<\/p>\n

in a way that is both heartwarming and scintillating.”<\/p>\n

– APHRAMAG.COM<\/p>\n

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We\u2019re looking at other cities at the moment and hope to have some more dates to announce shortly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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