Comedian Garry Starr lounging looking out at camera. The bottom part of his body is that of a penguin

Comic wunderkind Starr takes us on a literary adventure through the world’s most iconic works of fiction

  • Where

    Theatre

  • When

      30 May 2025
      at 8:00pm to 9:00pm
      31 May 2025
      at 8:00pm to 9:00pm

  • Cost

    Full $45
    Concession $40
    Under 30s $30
  • Contact

    Bondi Pavilion

    9083 8000

Literature! Literature! Literature! It might not rhyme with anything but it’s still very important. Garry Starr is back and he’s hell-bent on saving books from extinction by performing every Penguin Classic novel ever written. Mostly naked (but with flippers).

From The Little Prince to Moby Dick and everything in between, nothing is safe from being lampooned with the utmost nincompoopery.

Classic Penguins has toured internationally and sold out the season at 2024 Edinburgh Fringe Festival and Soho Theatre London and wa the top 10 best reviewed show for Edinburgh Fringe.

- Winner Malcolm Hardee Million Quid Award 2024

Previous shows awards:

- Winner Best Physical Theatre & Circus, Sydney Fringe 2022
- Winner Pick of the Fringe, Adelaide Fringe 2022
- Winner Best Comedy, Manchester Fringe 2o222

★★★★ 
‘Brilliantly ticklish… joyfully silly’
- Guardian (UK)

★★★★★ 
‘A very funny man who is peculiarly averse to wearing trousers’
- Scotsman (UK)

Strictly 18+ Please be aware that this production includes full nudity.
Contains adult themes.  Audience participation will be invited at the discretion of the performer.

Produced by MILKE

Photo Credit:  Dylan Woodley

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