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Margaret and David are two of the biggest reviewers in Australia. They get to watch as many movies as they want. Everything is going awesome… until the government tries to ban a little film called Ken Park at the 2003 Sydney Film Festival.

The hit live show that sold out comedy festivals across Australia returns for one night only. Comedians and film lovers Zachary Ruane and Alexei Toliopoulos recount this little nugget of Australian history in this outrageous hybrid of comedy show, documentary and verbatim theatre.

Please note: Flexipasses and Youth Passes cannot be redeemed on this event

Special Guests

Alexei Toliopoulos
Host, Performer

Alexei Toliopoulos is a comedian, podcaster, film critic and technically, an internationally acclaimed investigative documentarian. You know him from Guy Montgomery’s Guy Mont-Spelling Bee, The Cheap Seats, Question Everything, The Weekly, his comedy investigations FINDING DRAGO/FINDING YEEZUS, his podcast THE LAST VIDEO STORE, and the live shows REFUSED CLASSIFICATION and VHS. Alexei owns 4,178 films on blu-ray.

Zachary Ruane
Performer

Zachary Thomas Ruane is a writing and performing member of Aunty Donna, a host of the Aunty Donna Podcast and main cast member in Aunty Donna’s Big Ol’ House of Fun. Outside of Aunty Donna, he has appeared in True Story with Hamish and Andy and This Is Littleton. He has a podcast with Mish Wittrup called Mish and Zach’s Leguizamarama, previously Recaps with Mish and Zach.

Tickets

Thu 11 June 2026, 6pm
Past Event
Darling Quarter Theatre
Darling Quarter Theatre
2 Guests
Thu 11 June 2026, 8pm
Past Event
Darling Quarter Theatre
Darling Quarter Theatre
2 Guests
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