Bruce: Misadventures From A Lap Around Australia
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to stop being a grown up for a bit? Why the gap year is reserved for those fresh out of high school, wasted on those yet to be afflicted by the mundane horrors of middle management and health insurance?
Tom W Clarke can relate. So in 2023, he and his wife packed up their life in Melbourne and their four-year-old and jammed into a campervan for a year of adventure and silliness.
An extraordinary lap around Australia ensued. Out on the road and out of their depth, they laughed through some wild moments: a gang of mafioso emus, a campground of Russian invaders, and a breakdown on the edge of the world.
This show is for the wanderers, the adventurers, the closet nudists, the nature-lovers and the child inside each of us that just wants to play.
Presented by: Tom W Clarke
Tom W Clarke is a comedian and writer. He has performed stand up comedy in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane, Broken Hill, Broome, Nyngan, Geraldton… well, pretty much everywhere except Adelaide. About bloody time, hey?
Tom has performed at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. He is the author of Shoulda Been Higher: A Celebration of 30 Years of Triple J’s Hottest 100, published by Melbourne Books in October 2023. He writes about sport and music for several publications, including the Sydney Morning Herald.
In 2023, Tom travelled around Australia in a tiny campervan with his wife and four-year-old, performing in small town pubs, breweries and cattle stations. That journey brought him here, letting you in on the dirty realities and absolute perfections of life on the road.
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