James Hancox: Megamovie - A man with a comically serious face and dressed in a dark blue turtle neck poses with an old film camera. Around him are various images from movies - a dinosaur, a rocket ship, a jumping motorbike and a zombie arm.

James Hancox: Megamovie

Comedy • Sketch show
United Kingdom • SA Premiere

In an effort to save his career, 'serious actor' James Hancox has just one hour to come up with the ultimate movie masterpiece: a high-intensity-yet-incredibly-low-budget blockbuster inspired by the greatest films ever made. It's a race against time...and copyright infringement.

Physical comedy, sketch and improvised shenanigans from a 'master of physical theatre’ (Fringefeed).

Winner of the Fringe World Weekly Comedy Award 2021 & 2022.

★★★★½ ‘A masterpiece of tomfoolery’ Fringefeed. 

★★★★★ ‘The most talented of comedians’ Perth Happenings.

★★★★½ ‘This show is pure silliness and I’m here for every minute of it’ Fourth Wall.

Presented by: James Hancox

James Hancox is an actor, writer and theatre-maker. He has created five one-man shows and performed them to sell-out crowds at Perth, Edinburgh and Adelaide fringe festivals. He won the FRINGE WORLD Weekly Comedy Award in 2021 (Action) and 2022 (Megamovie), the FRINGE WORLD Weekly Children's Event Award in 2022 and The Adelaide Fringe Tour Ready Award in 2023 (An Utterly Rubbish Adventure).

Starting his career on the London comedy circuit in 2009, his work has over time blended the worlds of comedy and theatre - using one-man sketch, physical theatre, improvisation, original music and immersive tomfoolery. He has played many iconic stages - from London Apollo to Glastonbury Festival - and has featured on several British TV and radio shows, most notably ‘8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown'.

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