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Eddie Perfect is an Australian actor, comedian and musician. He won the 2009 Helpmann Award for Best New Australian Work for his musical, Shane Warne The Musical[1], which has also been short-listed for a 2009 Victorian Premier's Literacy Award.[2]
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Personal and early life
He was educated at St Bede's College, Mentone, where he was the dux of the school in 1995. He undertook a Bachelor of Arts at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, graduating in 2001.
Career
Known for his political comedy, he has appeared on Australian TV shows, including Kath and Kim, Spicks and Specks and Good News Week. Perfect released the solo albums Welcome to the Inside of Ed's Head and Angry Eddie, which was released after his appearance on the anti-Howard Government compilation Rock Against Howard. He was awarded the best entertainer in The Bulletin's Brightest 100 Australians for his caustic lyrics, impeccable timing and "boy-next-door looks"
Perfect has appeared in live stage shows including The Big Con with veteran Australian actor and impersonator Max Gillies in 2005, and his solo show Drink Pepsi, Bitch!, which satirised Australian politics and society and consumer culture. "Drink Pepsi, Bitch!" toured the Edinburgh Fringe, London's Menier Chocolate Factory, the Auckland Festival, Christchurch Festival, Malthouse Theatre Melbourne, the Adelaide Fringe and Sydney Cracker Comedy Festival, although he was obliged to censor the show's title (which was amended to Drink Eddie, Btich!) for his season at the Sydney Opera House due to the fact that the beverage company named in the title is a principal sponsor of the venue.
In 2007 Perfect appeared in "Keating! the Musical" playing several characters, including a parody of former Australian Foreign Affairs minister Alexander Downer.
Perfect's latest project is "Shane Warne: The Musical", based on the life and exploits of Australian test cricketer Shane Warne. The musical had a workshop showing at the Adelaide Cabaret Festival on July 17, 2007 and piece underwent further workshopping in early 2008 culminating in five work-in-progress showings at The Hi-Fi Bar and Ballroom as part of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. "Shane Warne The Musical" has its world premier at the Athenaeum Theatre on December 10 2008 before embarking on a national tour.
Discography
Albums
- Welcome to the Inside of Ed's Head (2003) Middle Eight Music
- Angry Eddie (2005) Madman Entertainment
- Drink Pepsi, Bitch (2006) Middle Eight Music/Smart Artists
Featured on
- Hayden Tea (2003)
- Chelsea Plumley, Live and Luscious (2004)
- Rock Against Howard (2004)
References
External links
- Article at The Age
- Shane Warne: the Musical - official website
- Video: Eddie Perfect discusses Shane Warne the Musical with Gideon Haigh on SlowTV
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