The Chaser's Age of Terror Variety Hour

The Chaser's Age of Terror Variety Hour

The Chaser's Age of Terror Variety Hour was a touring stage show by Australian comedian team The Chaser. It was produced by Laughing Stock and was the second stage show the Chaser team have produced.

Production

The Chaser were originally formed by Charles Firth, Dominic Knight, Craig Reucassel and Julian Morrow, and in 1999 they ran a fortnightly newspaper entitled "The Chaser". Since then they were joined by Chas Licciardello, Andrew Hansen and Chris Taylor, who helped them with the satirical publication. Through the help of Andrew Denton, an ABC personality, the Chaser team produced various shows for the ABC since 2001: most notably "The Chaser's War on Everything", which last aired late in 2007.

It was revealed on December 4 2007, that The Chaser would not be continuing on with a third season of the "War on Everything" in the first half of 2008. They would be performing a new stage production entitled "The Chaser's Age of Terror Variety Hour". [cite news|publisher=News.com.au|url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/story/0,23663,22868031-5013560,00.html|title=Chaser's war not on television|date=2007-12-04|accessdate=2007-12-04] The show's title comes from a working title used in the early production of the "War on Everything", which was "The Age of Terror Variety Hour". [cite news|date=2005-07-25|accessdate=2007-12-05|url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/creative--media/dinner-piers-pressure-and-lots-of-red-whine/2005/07/24/1122143723586.html|title=Dinner, Piers pressure and lots of red whine|publisher=The Age|first=Annie|last=Lawson] The show ran between March and July 2008. It stars Andrew Hansen, Dominic Knight, Chas Licciardello, Julian Morrow and Craig Reucassel. As for the other members of the Chaser, Charles Firth had left the group and Chris Taylor was not performing in the show as he was writing a new television series for the ABC.Fact|date=September 2008

"The Chasers Age of Terror Variety Hour" was the second stage show produced by The Chaser, the first being "Cirque du Chaser", which was performed in 2005 and was highly successful. The show was produced and presented by small stage company "Laughing Stock", which also produced and presented "Cirque du Chaser". The "Age of Terror Variety Hour" was made in the same format, with sketches, songs, presentations and interactive audience segments. The tour covered Adelaide, Ballarat, Brisbane, Canberra, Cairns, Darwin, Geelong, Hobart, Launceston, Melbourne, Newcastle, Parramatta, Perth, Sydney and Townsville. [cite news|publisher=The Courier Mail|url=http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,22874141-7642,00.html|title=Chaser team to hit the road|accessdate=2007-12-05|date=2007-12-05] Tickets for the show went on sale on 10 December 2007 for all shows except for the Melbourne shows, which went on sale on 12 December 2007.cite web|url=http://www.chaser.com.au/content/view/3471/72/|publisher=The Chaser|title=The Chaser - The Chaser's Age of Terror Variety Hour (The Chaser finally goes commercial)|accessdate=2007-12-10]


Performances

The Chaser team performed the show at the following places and dates:

References

External links

* [http://www.chaser.com.au/ The Chaser Official Website]
* [http://www.chaser.com.au/content/view/3471/72/ Bookings and information on The Chasers Age of Terror Variety Hour]


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