Deadly Darwin goes Walkabout

Artback NT

Blak comedy tour spreads healing through humour

Barkly Regional Arts

We live in strange times. The world as we know it needs some love and happiness. Or at least four cheeky stand-up comics with a penchant for adventure…

The Deadly Darwin Mob are hitting the road this September with a quick tour down the guts of the Territory with shows in Katherine, Tennant Creek and Alice Springs. Presented by Artback NT with support from Playing Australia and the NT Government, Deadly Darwin Goes Walkabout is going on tour!

Deadly Darwin was established in 2018 with founding members Normie Grogan, Micha Kickett, Desmo Lewis and Richard Fejo, who decided to create the Darwin-based group of Indigenous stand-up comedians to use comedy and the skills of stand-up performance as a tool of empowerment for Indigenous people.
“We believe laughter is the best medicine,” says Richie Harrison. “There is a lot of healing that needs to be undertaken today and we believe we are the ones to do it,” adds Richard Fejo.

Richard Fejo and Richie Harrison will be joined on stage by James Parfitt and Paul Seden, who will perform their show, Deadly Darwin goes Walkabout at venues in Katherine, Tennant Creek, and Alice Springs.

Each show follows a free workshop, in which the men hope to use ” blak humour, to change blak minds,” according to Richard Fejo.

Each of the performers have a close association either personal or professional with the topic of mental health and are on a quest to utilse the tools of stand-up skills as life skills. This deadly team of stand-comefians are passionate about making a positive impact through humour.

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