Eddie Perfect's television credits include Offspring, FOX8's Ultimate School Musical, The 2011 Logie Awards, Kath and Kim, Stingers, Blue Heelers, MDA, Spicks and Specks, and performing his own comedy on ABC TV's Stand Up, The Melbourne Comedy Festival Gala, Good News Week and ABC TV's Sideshow.
Eddie's theatre credits include Bat Boy (Loudmouth/MTC), A Poor Student (The Storeroom), Take Flight, Babes in the Wood (Malthouse), The Big Con (Malthouse), Keating! The Musical (Company B Belvoir), Shane Warne The Musical (Token), Misanthropology (Sydney Festival) and The Threepenny Opera (Malthouse).
Eddie has written and toured several shows including, Angry Eddie, Cliff Hanger: Catch A Falling Star, The Big Con with Max Gillies, Drink Pepsi Bitch, Shane Warne The Musical, Songs From The Middle, a collaboration with The Brodsky Quartet and the Australian National Academy Of Music and most recently the award winning Misanthropology. He has composed music for Malthouse Theatre's productions of The Big Con, Babes In The Wood and Helen Noonan's Voicing Emily as well as composing and performing music for the Helpmann, Awgie and Inside Film Awards and for Network 10's Offspring.
Eddie has also won several awards for his writing and composition, including Green Room Awards in both 2002 and 2003, as well as the 2004 Melbourne Comedy Festival's "Best Newcomer" Award and the "Golden Gibbo" Award for his solo show Angry Eddie.
He was voted number one in the field of Arts and Entertainment by the Bulletin Magazine for its Smart 100 awards in 2004. Drink Pepsi Bitch won the Best Cabaret award at the 2006 Adelaide Fringe Festival and in 2008 he received a Green Room Award for his portrayal of Alexander Downer in Keating! The Musical.
Shane Warne The Musical also picked up the 2009 Green Room Award for Best New Australian Musical, the 2009 Helpmann Award for Best New Australian Work and the 2009 Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Best Music Theatre Script.
In January 2011 Eddie Perfect premiered his new solo show, Misanthropology, at the Sydney Festival, earning him the 2011 Helpmann Award for Best Cabaret Performer. In 2012 Eddie performed the role of Luther Billis in the Opera Australia production of South Pacific, and in 2013 Eddie premiered a new show with fellow musical comedians Tripod set to tour nationally - Perfect Tripod Australian Songs. In July, Eddie hosted the 2013 Helpmann Awards. and in October 2013, the Melbourne Theatre Company presented The Beast written by Eddie Perfect.
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| THE BEAST by Eddie Perfect |
