A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ZORBA THE FREAK FROM GEORGE
"I put together a show like this, last year for The Darling Harbor Greek Festival and it was a hit with all audiences.

It has many elements including Stand up, Sketch and Music
The show was great success with about 1000 people coming along over 3 shows.

Many venues in around Oz are asking for the show including Casula Arts Centre in Liverpool because of the great word of mouth the show has already created.

The show consists stand up and sketches from myself, a very special guest comedian and an amazing bouzouki performance by Tommy Tsontis with a comedy bouzouki jam by Tommy and myself and members of the audience. The show is very cultural and also very funny.
ZORBA THE FREAK runs for over 90min or two 45 min halves and is jam packed with laughs."

Zorba The Freak Dates

26TH JUNE 8PM FRANKSTON PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE (CUBE 37) 03 9784 1060

3RD JULY BELLA PORTOFINO 02 4228 5900

17TH OCT 8PM CANTERBURY LEAGUES 02 9704 7777

24TH OCTOBER 8PM WEST WYALONG FESTIVAL 02 69722255

REVIEW

Eric Kontos

South West Voice (9 out of 10) 2015

George Kapiniaris
The audience piles into their seats at Casula Powerhouse theatre for Zorba the Freak last night.
George Kapiniaris is a seriously funny dude.
But he's a lot more than that, as he showed off musical and singing skills at his one man stage show, Zorba the Freak at Casula Powerhouse theatre last night.

If I was marking Zorba the Freak, I'd give it a nine out of 10.
It is a pity that more people from the south west didn't get to see it, since Kapiniaris was only booked for two shows, last night, and one earlier in the day.
But if his gig comes back locally, don't miss it.

And the thing to know is that you don't have to be a Greek-Australian to enjoy a big belly laugh pretty much through most of the show.
Although it does help, because he reminds you of how hard it was growing up Greek in Australia these past four or five decades.

It seems hilarious now, but obviously it wasn't funny having parents who migrated here but were determined to pretty much pretend Marrickville was a suburb of Athens.

During the entire show, over two parts, Kapiniaris sports that cheeky grin we got to know him for in Wog Boy, Acropolis Now and other works.
But he was much funnier than I expected him to be and our group put it down to him blossoming away from the Wog Boy shadow.
He performs very funny renditions of 80s musical hits, as would have been sung by him and his Greek mates, although he needs the aid of hair pieces to recreate the look of bands like Pseudo Echo.

Greek culture, from souvlaki to yeeros and yoghurt is now entrenched into the Aussie way of life, and Kapiniaris captures all of that, in a very, very funny way.

For goodness sake, next time he's in town, make sure you catch this hilarious show.
Not to mention the need to support gigs like Zorba the Freak because they come to us, saving us a trip to the city.