Biggins resurrects Keating to satirise modern politics
Jonathan Biggins performs a satirical comedy show. He imagines how Paul Keating would handle today's Australian politics.
Newcastle-raised comedian Jonathan Biggins is staging a satirical show. The Gospel According to Paul: The Second Coming plays at the Civic Theatre on Wednesday.
The show imagines former prime minister Paul Keating facing modern political figures, including Angus Taylor and Pauline Hanson. Biggins explores Keating's wit and his major achievements as treasurer and prime minister.
He applies Keating's sharp style to current issues: AUKUS, negative gearing, One Nation's rise, and the Liberal Party's fall. Biggins co-created The Wharf Revue and played Keating on the sitcom At Home With Julia.
The show aims to make politics fun through comedy.
- Jonathan Biggins
- Performer
- Civic Theatre
- Venue
- 1991 to 1996
- Keating's PM tenure
Why it mattersPolitical satire gives us a different view of modern Australian leadership and its problems. It reminds viewers how different things might look.
AustraliaAustralian audiences can see their own political chaos reflected and mocked by a veteran performer, making current dysfunction funny and more bearable.
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