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The Barry, Brian & Bean Company

Barry, Brian & Bean

The Full English

  • United Kingdom

The boys are back in town.

After winning a Best Comedy Award at Adelaide Fringe in 2024, the UK’s most bang average blokes – Barry, Brian & Bean – are back in Australia with a new show tackling everything from patriotism to boners for Beckham. Blending raucous sketches with verbatim moments, this show explores the intricacies of identity, patriotism and what it means to be ‘English’, all with a side of three small sausages.

The Barry, Brian & Bean Company are a UK-based drag king troupe. Their show COCKROACH won an Adelaide Fringe ‘Best Comedy’ Award in 2024 and the company has been awarded Adelaide Fringe Artist Grants for 2024 and 2025.

Their debut show Improvised Therapy sold out at the 2018 Edinburgh Fringe and was nominated for Broadway World’s Best New Comedy Show. From a London transfer, the show toured internationally to Toronto Fringe Festival in 2019, where it was nominated for Best International Show. Post-pandemic hiatus, in 2023 they returned with COCKROACH, a five-star "triumph across the board" (London Pub Theatres) and nominated for a London Standing Ovation Award. The show toured nationally across the UK in 2024, before dominating in Australia. THE FULL ENGLISH is, terrifyingly, the boy's Melbourne and Melbourne International Comedy Festival debut show.

'Relentlessly hysterical. A triumph across the board. Taking the drag king comedy world to new heights.' ★★★★★ London Pub Theatres

'Silliness at its best. I don’t know why I’m recommending it, but I am.' ★★★★ Deadline News

'An expression of originality that’s rare to see.' ★★★★★ Ed Fringe Review

Strictly for audiences 15+

Audience participation

Language – mild language

Strong sexual references

Sudden loud noises

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The boys are back in town.

After winning a Best Comedy Award at Adelaide Fringe in 2024, the UK’s most bang average blokes – Barry, Brian & Bean – are back in Australia with a new show tackling everything from patriotism to boners for Beckham. Blending raucous sketches with verbatim moments, this show explores the intricacies of identity, patriotism and what it means to be ‘English’, all with a side of three small sausages.

The Barry, Brian & Bean Company are a UK-based drag king troupe. Their show COCKROACH won an Adelaide Fringe ‘Best Comedy’ Award in 2024 and the company has been awarded Adelaide Fringe Artist Grants for 2024 and 2025.

Their debut show Improvised Therapy sold out at the 2018 Edinburgh Fringe and was nominated for Broadway World’s Best New Comedy Show. From a London transfer, the show toured internationally to Toronto Fringe Festival in 2019, where it was nominated for Best International Show. Post-pandemic hiatus, in 2023 they returned with COCKROACH, a five-star "triumph across the board" (London Pub Theatres) and nominated for a London Standing Ovation Award. The show toured nationally across the UK in 2024, before dominating in Australia. THE FULL ENGLISH is, terrifyingly, the boy's Melbourne and Melbourne International Comedy Festival debut show.

'Relentlessly hysterical. A triumph across the board. Taking the drag king comedy world to new heights.' ★★★★★ London Pub Theatres

'Silliness at its best. I don’t know why I’m recommending it, but I am.' ★★★★ Deadline News

'An expression of originality that’s rare to see.' ★★★★★ Ed Fringe Review

Strictly for audiences 15+

Audience participation

Language – mild language

Strong sexual references

Sudden loud noises

Back to Listings
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