Richard Higgins Richard Higgins i(7581740 works by)
Also writes as: The Listies
Gender: Male
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2 y separately published work icon Big Number 2 The Listies , Melbourne : Puffin , 2022 22960077 2022 single work children's fiction children's

'Rich and Matt are off to the toilet for a Number 2 . . . a second Teleportaloo adventure, that is!
'This latest book from two of Australia’s favourite comedy performers is 100% crazy and out-of-this-world fun. Filled with hilarious illustrations and featuring The Listies, Matt and Rich, as they appear in their shows and performances, this is another masterpiece of silly science fiction, toot-a-riffic toilet humour and slapstick.'

'THE EVIL NANASIS has gone REALLY bananas this time and WANTS HER STUFF BACK or the world is doomed (again). Worst of all, she's holding Nan's beloved pet ferret hostage! This time the POO-NAMI is really going to hit the wind farm!

'Against all the odds, it's up to the Listies to save the day . . . Next stop in the interdimensional plumbing of time and space is THE MAUL, a sinister shopping centre that's surprisingly difficult to leave. Let's hope they don't SHOP TILL THEY DROP!(Publication summary)

1 y separately published work icon The Listies The Listies , 2021 Melbourne : Penguin , 2021 21861873 2021 series - author children's fiction science fiction
2 y separately published work icon Teleportaloo The Listies , Melbourne : Penguin , 2021 21861806 2021 single work children's fiction children's science fiction 'This fantastic new series from two of Australia's favourite comedy performers is 100% fun and gloriously silly.
'Filled with funny illustrations and featuring The Listies, Matt and Rich, as they appear in their shows and performances, this is an extravaganza of silly science fiction, toot-a-riffic toilet humour and slapstick.' (Publication summary)
 
1 The Utimate Sandwich The Listies , 2019 single work short story
— Appears in: Funny Bones 2019;
1 1 Hamlet : Prince of Skidmark The Tragedy of Hamlet : Prince of Skidmark : A Badaptation of the Bard Declan Greene , Richard Higgins , Matt Kelly , 2016 single work drama children's

'An hour-long comedy bomb of Shakespeare plus ninjas. And zombies.

'The Listies are the maestros of children’s theatre. Their tremendous storytelling, comedic genius and infectious imaginations make kids all over the world fall in love with theatre while howling with laughter.

'Now, they have created a new, very cheeky, interactive version of Hamlet for children. This comic adventure shatters the fourth wall and glues it back together with turbo-charged story-telling and silliness.

'Hamlet is full of thrilling things that kids love in a good story: ghosts, castles, sword fights, fake blood and spooky stuff. Enter super-sonic gags, expertly timed stage trickery and special effects unlike anything kids have seen before and you have a very cleverly disguised Shakespearean tragedy for everyone aged five and over.

'And that’s not all… expect bonus pillow fights, pirates, ninjas, ninja pirates, aliens, ninja pirate aliens, zombies and a bunch of other hilarious stuff as The Listies take kids and their adults on a fun-filled hour of mayhem that mischievously celebrates the excitement and unpredictable nature of live theatre.

'The only thing we can be sure of is that everyone dies at the end – including the audience! ' (Production summary)

1 1 y separately published work icon Ickypedia The Listies Ickypedia; Ickypedia : A Dictionary of Disgusting New Words Richard Higgins , Matt Kelly , Melbourne : Penguin , 2015 7581764 2015 single work children's fiction children's

'From Alphaburp to Zinklegriting the Ickypedia has some of the most ridiculous, stupid and grosstastic words you've never heard.'

Source: Back cover.

1 1 The YouTube Comment Orchestra Richard Higgins , Bron Batten , 2014 single work drama

'Do you read the comments on YouTube? The Last Tuesday Society sure does – and they’re inviting you to delve into this dark world of our online unconscious. The Last Tuesday Society’s intrepid artists will create brand new works from these open forums, sifting through grammatically incorrect insults, dodging trolls, finding the LOLS and perhaps even encountering unexpected pathos. Will enlightening vistas be revealed amongst the mountains of banality? Or vast plains of offensive drivel? Will this YouTube comment orchestra play beautiful music ... Or just auto-tune?

'The Last Tuesday Society regularly presents Australia’s most innovative performance-makers in pubs, warehouses, tin sheds and once even a theatre restaurant. A practice perfected over the past six years, The Last Tuesday Society has carved out a joyful niche for Melbourne’s live art, underground cabaret and left-field comedy scene.

'The YouTube Comment Orchestra is a theatrical spectacular exploiting the innocent enthusiasm, unintended surrealism, incomprehensible babble and mad manifestos of our online world to create a commentary on commentary.' (Production abstract)

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