IKEA WARS – MEDIA RELEASE
One of the smash hits of the 2024 Adelaide Fringe comes to Brisbane for three shows only as part of the Anywhere Festival.
After three years of Kieran Bullock building IKEA furniture on stage and talking to audiences across Australia, he’s now turning the keys to the kingdom to YOU! And by “YOU” he means a selection of Brisbane’s finest comedic performers.
Bullock will turn host, referee and chaos-maker, pitting two contestants against each other in a battle royale for the ages! Two people trying to build a piece of IKEA furniture against the clock, and each other. But if you think it’s going to be a straight race, think again. There will be added challenges, forfeits, and hurdles aplenty, but at the end of each night one contestant will reign supreme as the champion of Sweden*!
*title not officially recognised by the Swedish government.
Kieran Bullock debuted his solo IKEA-building comedy show at the 2019 Melbourne Fringe, churning through a rampant assortment of Sweden’s flat-packed finest. On the last night he decided to trial a race format, as suggested by his housemate, who was happy to play as the opponent. A noisy, competitive, and chaotic hour as compared to the slightly whimsical monologue of the original, Kieran decided a race/game show format was where the future of the show lay. With further seasons of the original finding success at Perth’s Fringe World and the Adelaide Fringe, it was time to evolve!
IKEA WARS debuted at Melbourne Fringe 2022 and was bigger, better, and infinitely more chaotic than the original. It was the second season at the 2024 Adelaide Fringe, deep in the heart of Fringe’s famed Gluttony precinct, where the show truly hit its straps, and found its audience. A truly delicious hour of unpredictable madness and late-night buffoonery was thrust into the Adelaide Fringe spotlight, with multiple sold-out shows and strong crowds through-out. Now it’s Brisbane’s turn to enter the flat-pack thunderdome!
Anywhere Festival 2024. Paint Factory, Yeronga. Three shows only, August 2nd, 3rd and 4th. No two shows will be the same. Where better to see some of Brisbane’s freshest and most exciting talent being put through the absolute ringer – that unique Swedish brand of hell that is building IKEA furniture, and in front of a live audience no less!
VENUE: Paint Factory – 115 Hyde Road, Yeronga
DATES: August 2-4
TIME: August 2nd and 3rd – 6pm, August 4th – 5pm
TICKETS: $22
BOOKINGS: https://anywhere.is/event/ikea-wars/
For media enquiries contact Kieran at [email protected] or 0432276569
Download the media pack here >>> IKEA WARS MEDIA PACK
