Sonny Yang
COMEDIAN & WRITER
Sonny is an absurdist comedian, comedy writer, game writer, narrative designer and improviser. His productions typically involve multiple (poorly acted) characters, surreal narratives, satirical commentary and audio-visual multimedia.
★★★★★
- The Age
★★★★ 1/2
"Hilarious on so many levels"
- The Fourth Wall
★★★★ 1/2
"The King of Parody"
- The Australia Times
Comedy Works Written & Produced
‘Sonny Yang vs Fringe’
A surreal review of other shows in the Perth Fringe Festival program
Two different editions performed at Perth Fringe World in 2017 & 2018, written in just under a month each time
‘Sonny Yang’s Incredibly Stupid Adventure Game’
A frustratingly difficult live interactive comedy video game show with multiple narrative paths inspired by classic graphic adventure games, created over the course of two years
Presented at Perth Fringe World 2020-2021 and at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in 2023
‘Sonny Yang’s Inconvenient Pandemic Game’
A free browser game spin-off to ‘Incredibly Stupid Adventure Game’, created in collaboration with fellow comedian & game developer Alice Mack
Sponsored through a local government COVID relief arts grant
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‘Tales from My Immigrant Father: A Serious & Poignant Exploration of Culture, Identity and Generational Trauma for a Pretentious Audience’
A satire of ‘Australia’
Performed at Perth Fringe World and the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in 2024
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Accolades for ‘Tales from My Immigrant Father: A Serious & Poignant Exploration of Culture, Identity and Generational Trauma for a Pretentious Audience’
Perth Fringe World 2024 Reactions:
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Accolades for ‘Sonny Yang’s Incredibly Stupid Adventure Game’
★★★★★- The Age
"Surreal, Frustrating, Absolute Crack-up...
like being in Sonny Yang's head"
- Craig Quartermaine (NITV / The Jim Jefferies Show / Tonightly)
"The world Yang has laid out is deceptively massive...
it's a gigantic game I would play again"
- theatretravels.org
"So stupid"
- Taylor Edwards (Big Fork Theatre Brisbane)
"Never seen a show like this ... Loved it" - Lucy Ewing (The Motherhood)
"Had me hootin' and hollerin' and pulling my hair out
in equal measure"
- Patrick Marlborough (Comedian / Writer / VICE / Junkee)
"Very stupid, very funny"
- Michelle Aitken (Writer / Theatre-maker)
"Sonny Yang's late night game show thing is incredibly well executed and off on its own Carmen Sandiego Encarta 95 vibe and I can't recommend it enough" - Tomas Ford (Crap Music Rave Party)
★★★★1/2 "Hilarious on so many levels"- The Fourth Wall
"Genius ... loved it!"
- Vidya Rajan (The Feed SBS / At Home Alone Together / Aunty Donna's Coffee Cafe)
"I left so mad, but I've never wanted to go back to a show so much!"
- Ana Strzelecki-Neves (Filmmaker / Playwright)
"Addictive"
- Di Star (The Laugh Resort Perth)
"So funny and insane"
- Sam Kissajukian (Comedian / Artist / The Laugh Mob Sydney)
"F**king incredible ... F**king fantastic ... See it"
- Glenn Grimwood & Jez Watts (The Nasty Show Australia)
"It's a work of art"
- Jaleesa Maher (Only The Human)
Kind words from Douglas Wilson, Game Designer, Lecturer and Co-Owner of Die Gute Fabrik
Zoocade - 1v1 Micro-game compilation
Additional Game Designer
Additional Programmer
Additional 2D Artist & Animator (Characters, UI, Props, Environments)
SnackAttack! - Run & gun 2D platformer (prototype)
Game Director & Designer
Game Lore Writer & Concept Artist
Level Designer & Builder
Additional Programmer
Additional 2D Artist & Animator (Characters, UI, Props, Environments)
Production Assistant
ChoreQuest - Short top-down adventure game (solo dev project)
Game Director & Designer
Narrative Designer, Quest Designer & Writer
Level Designer & Builder
Programmer
2D Artist & Animator (Characters, UI, Props, Environments)
Sound Designer