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

  • 5 stars, The Age

‘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

  • Server currently down :(

Sonny Yang Tales from My Immigrant Father Melbourne Comedy Festival 2024

‘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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New Episodes Semi-Weekly !

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