Making some noise: the Australian comedians enjoying the Taskmaster effect

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After proving themselves to TV’s Taskmaster, these comedians are touring with a newfound confidence and fanbase.

Comedian Danielle Walker is tossing up whether to have a head on stage with her when she tours her new show to Melbourne and Sydney.

Not just any old head, but Tom Gleeson’s, in gold. Too weird? Off-putting? Sure, but it might appeal to fans of the show on which she won the trophy of Gleeson’s scone:“To just have Tom Gleeson’s gold head on stage, for people who have not watched it, that could be crazy, but I also just thought it might be fun,” Walker says.

Gleeson is the show’s eponymous Taskmaster, passing judgment on five comedians as they attempt to complete a series of meaningless tasks – from removing a balloon from a caravan to performing a passionate cricket appeal preps Luke McGregor, Jimmy Rees and Nina Oyama for an in-studio challenge on Taskmaster Australia.“ is by definition unknowable,” he says. “Then you’re not doing it yourself and you’re changing what your process is.

 

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