Named in Entertainment Weekly's 100 Most Creative People — a Helpmann, two BAFTAs, an Emmy, a New York Drama Desk nomination, and 40 countries
The Umbilical Brothers are an international comedy phenomenon whose unique mix of mind-bending comedy and back-breaking physicality has taken them to 40 countries — from stadiums supporting Robin Williams to stadiums supporting N*Sync. Named as two of Entertainment Weekly's 100 Most Creative People in Entertainment, they have appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, performed after James Brown at Woodstock '99, and performed before the Queen of England.
Their global credits include a year-long off-Broadway run that drew raves from The New York Times and a New York Drama Desk nomination. Their awards cabinet holds a Helpmann for Comedy Performance of the Year, the Edinburgh Critic's Choice Award, and a couple of BAFTAs. Younger audiences know them from The Upside Down Show — a children's series they created with Sesame Workshop that won them an Emmy and a Logie.
The Umbilical Brothers are the rare act that works across virtually every audience type: family shows, corporate events, festival headline slots, and anything in between. Their physicality and invention read across language barriers and age groups — which explains forty countries and counting. For event producers who want genuine spectacle with the credibility to match, there are few safer or more memorable choices on the Australian circuit.
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The duo happily refers to their style as “juvenile insanity with comic and theatrical traditions” but at the core of their success is the fact their shows are pure fun and entertainment that leave audiences across generations in throes of laughter.
Brilliantly choreographed, faultlessly executed physical comedy.Chortle UK
wildly funny, wildly creative...they truly seem to be psychic twins, joined in an irresistible conspiracy to commit comedy...inspired anarchy...silly behaviour of the highest calibre...you’re left only to shake your head and marvel.New York Times
Twisted and absolutely hilarious...a hell of a good time.Time Out NY
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