Event and Ticketing Details
Dates & Times
Tuesday 01 March
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Prominent future dead person and media guy Andrew Denton takes to the Giant Dwarf stage with Julian Morrow to discuss his plans for shuffling off this mortal coil. The Big Practical Joke he intends to play at his funeral. The readings he wants (hint: no Bible, but probably Douglas Adams). The music to play as they carry him out (The Smiths maybe?). The words on his tombstone.
And then, just to lighten the mood, he’s going to launch his podcast series – all about assisted dying – called Better Off Dead.
Join us as Andrew farewells himself. In lieu of flowers, please buy beers.
7.00pm arrival for 7.30pm start.
Better Off Dead is produced by Thought Fox in partnership with the Wheeler Centre.
Featuring
Andrew Denton
Andrew Denton is widely recognised as one of Australian media's genuinely creative forces.
Andrew’s television career takes in his groundbreaking early work on the ABC – Blah Blah Blah, The Money or The Gun, Live & Sweaty – through to his unforgettable reworking of television’s ‘night of nights’ the Logies; his role as Executive Producer of Election Chaser and CNNNN; his work hosting and producing the hugely successful Enough Rope and as the Executive Producer of The Gruen Transfer, Gruen Nation, Hungry Beast, 30 Seconds, AFP, Can of Worms, Randling and Joy of Sets. In 2016, Andrew founded Go Gentle Australia to advocate for better end of life choices in Australia.
Julian Morrow
Julian Morrow is a co-founder of satirical media empire The Chaser and joke production company Giant Dwarf. His work in the field of public nuisance includes TV programs The Election Chaser, CNNNN, The Chaser’s War on Everything, The Hamster Wheel, The Unbelievable Truth and The Checkout.
Due to the unavailability of several respected media commentators, in 2009 he was invited to give the Andrew Olle Media Lecture. In 2012 and 2013 Julian lowered standards at ABC Radio National as host of Friday Drive.