Comedian, Magician and Escapologist Tony Roberts has been performing to crowds big and small, on streets, in malls, squares and venues internationally since 1998.
Born in Australia but raised in New Zealand Tony Roberts began performing in NZ as a stand-up comic, becoming a founding member of the NZ Comedy Guild and a regular on the stand up scene. He has performed on TVNZ’s Pulp Comedy and performed five solo comedy shows for the NZ TV2 International Laugh Festivals from 1998 to 2003.
In 2004 Tony Roberts returned to his country of birth Australia and commenced performing stand up on the Melbourne scene and began developing a new aspect to his performance, studying the art of magic and escapology, under the tutelage of legendary Magician, Nick Nicholas.
In 2006 Tony Roberts took to the streets with his escapology show during the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, and has never looked back, forging a career as a busking street performer that has taken him around and around Australia and to the UK and Europe to perform on some of the best street performing pitches in the world.
In addition to standup and escapology, Tony Roberts is a card specialist magician, and in 2009 Tony developed a new indoor card magic based cabaret show, ‘Tony Roberts in Shuffle Me Straight’. Shuffle Me Straight has played two festival seasons at the 2009 Adelaide Cabaret Fringe Festival and at the 2010 Adelaide Fringe.
Tony Roberts is a versatile performer with skills and talent to burn. His combination of charismatic comedy, stunning illusions and impeccable sleight of hand, make him a stunning performer whether he is working a street pitch, wowing a festival or a killing a comedy room.
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