Australia’s favourite workplace wankers return to the Adelaide Fringe with their most outcomes-focused, value-added, best-practice, deep-dive yet into the realities of the working world.
After entirely sold-out 2024 runs in Australia, Edinburgh & London, James and Charles from Wankernomics are coming back to the Adelaide Fringe to premier an all-new show.
Delivered in the form of an agonising all-hands meeting, Just Touching Base is a hilarious real-time demonstration of the buzzwords, bureaucracy, banality and bullsh*t of modern working life.
Mixing dark satire with observational comedy, Wankernomics: Just Touching Base pulls back the curtain on the modern working world – from cult-like workplace language and pointless recurring meetings, to the sense of meaninglessness that comes with an over-corporatised world.
Asked to comment on the new show, James Schloeffel said, “We should probably set up a separate meeting to discuss that”.
Charles Firth said: “Can we take that offline and circle back later?”
Since launching in 2023, Wankernomics has become something of a phenomenon: their clips have been viewed millions of times online, and their shows have been described by audience members as, “Probably the best Fringe comedy show we’ve ever attended” and “The most original show we saw this year”.
So find some extra bandwidth, synergise your stakeholders and pop some time in the diary for a best-in-class comedy performance.
Wankernomics: Just Touching Base premieres at The Peacock, Gluttony: 11-23 March, 6:45pm (except Mondays)
About James Schloeffel & Charles Firth
James and Charles are two of the country’s most accomplished writers and performers, known for their unique brand of biting satire and political comedy.
James is the brains behind satirical website The Shovel, and previously worked in (and somehow survived) the corporate world. Charles is co-founder of The Chaser and co-host of The Chaser Report.
In 2023 they founded Wankernomics as a way to help ordinary people navigate the modern workplace, and as a way for James to work through his unresolved issues.
Praise for previous Wankernomics shows
★★★★★ “Life Changing”: Weekend Notes
★★★★★ “Wickedly clever satire”: On The Record
“Probably the best Fringe comedy show we’ve ever attended”: Steven K, Adelaide
“The most original show we saw this year”: Nicola G, Edinburgh
“Finally, a show fully aligned to my values”: James C, Edinburgh
