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The Chaser finally goes commercial

After heeding Today Tonight’s complaints about the outrageous waste of taxpayers’ money on their show The War On Everything, the Chaser team has decided to take some time off from TV in the first half of 2008. The Chaser will adopt a purely user-pays approach next year, mounting a national tour of a new live production, The Chaser’s Age Of Terror Variety Hour, from March to July 2008. 

Like The War On Everything, the Variety Hour will include a diverse range of short segments, some of which will be kind of okay-ish. It will combine sketches, songs, presentations and interactive audience segments ranging from the satirical to the just silly, and be constantly updated to incorporate up-to-the-minute insensitive gags about the latest celebrity deaths as they happen.  

War On Everything co-conspirators Andrew Hansen, Chas Licciardello, Julian Morrow and Craig Reucassel will appear in the show. Chris Taylor has opted not to tour while under the cloud of a fatwa issued by the Irwin family, and will remain in an undisclosed location developing new television projects for the team. His irreplaceableness will be demonstrated by the inclusion of Dominic Knight, one of The Chaser’s founders and a writer for the War. 

The Age Of Terror Variety Hour will be receiving formal complaints from audiences in Adelaide, Ballarat, Brisbane, Canberra, Cairns, Darwin, Geelong, Hobart, Launceston, Melbourne, Newcastle, Parramatta, Perth, Sydney and Townsville.

The Chaser team is still in negotiations with the ABC about future TV shows. Their negotiations with commercial networks of late have mainly been over Supreme Court injunctions. 

Tour itinerary

More dates will be added later if demand dictates - keep checking back. 

Canberra - UPDATED 3 MARCH
Canberra Theatre Centre
Fri 28 - Sat 29 Mar at 7pm and extra show Sat 29 Mar at 9.30pm
Bookings: Canberra Ticketing www.canberratheatrecentre.com.au or 02 6275 2700
Click here to book online

Parramatta
Riverside Theatres
Wed 2 - Thu 3 Apr and Sat 5 April at 7pm
Bookings: Riverside Theatres www.riversideparramatta.com.au or 02 8839 3399
Click here to book online

Townsville
Townsville Civic Theatre
Wed 9 - Thu 10 Apr
Bookings: Ticketshop www.townsville.qld.gov.au or 1800 44 99 77
Online booking not available

Cairns
Cairns Civic Theatre
Fri 11 - Sat 12 Apr at 7pm
Bookings: ticketLINK www.ticketlink.com.au or 07 4031 9555
Click here to book online

Perth - UPDATED 16 JANUARY
His Majesty's Theatre
Tue 15 - Sat 19 Apr at 7pm and extra show Sat 19 Apr at 9pm
Bookings: BOCS Ticketing www.bocsticketing.com.au or 08 9484 1133
Click here to book online

Darwin
Darwin Entertainment Centre
Sun 20 April at 7.30pm 
Mon 21 April at 7pm
Bookings: Darwin Entertainment Centre www.darwinentertainment.com.au or 08 9890 3333
Click here to book online

Ballarat
Her Majesty's Theatre
Mon 28 - Tue 29 Apr at 7pm
Bookings: Majestix www.hermaj.com or 03 5333 5888
Online booking not available 

Launceston
Princess Theatre
Wed 30 Apr at 7pm
Bookings: Princess Theatre Box Office www.theatrenorth.com.au or 03 6323 3666
Click here to book online

Hobart
Theatre Royal
Thu 1 - Sat 3 May at 7pm
Bookings: Theatre Royal Ticketing www.theatreroyal.com.au or 03 6233 2299
Click here to book online

Sydney
Enmore Theatre
Wed 7 - Sat 10 May at 7pm
Bookings: Ticketek www.ticketek.com or 132 849
Click here to book online

Adelaide
Thebarton Theatre
Thurs 15 - Sat 17 May at 7pm
Bookings: Venuetix www.venuetix.com.au or 08 8225 8888
Click here to book online

Geelong
GPAC – Costa Hall
Thu 29 - Fri 30 May at 7pm
Bookings: GPAC Box Office www.gpac.org.au or 03 5225 1200
Click here to book online

Melbourne
The Athenaeum
Tuesday 3 - Sat  7 June at 7pm
Bookings: Ticketmaster www.ticketmaster.com.au ON SALE 12 DEC 07
Click here to book online

Brisbane
QPAC - Lyric Theatre
Thurs 26 - Sat 28 Jun at 7pm
Bookings: QTIX www.qpac.com.au/qtix/ or 136 246
Click here to book online

Newcastle
Newcastle Civic Theatre
Tue 1 - Wed 2 Jul at 7pm
Bookings: Ticketek www.ticketek.com or 132 849
Click here to book online

[Article]The Chaser`s Age Of Terror Variety Hour fredbradley    February 18th, 2008 - 5:51 AM When are you guys going to come to England??.... It's  little expensive for me to fly all the way out to sydney!

Re: [Article]The Chaser`s Age Of Terror Variety Hour Lexii-    February 18th, 2008 - 5:45 PM Sorry to burst your bubble, but I don't think that is likely to happen in the next few years..

Re: [Article]The Chaser`s Age Of Terror Variety Hour msj989    February 18th, 2008 - 5:51 PM How about we do a swap- the Chaser guys for Ricky Gervais

Re: [Article]The Chaser`s Age Of Terror Variety Hour Lexii-    February 18th, 2008 - 5:54 PM NO WAY. Can you imagine how the rate of youth suicide would soar?!