Anthony Locascio is one of Australian comedy's rising stars. Blending sharp joke writing with musings on his ethnic background, Anthony is best known for his unique storytelling.
He has had national tours yearly, including "Don't Call Me A Wog!" (2022), "Heart Of Darkness" (2023) and the internationally and critically acclaimed "PAPPOU" (2024) - which also have been performed in London, New Zealand and Canada.
Locascio has performed as part of the Sydney Comedy Festival five times, including selling out the Factory Theatre in 2022, in addition to yearly runs at the Adelaide Fringe, Perth and Brisbane Comedy Festivals, and the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
His 2020 special, "Confirmation", filmed at a sold out Sydney Comedy Store, is available on Amazon Prime and Apple TV.
"Anthony embodies the thinking man’s comedian,
prepared to traverse the publicly taboo and unexplored recesses of the human psyche"
★★★★★ Dark Stories Theatre
“A great storyteller, who really paints a picture to get the audience enthralled”
★★★★ Upside Adelaide
“Audience members jolting backwards in fits of laughter”
★★★★ Weekend Notes Melbourne
“He is one of Austalia’s most talented rising stars”
★★★★★ On The House Perth
Anthony Locascio's Pappou (grandfather) immigrated to Australia from Greece in the 1950s, ferried over to become the top goalkeeper in Australian soccer. This dream came to an abrupt end when Pappou's fist had a chance encounter with a referree's head. ‘Being a man’ was different back then.
In 2024, his grandson's dream of being a stand-up comedian hangs in the balance, as he contends with the challenges of a modern man – staying off the vapes, raising kittens and defeating all forms of prejudice from the safety of a podcast microphone. Join Australia’s foremost post-racial comedian for a show which is a love letter to his grandfather, the immigrant experience, and chasing dreams in ‘PAPPOU’.
“A heartfelt tale of his grandfather's life of perseverance and evolving dreams”
-Theatre Travels
“Draws on his ethnic and family background to great effect, without succumbing to the banality of ethnic comedy and stereotypes which more well-known comics sometimes are guilty of”
-Squirrel Comedy
