Perfectly Bananas, Wes Zaharuk’s zany family show, is coming to the Lantern Theatre in Liverpool on Sunday 1st June at 2.30pm.
Canadian Wes Zaharuk is a one-man tour de force, drawing audiences excited to see his crazy antics on stage. Known to combine routines with power tools, bananas and film noir, Wes has a world-wide reputation for a tornado-like approach to comedy, surreal feats and an eccentric collection of eye-popping prop tricks.
About the use of props in his performance Wes quips, “Show business sometimes lures people who didn’t get enough love early in life. I feel as a child I didn’t get enough unsupervised time with power tools but who has perfect parents?”
He has appeared numerous times on YtV, the children’s network in Canada. Most recently on Zoink’d, which airs through 2013.
Early in his career Wes caught on quickly. Five appearances on Club 54 (Canada longest running stand-up comedy show) followed by appearances on SCTV and Bizarre saw him cement his reputation in his home country Canada. A three month run on the strip in Las Vegas in the show Last Stop Las Vegas introduced him to the American audience. Soon he became one of the most requested comedians at clubs, festivals, and major corporations through North America. He has been a subject of the documentary Yellow Brick Road which won a Genie.
Wes Zaharuk credits his comic roots to his parents. They made ‘not listening’ an Olympic event. As a child, his parents dressed him in wool pants that were incredibly itchy. Complain as he would, his words fell on deaf ears. When he developed a skin condition that looked like a large, all-dressed pizza, he was tested for allergies. It was found that he was allergic to wool. Through it all, Wes developed his desire to be heard — if only to reduce the rash.
Tickets are £8 (£6 concession) and available on the door or online at www.thelanterntheatre.co.uk. or 0151 703 0000.