The Burton Brothers: Tinseltown

Lights! Camera! Action! Grab your popcorn and settle in for a brand new original sketch comedy show from brothers, Josh and Tom, as they take on the Silver Screen and make an entire Hollywood blockbuster in under an hour.

It’s Hollywood glitz and glam like you’ve never seen before. This high-energy, fast-paced show set in 1925 brings the Jazz age to life with lively songs, big characters and the buoyant spirit of the Roaring Twenties. With slick musical numbers, sharp physical comedy and an irresistibly authentic vintage aesthetic, their world brims with original, off-the-wall sketches – from Hollywood horror rivalries to vaudevillians chasing fame – layered with clever in-jokes and modern twists that heighten the hilarity. Brilliantly crafted, relentlessly funny and performed with infectious charm.

Reviews
????½ “The siblings are comic powerhouses.” Chortle (UK)

“Our next Lano and Woodley.” The Age

“If you don’t enjoy this show you’re either dead or dead to me.” David Collins, Umbilical Brothers

About the Burton Brothers
Real life brothers, hailing from Melbourne, Tom and Josh burst on to the local comedy scene with their unique brand of sketch comedy, jam-packed with hilarity, charismatic characters and superbly executed routines, which has seen them nominated for Best Comedy at Melbourne Fringe. Since 2021, The Burton Brothers went international, with their first ever run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. In 2024, they went back to the past, with their highly ambitious – 1925 – a sketch show entirely based around the events of the 1920’s – which has been touring across the country to sell-out crowds, and earning them a 4.5 star review from renowned publication Chortle. The success of 1925 saw the brothers named in the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow national tour.

Tom Burton is a comedian, writer and performer. He is an improv and sketch ensemble member and teacher at The Improv Conspiracy Theatre. He has written and performed in a number of festival shows since 2017, including playing the titular host of an absurdist, late night talk show, Talkie Time with Jackie Lime, which recently finished up a limited run at Comedy Republic. Josh Burton is a comedian and writer. He is a cast and touring member of Impromptus The Completely Improvised Musical and performs on their award-nominated podcast. He also performs in Dizney in Drag – a comedy drag show. Alongside this he is a prolific children’s performer, having performed in nationally toured children’s show Roald Dahl and the Imagination Seekers and Signor Baffo. Josh appeared as ‘Hot Ryan’ in ABC TV’s Fresh Blood series, Urvi Went To An All Girls School.