COMEDY
Fran Middleton is an actor/weirdo stand-up/rule-breaker. Since starting out in theatre and improv in Perth, she’s been on the telly (The Checkout, Kiki & Kitty), and performed in festivals across the country (Golden Gibbo Award Nominee MICF 2017) evolving her abstract mix of stand-up and physical comedy to provoke the kinda laughs that blurt out of you uncontrollably.
BARKLIFE with Tara Bark
1 hour solo show
Role: Creator/Performer/Producer
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Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2025
"open your mind(fullness) to something a bit off the forest path – as you should - and you’ll have a lot of chuckling fun(ny)"
- Chuck Moore
Fran Solo
1 hour solo show
Role: Creator/Performer/Producer
Sydney Comedy Festival 2019
Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2019
Sydney Fringe Comedy 2018
"a force of physical comedy. She is utterly charismatic"
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"offbeat and very funny."
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"At every Middleton show I’ve been to, including this one, her magic seems to only entrance about 70% of the crowd. The other 30% are pretty confused, and can’t really understand why everyone else is laughing so hard."
- Popculture-y
Franny Pack
1 hour solo show
Role: Creator/Performer/Producer
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Sydney Comedy Festival 2018
Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2018
Adelaide Fringe 2018
Perth Fringeworld 2018
Sydney Fringe Comedy 2017
“really, really f***ing funny”
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"Middleton isn’t afraid to stare you down directly until you are buckled over from laughing, no longer able to hold her gaze."
- Popculture-y
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"defies description.. it's so entertaining"
★★★★
- The Advertiser
Ceiling Fran
1 hour solo show
Role: Creator/Performer/Producer
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Sydney Comedy Festival 2017
Fresh Artist
Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2017
Golden Gibbo Award Nominee
Sydney Fringe Comedy 2016
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"Part absurd sketch, part slapstick, and part nonsense stand up, Ceiling Fran is an hour of oddity and laughter."
- Popculture-y
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"if you are into the otherworldly, absurd and all-round entertaining this is absolutely one to watch."
★★★★
- Beat Mag
Bad Egg Boys
1 hour Duo show with Nadia Collins
(and a guest host taken hostage each night,
including Stu Daulman, Jonathan Schuster, Luke Joseph Ryan, Brendan Ewing)
Role: Performer/Co-creator
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Melbourne Fringe 2015
Sydney Fringe Comedy 2015
Perth Fringeworld 2015
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"fabulous comediennes who follow through and hit every mark"
"Their ferocious and fierce style of joke telling, coupled with charming sincerity gives depth to their performance and makes Stockholm Syndrome seem like a real possibility."
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"reminiscent of early Will Ferrell sketches from Saturday Night Live – light hearted but deadly serious"
★★★★★
- The West
Gameshow Gameshow
1 hour Duo show with Jack Tandy
Role: Performer/Co-creator
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Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2014
Perth Fringeworld 2014
Melbourne Fringe 2013
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