SEX SHOPS! ROBODEBT & ROLLER COASTERS! THE WORKFORCE CAN BE ONE HELL OF A RIDE!
Everyone (possibly everyone) has had a job at least once that they have hated! A boss they thought they were smarter than (probably were) or just wished daily they could take a sickie and not turn up (reckon that’s happened multiple times). Matt Harvey not only relates but has stories to tell aplenty; from sex shops to robodebt to roller coasters and more! Sometimes having a job just sucks and you end up being screwed by the boss – literally and financially.
Fresh from a sell-out season in Edinburgh and Melbourne Fringe Festival 2024, Matt Harvey will bring his hilarious show Wage Against the Machine to Melbourne International Comedy Festival this April. This is a feisty exploration of one man’s journey through the joys of Robodebt, wage theft and breaking a 100-year-old roller coaster to save the lives of eighteen people.
Wage Against the Machine tackles issues like poverty-level jobs, class struggles, and corporate versus human rights. A darkly comic and pertinent comment on the day-to-day struggles of the working class, it’s a fast-paced hour of stand-up and storytelling, set in the surprisingly angry world of customer service.
Award-winning comedian, and storyteller, Matt Harvey (The Shovel, The Shot) shares hilarious tales from jobs he no longer needs to worry about being fired from. Wage Against the Machine weaves a tapestry of comedic anecdotes that resonate with anyone who’s ever clocked in at a less-than-perfect job. This is a tribute to the absurdity of our everyday work experiences and finding the humor in the chaos. From robodebt, to wage theft and breaking a 100-year-old roller coaster to save the lives of eighteen people – it’s all in a day’s work when you earn the minimum wage.
Matt Harvey invites you to punch your timecard and join him for Wage Against the Machine; where the daily grind is minimum wage, maximum grief… and the customer is always wrong.
April 11
