Heath Franklin in Tiny Horse, Big World

ARIA and Logie nominated Franklin has sold over 270,000 tickets around the world as Chopper and was one of the main stars of TV’s The Ronnie Johns Half Hour (Network 10), Thank God You’re Here (Channel 7) and the ABC TV series Wednesday Night Fever.

Following this year’s first ever stand up tour (as himself), ‘May I Borrow A Crisis?’, Heath Franklin continues to ditch the famous tatts, mo’ and sunnies of his alter ego, this time using the flimsy excuse of ‘stand up comedy’ to talk about his favourite thing for an hour… tiny horses. That’s right, tiny horses. Shetland ponies*, miniature horses. He loves them. It’s the one thing that makes this squashed bug happy.

The world is a big, stupid, busy place full of idiots and most days just waking up can be exhausting. Don't worry though because you don't matter at all. Feel better? Well, you should.

You are only a 7 billionth of the world’s current population. And if Earth is somewhere between 4.54 billion and 6 thousand years old (depending on how much you like science), your life is basically just a squashed bug on the windscreen of Earth’s trajectory. No, stop. Actually you are the poop in the pants of the bug on the windscreen of Earth's trajectory. Feel better now? Well, you should.

Heath Franklin is going to make you understand why it’s so good to be a Tiny Horse in a very large world and help you to start enjoying the bliss of insignificance.

‘Tiny Horse, Big World’ debuts at Melbourne Fringe this September.