Promising Young Mensch

When Jacob Sacher's Jewish school was implicated in the Royal Commission into Child Sexual Abuse, he was forced to reflect on his ultra-orthodox childhood.

Nominated Best Comedy Melbourne Fringe 2024
Judges Pick Award Melbourne Fringe 2024

**** "daring, brave, and unexpected...a reckoning" Arts Hub

Jacob Sacher is an award winning alternative comedian.

He has performed his unique brand of comedy around the country, in New Zealand, and the United States.

Offstage he is a masters by research student in Jewish Cultural Practice (Jewish Comedy) at the Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation at Monash University, and is the Chairperson of the not-for-profit comedy theatre Corner Shop Comedy.

Praise for Jacob's previous work

"Had me snorting with laughter" - Popculture-y
"The funniest existential crisis you'll ever have...an immersive and joyous hour of comedy" - The Dialog
"Blurs the line between carefully rehearsed material and improvised madness" - Farrago Magazine
"A whirlwind adventure of manic, pedantic, oafish, absurd and cleverly crafted sketches" Squirrel Comedy
"A riotous, philosophical mind-tease" - Weekend Notes
"Moments of unbridled laughter" - Beat Magazine
"The audience is forced to balance complete enrapturement while trying not to fall from their chairs in snorting laughter" - Farrago Magazine
"One of the funniest shows I've seen in a long time" - Milkbar Magazine
"It gets weird" - Hugging Comedians

This show contains: : audience participation, discussions of child sexual abuse, genocide, sexual assault, and political, religious or racial themes