ABC Eddie Perfect special replayed

I don’t normally write about replays but if you are a fan of Offspring‘s Eddie Perfect and you haven’t seen his ABC2 Live special that aired last year, then you are truly missing out.

Perfect lives up to his name in this music special in which he performed Songs From The Middle at the South Melbourne Town Hall as part of the inaugural Melbourne Cabaret Festival.

For the performance, Perfect is supported by renowned British string group the Brodsky Quartet who have performed with some of the world’s most popular artists, including Bjork, Elvis Costello and Paul McCartney. Joining Perfect and the Quartet on stage are students from the Australian National Academy of Music, Australia’s premiere training institution for young, talented classical musicians.

Perfect is one of Australia’s most successful entertainers. A comedian, actor and musician, he is famous for his unique style of musical comedy and his satirical commentary on Australian politics, culture and society.

In Songs from the Middle, Perfect takes on material of a more personal nature the places and memories of his youth. Having recently become a father, Perfect revisits the sleepy, seaside suburb of Mentone, Melbourne where he grew up and, with hilarious insight, begins to understand the importance of the places of our childhood.

Songs from the Middle is a touching, insightful and riotously funny song cycle that shows Eddie Perfect at his best.

Eddie Perfect 12:10am Thursday (Wednesday night) on ABC1.