Austen Tayshus - Gavin Woods Podcast Series 5 Episode 3

Gavin Wood's Countdown Podcast

Austen Tayshus is always, as a matter of principle, pushing the boundaries, and entering the quagmire of Political Correctness throwing hand grenades all to stomp on narrow-mindedness and mediocrity to wake people up to alternative ideas.

He performs anywhere-from outback bowls clubs, to hipster pubs in Melbourne and Adelaide, Universities, Theatres, and Rock Concerts all over Australia, to refine and define his craft.

When he strides on stage no-one he knows what is going to happen. He can improvise brilliantly, impersonate creatively, offend everyone, satirise anything and talk louder than anyone. He magically creates a masterful night of gut- laughing totally uncensored, exciting entertainment

Some people don’t like it, so he goes in harder. He shakes it up. He can control anY audience. If they do not like it, they should have stayed at home.

This is how he makes a living. Driving thousands of kilometres, a year, he has seen more of Australia than any other performer. He keeps doing it because he loves it.

His biggest hit ‘Australiana,’broke sales records in Australia in 1983. It was on top of the charts for 13 weeks and was the biggest selling single of the year and remains the biggest selling Australian Single EVER.

But it is his love of Stand-Up that rules his life. He is a complete master at it. No audience, no hecklers, no drunken behaviour escapes his sharp tongue. He has never been one for the comfortable life, the easy fix, the day job, the tv talk show noddy drip feed, the comfort zone or the chasing of accolades.